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Massacre on the Merrimack
- Hannah Duston's Captivity and Revenge in Colonial America
- By: Jay Atkinson
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
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In 1697, a band of Abenaki warriors in service to the French raided the English frontier village of Haverhill, Massachusetts. Striking swiftly, the Abenaki killed 27 men, women, and children, and took 13 captives, including 39-year-old Hannah Duston and her week-old daughter....
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Fabulous!
- By Connor E. Comrie on 09-08-20
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Massacre on the Merrimack
- Hannah Duston's Captivity and Revenge in Colonial America
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 05-28-19
- Language: English
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In 1697, a band of Abenaki warriors in service to the French raided the English frontier village of Haverhill, Massachusetts. Striking swiftly, the Abenaki killed 27 men, women, and children, and took 13 captives, including 39-year-old Hannah Duston and her week-old daughter....
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Defiance of the Patriots
- The Boston Tea Party and the Making of America
- By: Benjamin L. Carp
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
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On the evening of December 16, 1773, a group of disguised Bostonians boarded three merchant ships and dumped more than 46 tons of tea into Boston Harbor. The Boston Tea Party, as it later came to be known, was an audacious and revolutionary act. Carp tells the full story, exploding myths....
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Overview: Disobedience and Tea
- By Anonymous User on 04-19-23
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Defiance of the Patriots
- The Boston Tea Party and the Making of America
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 03-29-19
- Language: English
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On the evening of December 16, 1773, a group of disguised Bostonians boarded three merchant ships and dumped more than 46 tons of tea into Boston Harbor. The Boston Tea Party, as it later came to be known, was an audacious and revolutionary act. Carp tells the full story, exploding myths....
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The Widow Washington
- The Life of Mary Washington
- By: Martha Saxton
- Narrated by: Laural Merlington
- Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
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The Widow Washington is the first life of Mary Ball Washington, George Washington's mother, based on archival sources. Her son's biographers have, for the most part, painted her as self-centered and crude, a trial to her oldest child. But the records tell a very different story....
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Too much speculation
- By Sarah on 11-25-23
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The Widow Washington
- The Life of Mary Washington
- Narrated by: Laural Merlington
- Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 10-22-19
- Language: English
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The Widow Washington is the first life of Mary Ball Washington, George Washington's mother, based on archival sources. Her son's biographers have, for the most part, painted her as self-centered and crude, a trial to her oldest child. But the records tell a very different story....
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Rules of Civility & Decent Behaviour in Company and Conversation
- By: George Washington
- Narrated by: Glenn Hascall
- Length: 24 mins
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When America’s first President, George Washington, was 13 years of age, he penned 110 rules of civility. Some believe he was simply transcribing something he had read, but no one seems to know exactly what that may have been....
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Washington’s life rules
- By William R. Todd-Mancillas (Name includes hyphen and capitalized M). on 01-01-21
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Rules of Civility & Decent Behaviour in Company and Conversation
- Narrated by: Glenn Hascall
- Length: 24 mins
- Release date: 03-20-15
- Language: English
- When America’s first President, George Washington, was 13 years of age, he penned 110 rules of civility. Some believe he was simply transcribing something he had read, but no one seems to know exactly what that may have been....
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Ethan Allen
- His Life and Times
- By: Willard Sterne Randall
- Narrated by: Mark Whitten
- Length: 18 hrs and 31 mins
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The long-awaited biography of the frontier Founding Father whose heroic actions and neglected writings inspired an entire generation, from Paine to Madison....
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There were parts that were really good.
- By Michael on 11-11-13
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Ethan Allen
- His Life and Times
- Narrated by: Mark Whitten
- Length: 18 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 06-27-13
- Language: English
- The long-awaited biography of the frontier Founding Father whose heroic actions and neglected writings inspired an entire generation, from Paine to Madison....
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Of Plymouth Plantation
- By: William Bradford
- Narrated by: John Roy Potter
- Length: 2 hrs and 23 mins
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Of Plymouth Plantation is a journal written by William Bradford, leader of the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts, between 1630 and 1651. Bradford’s journal is regarded as the most authoritative account of the Pilgrims and the early years of the colony which they founded....
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Excellent, important story marred by narration.
- By H. Ronald Welsh on 06-17-22
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Of Plymouth Plantation
- Narrated by: John Roy Potter
- Length: 2 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 10-07-19
- Language: English
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Of Plymouth Plantation is a journal written by William Bradford, leader of the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts, between 1630 and 1651. Bradford’s journal is regarded as the most authoritative account of the Pilgrims and the early years of the colony which they founded....
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The Trials of Thomas Morton
- An Anglican Lawyer, His Puritan Foes, and the Battle for a New England
- By: Peter C. Mancall
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins
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A new look at Thomas Morton, his controversial colonial philosophy, and his lengthy feud with the Puritans....
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strange, compelling story
- By Dudley on 01-27-23
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The Trials of Thomas Morton
- An Anglican Lawyer, His Puritan Foes, and the Battle for a New England
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 11-12-19
- Language: English
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A new look at Thomas Morton, his controversial colonial philosophy, and his lengthy feud with the Puritans....
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William Penn: The Life and Legacy of the English Quaker Who Founded Pennsylvania
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Mark Norman
- Length: 1 hr and 48 mins
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Of all the original 13 colonies in America, only one owes its conception to one man, and Pennsylvania was and still remains bound up in the life and character of its founder, William Penn....
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Thank you 4 making Audibe more Quaker literature!
- By Maggie Hess on 04-20-19
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William Penn: The Life and Legacy of the English Quaker Who Founded Pennsylvania
- Narrated by: Mark Norman
- Length: 1 hr and 48 mins
- Release date: 02-13-18
- Language: English
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Of all the original 13 colonies in America, only one owes its conception to one man, and Pennsylvania was and still remains bound up in the life and character of its founder, William Penn....
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The Native Ground
- Indians and Colonists in the Heart of the Continent
- By: Kathleen DuVal
- Narrated by: Daniel Adam Day
- Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
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Author Kathleen DuVal argues that it was Indians rather than European would-be colonizers who were more often able to determine the form and content of the relations between the two groups....
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Muddled message
- By Buretto on 12-05-18
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The Native Ground
- Indians and Colonists in the Heart of the Continent
- Narrated by: Daniel Adam Day
- Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 10-17-18
- Language: English
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Author Kathleen DuVal argues that it was Indians rather than European would-be colonizers who were more often able to determine the form and content of the relations between the two groups....
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Imagined Communities
- Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism
- By: Benedict Anderson
- Narrated by: Kevin Foley
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
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Imagined Communities, Benedict Anderson's brilliant book on nationalism, forged a new field of study when it first appeared in 1983....
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Heavy debatable theory
- By adam bardaro on 04-16-19
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Imagined Communities
- Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism
- Narrated by: Kevin Foley
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 03-13-12
- Language: English
- Imagined Communities, Benedict Anderson's brilliant book on nationalism, forged a new field of study when it first appeared in 1983....
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How the West Stole Democracy from the Arabs
- The Syrian Congress of 1920 and the Destruction of its Historic Liberal-Islamic Alliance
- By: Elizabeth F. Thompson
- Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
- Length: 15 hrs and 28 mins
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The story of a pivotal moment in modern world history, when representative democracy became a political option for Arabs - and how the West denied the opportunity....
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Or, the gang divides up the Middle East
- By David on 01-09-23
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How the West Stole Democracy from the Arabs
- The Syrian Congress of 1920 and the Destruction of its Historic Liberal-Islamic Alliance
- Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
- Length: 15 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 06-10-20
- Language: English
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The story of a pivotal moment in modern world history, when representative democracy became a political option for Arabs - and how the West denied the opportunity....
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George Washington
- The Wonder of the Age
- By: John Rhodehamel
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
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Rhodehamel examines George Washington as a public figure, arguing that the man - who first achieved fame in his early twenties - is inextricably bound to his mythic status....
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Not what I expected for an unabridged book
- By David Osborne Jr. on 04-13-17
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George Washington
- The Wonder of the Age
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 02-21-17
- Language: English
- Rhodehamel examines George Washington as a public figure, arguing that the man - who first achieved fame in his early twenties - is inextricably bound to his mythic status....
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The History of Florida
- By: Michael Gannon - editor
- Narrated by: Gary Tiedemann
- Length: 20 hrs and 8 mins
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This is the heralded "definitive history" of Florida. No other book so fully or accurately captures the highs and lows, the grandeur and the craziness, the horrors and the glories of the past 500 years in the Land of Sunshine....
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The History of Florida
- Narrated by: Gary Tiedemann
- Length: 20 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 07-11-23
- Language: English
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This is the heralded "definitive history" of Florida. No other book so fully or accurately captures the highs and lows, the grandeur and the craziness, the horrors and the glories of the past 500 years in the Land of Sunshine....
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The Lost Colony and Hatteras Island
- By: Scott Dawson
- Narrated by: Tim Getman
- Length: 4 hrs and 12 mins
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For over 400 years, the mystery of Roanoke’s “Lost Colony” has puzzled historians and spawned conspiracies - until now. Hatteras native and amateur archaeologist Scott Dawson compiles what scholars know about the Lost Colony along with what scholars have found beneath the soil....
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Unsure of book’s objectivity
- By Kenyetta on 05-12-22
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The Lost Colony and Hatteras Island
- Narrated by: Tim Getman
- Length: 4 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 01-26-21
- Language: English
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For over 400 years, the mystery of Roanoke’s “Lost Colony” has puzzled historians and spawned conspiracies - until now. Hatteras native and amateur archaeologist Scott Dawson compiles what scholars know about the Lost Colony along with what scholars have found beneath the soil....
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America's Revolutionary Mind
- A Moral History of the American Revolution and the Declaration That Defined It
- By: C. Bradley Thompson
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 18 hrs and 17 mins
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The purpose of this book is twofold: first, to elucidate the logic, principles, and significance of the Declaration of Independence as the embodiment of the American mind; and, second, to shed light on what John Adams once called the "real American Revolution"....
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Excellent study of Revolutionary Thinking
- By Amazon Customer on 03-24-21
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America's Revolutionary Mind
- A Moral History of the American Revolution and the Declaration That Defined It
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 18 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 06-23-20
- Language: English
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The purpose of this book is twofold: first, to elucidate the logic, principles, and significance of the Declaration of Independence as the embodiment of the American mind; and, second, to shed light on what John Adams once called the "real American Revolution"....
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Puerto Rico
- A National History
- By: Jorell Meléndez-Badillo
- Narrated by: Tony Chiroldes
- Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
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This audiobook narrated by Tony Chiroldes traces the multifaceted history of Puerto Rico from pre-Columbian times to today.
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Mi nombre va pa' las museos, va pa' los libro'
- By Sheila on 04-26-24
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Puerto Rico
- A National History
- Narrated by: Tony Chiroldes
- Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 04-02-24
- Language: English
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This audiobook narrated by Tony Chiroldes traces the multifaceted history of Puerto Rico from pre-Columbian times to today.
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Our Beloved Kin
- A New History of King Philip’s War
- By: Lisa Brooks
- Narrated by: Rainy Fields
- Length: 16 hrs and 35 mins
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A compelling and original recovery of Native American resistance and adaptation to colonial America....
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Poor reading
- By An Amazonian on 09-01-19
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Our Beloved Kin
- A New History of King Philip’s War
- Narrated by: Rainy Fields
- Length: 16 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 07-30-19
- Language: English
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A compelling and original recovery of Native American resistance and adaptation to colonial America....
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The Pretender's Lady
- A Novel
- By: Alan Gold
- Narrated by: Elle Newlands
- Length: 14 hrs and 21 mins
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Flora MacDonald was the most famous Scotswoman of her day, singlehandedly saving Bonnie Prince Charlie. This is her fictionalized life story....
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Starts Well, but Becomes Far-Fetched
- By Cariola on 12-16-15
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The Pretender's Lady
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Elle Newlands
- Length: 14 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 07-23-15
- Language: English
- Flora MacDonald was the most famous Scotswoman of her day, singlehandedly saving Bonnie Prince Charlie. This is her fictionalized life story....
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Political Order and Political Decay
- From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy
- By: Francis Fukuyama
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 24 hrs and 1 min
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Taking up the essential question of how societies develop strong, impersonal, and accountable political institutions, Fukuyama follows the story from the French Revolution to the so-called Arab Spring....
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Understanding our place thru Poly Sci
- By Gary on 12-29-14
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Political Order and Political Decay
- From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Series: Political Order, Book 2
- Length: 24 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 09-30-14
- Language: English
- Taking up the essential question of how societies develop strong, impersonal, and accountable political institutions, Fukuyama follows the story from the French Revolution to the so-called Arab Spring....
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The Salem Witch Hunt
- A Captivating Guide to the Hunt and Trials of People Accused of Witchcraft in Colonial Massachusetts
- By: Captivating History
- Narrated by: Edwin Andrews
- Length: 3 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Decades after witch-hunting had begun to die down in Europe, North America was about to witness its bloodiest witch hunt in history. The Massachusetts of 1692 was a very different one to the state we know today....
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I love the the book but......
- By Regan Gibson on 11-21-20
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The Salem Witch Hunt
- A Captivating Guide to the Hunt and Trials of People Accused of Witchcraft in Colonial Massachusetts
- Narrated by: Edwin Andrews
- Length: 3 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 09-18-19
- Language: English
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Decades after witch-hunting had begun to die down in Europe, North America was about to witness its bloodiest witch hunt in history. The Massachusetts of 1692 was a very different one to the state we know today....
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