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Browse Early American Audiobooks
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Author/Reader:
David McCullough
David McCullough
Format: 10
CDs
(Unabridged)
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author explores the events, people, and extraordinary moments of courage that led to the founding of our country. An eloquent story of that tumultuous year. Audie Award finalist and winner of a 2005 PublishersWeekly Listen Up award. "[He] narrates in a sonorous, grandfatherly voice, keeping his speech vibrant and engaging, as if he were simply telling a story."—Publishers Weekly
Item #: E9P423
ISBN: 9780743544238
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Author:
Orville Vernon Burton
Reader:
Rich Mock
Format: 12
CDs
(Unabridged)
A respected historian shows how Lincoln's Southernness empowered him to redefine freedom as a personal right, protected by law. Rather than the abolishment of slavery, the enduring legacy of the Civil War was inscribing personal liberty into the nation's millennial aspirations. "Magisterial narrative history... new details, fresh insights, and sparkling interpretations... fast-paced and elegantly written."—BookPage
Item #: E9B779
ISBN: 9780786157792
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Author:
Vernon Orville Burton
Reader:
Rich Mock
Format: 1
MP3-CDs
(Unabridged)
A respected historian shows how Lincoln's Southernness empowered him to redefine freedom as a personal right, protected by law. Rather than the abolishment of slavery, the enduring legacy of the Civil War was inscribing personal liberty into the nation's millennial aspirations. "Magisterial narrative history... new details, fresh insights, and sparkling interpretations... fast-paced and elegantly written."—BookPage
Item #: E1B953
ISBN: 9780786169535
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Author:
Joe Loesch
Readers:
Various
Format: 5
CDs
(Audio Orig)
From cowboys and medicine shows to the Salem Witch Trials and the Circuit Riders, this audiobook tells the story of America through the tales and songs that emerged as the country grew. Includes The Cowboy in Song and Story; Great AmericanMedicine Show; Spurs, Saddles, and the Silver Screen; and Fires of Faith.
Item #: E5X474
ISBN: 9781598594744
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Author/Reader:
David Reynolds
David Reynolds
Format: 6
CDs
(Abridged)
This audiobook tells the story of America through the voices of those who were there – presidents and farmers, mothers and children, slaves and Native Americans, and celebrates the American achievement of settling a harsh continent, breaking free of British rule and becoming a global powerhouse. "Provocative and enjoyable."—Publishers Weekly
Item #: E6K767
ISBN: 9781602837676
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Author/Reader:
David Reynolds
David Reynolds
Format: 6
CDs
(Abridged)
This audiobook explains how the tensions between empire and liberty have often been resolved by faith – both the evangelical Protestantism that has energized U.S. politics since the foundation of the nation and the larger faith in American righteousness that has impelled the country's expansion. "Provocative and enjoyable."—Publishers Weekly
Item #: E6K768
ISBN: 9781602837683
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Author/Reader:
David Reynolds
David Reynolds
Format: 6
CDs
(Abridged)
This audiobook chronicles America's long struggle with the Soviet Union through the Cuban missile crisis to the collapse of what Ronald Reagan dubbed the "evil empire." It examines the corrosive effect of that confrontation on American values, particularly in Vietnam and Watergate.
Item #: 103550
ISBN: 9780792769873
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Author:
William J. Bennett
Reader:
Wayne Shepherd
Format: 18
CDs
(Unabridged)
Ronald Reagan's Secretary of Education provides us with a fascinating, intriguing account of this country's virtues and vices — and the many brave men and women responsible for the powerful nation it is today. A sweeping tale of human initiative, struggle, and victory.
Item #: E9X131
ISBN: 9781598591316
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Author:
Joseph J. Ellis
Reader:
John H. Mayer
Format: 9
CDs
(Unabridged)
Exploring the most politically creative period of our history, the author of Founding Brothers focuses on the last quarter of the 18th century. He guides us through the decisive issues, and illuminates the philosophies, shifting alliances, and foibles of the founding fathers. A New York Times Notable book. "Glorious... His meticulous scholarship and superb narrative skills educate and entertain in the best sense."—BookPage
Item #: E8R192
ISBN: 9780739331927
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Author:
T.H. Breen
Reader:
John Pruden
Format: 11
CDs
(Unabridged)
Challenging and displacing decades of received wisdom, this audiobook explains how ordinary Americans – most of them members of farm families living in small communities – were drawn into a successful insurgency against imperial authority during the American Revolution. "A valuable addition to Revolutionary War scholarship."—BookPage
Item #: E9M770
ISBN: 9781400117703
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Author:
Harlow Giles Unger
Reader:
William Hughes
Format: 7
CDs
(Unabridged)
The Boston Tea Party affected so many American minds and hearts that it helped spawn a new, independent nation whose citizens would govern themselves for the first time in history. From the author of The Last Founding Father.
Item #: E8B9137
ISBN: 9781441779137
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Author:
Daniel Rasmussen
Reader:
David Drummond
Format: 5
CDs
(Unabridged)
A gripping and deeply revealing history of an infamous slave rebellion that nearly toppled New Orleans and changed the course of American history.
Item #: E5M129
ISBN: 9781452601298
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Author:
Jimmy Gray
Readers:
Donnie Blanz, Cam Cornelius, and Don King
Format:
Playaway
(Audio Orig)
The history of this country involves conflicts between cultures and nations. In particular, American territory in the 19th century was a time of uneasy Army-Indian relations and fiercely fluid borders. Hear about three major battles: the Alamo in Texas, the Siege at Fort Phil Kearney in Wyoming, and the Fight at the Greasy Grass – Custer's last stand.
Item #: EP8734
ISBN: 9781602528734
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Author:
Kenneth C. Davis
Readers:
Sam Freed and Kenneth C. Davis
Format: 6
CDs
(Unabridged)
The people who shaped our nation's destiny and character were all too human. The author sets the record straight, bringing to light little-known, fascinating facts from when the nation's fate hung in the balance. He recounts major foundingmoments in our history and uncovers the truth behind a variety of events. "He skillfully illuminates the role of human foibles in historic events."—Publishers Weekly
Item #: E6R135
ISBN: 9780307751355
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Author:
Ted Widmer
Reader:
William Hughes
Format: 11
CDs
(Unabridged)
Ranging from the late 17th century to the present, this audiobook traces America's wondrous history as well as our less glorious past, from the Declaration of Independence to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Looks unblinkingly atslavery, the Iraq occupation, and our present standing in world opinion. A history of America in the world unlike any other. "Hughes reads the text with straightforward clarity, as flat and clear as a cornfield, bringing to life Widmer's hypotheses."—AudioFile
Item #: E9B8580
ISBN: 9781433248580
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Author:
Ted Widmer
Reader:
Grover Gardner
Format: 1
MP3-CDs
(Unabridged)
Ranging from the late 17th century to the present, this audiobook traces America's wondrous history as well as our less glorious past, from the Declaration of Independence to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Looks unblinkingly atslavery, the Iraq occupation, and our present standing in world opinion. A history of America in the world unlike any other. "Hughes reads the text with straightforward clarity, as flat and clear as a cornfield, bringing to life Widmer's hypotheses."—AudioFile
Item #: E1B859
ISBN: 9781433248597
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Author:
Kate Clifford Larson
Reader:
Laural Merlington
Format: 7
CDs
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No fan of Abraham Lincoln, Mary Surratt housed John Wilkes Booth and his fellow conspirators as they plotted the president's assassination. Hear the story of this Confederate sympathizer, the first woman sentenced to death by the U.S. government. The film The Conspirator stars Robin Wright. "Spirited narrative [mines] just about every shred of evidence."—Publishers Weekly
Item #: E7N190
ISBN: 9781455801909
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Author:
Clarence B. Carson
Reader:
Mary Woods
Format: 11
Cassettes
(Unabridged)
Essential listening, this is an account of the establishment of the federal government by the Constitution of 1787, the development of state governments, and the foundations of both. Hear how the Constitution came to be venerated as a Higher Law in the 19th century, and how it has been re-interpreted in the 20th century.
Item #: E9B529
ISBN: #1529A
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Author:
Clarence B. Carson
Reader:
Mary Woods
Format: 8
Cassettes
(Unabridged)
Essential listening, this is an account of the establishment of the federal government by the Constitution of 1787, the development of state governments, and the foundations of both. Hear how the Constitution came to be venerated as a Higher Law in the 19th century, and how it has been reinterpreted in the 20th century.
Item #: E9B530
ISBN: 9780786108473
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Author:
Clarence B. Carson
Reader:
Mary Woods
Format: 6
Cassettes
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A richly woven tapestry of events and ideas that shaped the United States during the colonial era: our links to England, the growth of the colonies, the mighty force of religion in early America, and the oppression felt by the colonists.
Item #: E9B363
ISBN: 9780786104116
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