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The Jamestown Brides
- By: Jennifer Potter
- Narrated by: Charlotte Strevens
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
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Their ages ranged from 16 to 28, and they were deemed "young and uncorrupt". Each had a bride price of 150 pounds of tobacco set by the Virginia Company, which funded their voyage. Though the women had all gone of their own free will, they were to be sold into marriage....
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WOMEN IN HISTORY
- By Grams on 06-29-19
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The Jamestown Brides
- Narrated by: Charlotte Strevens
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 06-03-19
- Language: English
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Their ages ranged from 16 to 28, and they were deemed "young and uncorrupt". Each had a bride price of 150 pounds of tobacco set by the Virginia Company, which funded their voyage. Though the women had all gone of their own free will, they were to be sold into marriage....
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Our First Civil War
- Patriots and Loyalists in the American Revolution
- By: H. W. Brands
- Narrated by: Steve Hendrickson
- Length: 16 hrs and 31 mins
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What causes people to forsake their country and take arms against it? What prompts their neighbors, hardly distinguishable in station or success, to defend that country against the rebels? That is the question H. W. Brands answers....
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Not a fresh take on the Revolution
- By James on 01-05-22
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Our First Civil War
- Patriots and Loyalists in the American Revolution
- Narrated by: Steve Hendrickson
- Length: 16 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 11-09-21
- Language: English
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What causes people to forsake their country and take arms against it? What prompts their neighbors, hardly distinguishable in station or success, to defend that country against the rebels? That is the question H. W. Brands answers....
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John Adams
- By: David McCullough
- Narrated by: Edward Herrmann, Jan Maxwell
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
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In this powerful, epic biography, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough unfolds the adventurous life-journey of John Adams, the brilliant, fiercely independent...
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fantastic
- By Thomas on 07-06-06
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John Adams
- Narrated by: Edward Herrmann, Jan Maxwell
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 05-24-01
- Language: English
- In this powerful, epic biography, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough unfolds the adventurous life-journey of John Adams, the brilliant, fiercely independent...
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The First Salute
- A View of the American Revolution
- By: Barbara W. Tuchman
- Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon
- Length: 12 hrs and 47 mins
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This compellingly written history presents a fresh, new view of the events that led from the first foreign salute to American nationhood in 1776 to the last campaign of the Revolution....
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A brilliant classic
- By Matthew on 03-27-09
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The First Salute
- A View of the American Revolution
- Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon
- Length: 12 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 03-19-09
- Language: English
- This compellingly written history presents a fresh, new view of the events that led from the first foreign salute to American nationhood in 1776 to the last campaign of the Revolution....
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Fur, Fortune, and Empire
- The Epic History of the Fur Trade in America
- By: Eric Jay Dolin
- Narrated by: Tom Weiner
- Length: 11 hrs and 57 mins
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From the bestselling author of Leviathan comes this sweeping narrative of one of America’s most historically rich industries....
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a compilation of trivia
- By D. Littman on 07-18-10
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Fur, Fortune, and Empire
- The Epic History of the Fur Trade in America
- Narrated by: Tom Weiner
- Length: 11 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 07-12-10
- Language: English
- From the bestselling author of Leviathan comes this sweeping narrative of one of America’s most historically rich industries....
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Almost a Miracle
- The American Victory in the War of Independence
- By: John Ferling
- Narrated by: David Baker
- Length: 26 hrs and 57 mins
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In this gripping chronicle of America's struggle for independence, award-winning historian John Ferling transports listeners to the grim realities of that war....
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Dramatic Backstory of The War for Independence
- By Amazon Customer on 11-22-15
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Almost a Miracle
- The American Victory in the War of Independence
- Narrated by: David Baker
- Length: 26 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 12-17-13
- Language: English
- In this gripping chronicle of America's struggle for independence, award-winning historian John Ferling transports listeners to the grim realities of that war....
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Bloody Mohawk
- The French and Indian War & American Revolution on New York's Frontier
- By: Richard Berleth
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 18 hrs and 16 mins
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In this narrative history of the Mohawk River Valley and surrounding region from 1713 to 1794, Professor Richard Berleth charts the passage of the valley from a fast-growing agrarian region streaming with colonial traffic to a war-ravaged wasteland....
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excellent
- By Jonathan P Firl on 09-19-18
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Bloody Mohawk
- The French and Indian War & American Revolution on New York's Frontier
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 18 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 06-19-18
- Language: English
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In this narrative history of the Mohawk River Valley and surrounding region from 1713 to 1794, Professor Richard Berleth charts the passage of the valley from a fast-growing agrarian region streaming with colonial traffic to a war-ravaged wasteland....
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King Philip's War
- The History and Legacy of America's Forgotten Conflict
- By: Eric B. Schultz, Michael J. Tougias, Nathaniel Philbrick - foreword
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 11 hrs and 58 mins
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The harrowing story of one of America's first and costliest wars - featuring a new foreword by best-selling author Nathaniel Philbrick....
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Indian Good; White Man Bad
- By Gary M. Hale on 06-04-21
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King Philip's War
- The History and Legacy of America's Forgotten Conflict
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 11 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 08-11-20
- Language: English
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The harrowing story of one of America's first and costliest wars - featuring a new foreword by best-selling author Nathaniel Philbrick....
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The Deerfield Massacre
- A Surprise Attack, a Forced March, and the Fight for Survival in Early America
- By: James L. Swanson
- Narrated by: Stephen Graybill
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
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In an obscure, two-hundred-year-old museum in a little town in western Massachusetts there stands what once was the most revered relic from the history of early New England: the massive, tomahawk-scarred door that came to symbolize the notorious Deerfield Massacre of 1704.
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repetitive and bloated
- By DLR on 04-01-24
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The Deerfield Massacre
- A Surprise Attack, a Forced March, and the Fight for Survival in Early America
- Narrated by: Stephen Graybill
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 02-27-24
- Language: English
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In an obscure, two-hundred-year-old museum in a little town in western Massachusetts there stands what once was the most revered relic from the history of early New England: the massive, tomahawk-scarred door that came to symbolize the notorious Deerfield Massacre of 1704.
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The Boston Massacre
- A Family History
- By: Serena Zabin
- Narrated by: Andrea Gallo
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
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The story of the Boston Massacre - when on a late winter evening in 1770, British soldiers shot five local men to death - is familiar to generations. But many accounts have obscured a fascinating truth: the Massacre arose from conflicts that were as personal as they were political....
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if could give Zero I would. 5 chpts in & gave up!!
- By Anonymous User on 06-12-20
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The Boston Massacre
- A Family History
- Narrated by: Andrea Gallo
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 02-18-20
- Language: English
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The story of the Boston Massacre - when on a late winter evening in 1770, British soldiers shot five local men to death - is familiar to generations. But many accounts have obscured a fascinating truth: the Massacre arose from conflicts that were as personal as they were political....
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Faith and the Founding Fathers
- By: Adam Jortner, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Adam Jortner
- Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins
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The 12 lectures included in this fascinating course provide multi-layered insights into the vision, philosophies, politics, and deep-seated faith of these brilliant leaders - in their own time, in their own words...
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About As Accurate As Any Woke History Prof Can Get
- By Rustin L. Haase on 09-23-21
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Faith and the Founding Fathers
- Narrated by: Adam Jortner
- Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 12-17-19
- Language: English
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The 12 lectures included in this fascinating course provide multi-layered insights into the vision, philosophies, politics, and deep-seated faith of these brilliant leaders - in their own time, in their own words...
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Killing the Witches
- The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts
- By: Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
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Killing the Witches revisits one of the most frightening and inexplicable episodes in American history: the events of 1692 and 1693 in Salem Village, Massachusetts....
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Disappointing and deceiving
- By M. Orton on 10-06-23
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Killing the Witches
- The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Series: The Killing Series (O'Reilly and Dugard)
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 09-26-23
- Language: English
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Killing the Witches revisits one of the most frightening and inexplicable episodes in American history: the events of 1692 and 1693 in Salem Village, Massachusetts....
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The Assassination of the Archduke
- Sarajevo 1914 and the Romance That Changed the World
- By: Greg King, Sue Woolmans
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
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Drawing on unpublished letters and rare primary sources, King and Woolmans tell the true story behind the tragic romance and brutal assassination that sparked World War I....
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Sarajevo trip in riveting slow motion
- By Skeptical on 06-29-14
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The Assassination of the Archduke
- Sarajevo 1914 and the Romance That Changed the World
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 09-03-13
- Language: English
- Drawing on unpublished letters and rare primary sources, King and Woolmans tell the true story behind the tragic romance and brutal assassination that sparked World War I....
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Dunmore's War
- The Last Conflict of America’s Colonial Era
- By: Glenn F. Williams
- Narrated by: David Drummond
- Length: 14 hrs and 33 mins
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Known to history as "Dunmore's War", the 1774 campaign against a Shawnee-led Indian confederacy in the Ohio Country marked the final time an American colonial militia took to the field....
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Well Done!
- By Scott Arbuckle on 02-11-20
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Dunmore's War
- The Last Conflict of America’s Colonial Era
- Narrated by: David Drummond
- Length: 14 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 01-02-18
- Language: English
- Known to history as "Dunmore's War", the 1774 campaign against a Shawnee-led Indian confederacy in the Ohio Country marked the final time an American colonial militia took to the field....
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Mayflower Lives
- Pilgrims in a New World and the Early American Experience
- By: Martyn Whittock
- Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
- Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins
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Leading into the 400th anniversary of the voyage of the Mayflower, Martyn Whittock examines the lives of the "saints" (members of the Separatist Puritan congregations) and "strangers" (economic migrants) on the original ship....
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Wonderful!
- By Dennis Coello on 11-25-20
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Mayflower Lives
- Pilgrims in a New World and the Early American Experience
- Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
- Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 08-06-19
- Language: English
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Leading into the 400th anniversary of the voyage of the Mayflower, Martyn Whittock examines the lives of the "saints" (members of the Separatist Puritan congregations) and "strangers" (economic migrants) on the original ship....
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Hitler and the Habsburgs
- The Fuhrer's Vendetta Against the Austrian Royals
- By: James Longo
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
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As he rose to power, Hitler's hatred toward the Habsburgs and their diverse empire fixated on Franz Ferdinand's sons, who became outspoken critics of the Nazi party and its racist ideology. When Germany seized Austria in 1938, they were the first two Austrians arrested by the Gestapo....
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More of the Story
- By EJJ on 08-28-19
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Hitler and the Habsburgs
- The Fuhrer's Vendetta Against the Austrian Royals
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 11-06-18
- Language: English
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As he rose to power, Hitler's hatred toward the Habsburgs and their diverse empire fixated on Franz Ferdinand's sons, who became outspoken critics of the Nazi party and its racist ideology. When Germany seized Austria in 1938, they were the first two Austrians arrested by the Gestapo....
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Love and Hate in Jamestown
- John Smith, Pocahontas, and the Start of a New Nation
- By: David A. Price
- Narrated by: Josh Innerst
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
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A gripping narrative of one of the great survival stories of American history: the opening of the first permanent English settlement in the New World....
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Five Star History!
- By Damian on 08-13-23
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Love and Hate in Jamestown
- John Smith, Pocahontas, and the Start of a New Nation
- Narrated by: Josh Innerst
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 12-15-20
- Language: English
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A gripping narrative of one of the great survival stories of American history: the opening of the first permanent English settlement in the New World....
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Young Washington
- How Wilderness and War Forged America's Founding Father
- By: Peter Stark
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 15 hrs and 31 mins
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By weaving together Washington’s harrowing wilderness adventures and a broader historical context, Young Washington offers new insights into the dramatic years that shaped the man who shaped a nation....
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Loved learning how a greater leader became one!
- By Will on 11-01-18
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Young Washington
- How Wilderness and War Forged America's Founding Father
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 15 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 05-01-18
- Language: English
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By weaving together Washington’s harrowing wilderness adventures and a broader historical context, Young Washington offers new insights into the dramatic years that shaped the man who shaped a nation....
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Debunking the 1619 Project
- Exposing the Plan to Divide America
- By: Mary Grabar
- Narrated by: Liisa Ivary
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
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According the New York Times’ “1619 Project”, America was not founded in 1776, with a declaration of freedom and independence, but in 1619 with the introduction of African slavery into the New World....
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the ultimate downplay
- By Stephen Alston on 01-09-22
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Debunking the 1619 Project
- Exposing the Plan to Divide America
- Narrated by: Liisa Ivary
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 09-07-21
- Language: English
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According the New York Times’ “1619 Project”, America was not founded in 1776, with a declaration of freedom and independence, but in 1619 with the introduction of African slavery into the New World....
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The Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787
- By: Gordon S. Wood
- Narrated by: Joel Richards
- Length: 24 hrs and 46 mins
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This classic work explains the evolution of American political thought from the Declaration of Independence to the ratification of the Constitution. In so doing, it greatly illuminates the origins of the present American political system....
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This Audible book is NOT for a popular audience!
- By BigWally on 11-22-18
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The Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787
- Narrated by: Joel Richards
- Length: 24 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 05-01-18
- Language: English
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This classic work explains the evolution of American political thought from the Declaration of Independence to the ratification of the Constitution. In so doing, it greatly illuminates the origins of the present American political system....
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