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19th Century Audiobooks

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    Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

    by Jon Meacham ...
    Narrated by Jon Meacham, Edward Herrmann ...

    Unabridged

    18 hours 46 min

    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer Jon Meacham, “a big, grand, absorbing exploration of not just Jefferson and his role in history but also Jefferson the man, humanized as never before” (Entertainment Weekly)“Probably the best single-volume biography of Jefferson ever written.”—Gordon S. WoodA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, The Washington ... Read more

    $40.99 AUD

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    Mornings on Horseback

    Narrated by Nelson Runger ...

    Unabridged

    19 hours 22 min

    The National Book Award–winning biography that tells the story of how young Teddy Roosevelt transformed himself from a sickly boy into the vigorous man who would become a war hero and ultimately president of the United States, told by master historian David McCullough.Mornings on Horseback is the brilliant biography of the young Theodore Roosevelt. Hailed as “a masterpiece” (John A. Gable, Newsday ... Read more

    $58.99 AUD

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    Roughing It

    by Mark Twain ...
    Narrated by Norman Dietz ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 17 min

    Two American originals, Mark Twain and the West, come together in this documentary of the author's seven-year "pleasure trip" to the silver mines of Nevada. Twain had originally planned the trip to be a three-month "vacation;" not surprisingly for someone of Twain's temperament, the trip lasted seven years. His journey, like his book, has a way of taking ever-unexpected turns. ... Read more

    $44.99 AUD

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    Lost History of Tennessee Whiskey, The

    Heroes, Villains, and Legends From a Whiskey Story Time Forgot

    by Drew Hannush ...
    Narrated by Drew Hannush ...

    Unabridged

    17 hours 3 min

    Immerse Yourself in 250 Years of Distilleries, Taverns, Teetotallers, and 'Shiners!Think Jack and George are the complete story of Tennessee whiskey? Think again. For far too long, the real history and legacy of Tennessee whiskey has been hidden from whiskey fans. It's a history that predates both Kentucky Bourbon and the Whiskey Rebellion. From its early days, it is filled with amazing stories, ... Read more

    $36.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    The Lost Founding Father

    John Quincy Adams and the Transformation of American Politics

    Narrated by Richard Poe ...

    Unabridged

    16 hours 38 min

    Why has John Quincy Adams been largely written out of American history when he is, in fact, our lost Founding Father? Overshadowed by both his brilliant father and the brash and bold Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams has long been dismissed as hyper-intellectual. Viciously assailed by Jackson and his populist mobs for being both slippery and effete, Adams nevertheless recovered from the malodorous ... Read more

    $44.99 AUD

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    Mason-Dixon

    Crucible of the Nation

    Narrated by Walter Dixon ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 5 min

    The story of the Mason-Dixon Line is the story of America's colonial beginnings, nation building, and conflict over slavery. Acclaimed historian Edward Gray offers the first comprehensive narrative of the America's defining border. Formalized in 1767, the Mason-Dixon Line resolved a generations-old dispute that began with the establishment of Pennsylvania in 1681. In 1780, Pennsylvania's Act for ... Read more

    $36.99 AUD

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    The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

    by Erik Larson ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours

    The internationally bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of the Civil War—a slow-burning crisis that finally tore a deeply divided nation in two.On November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln became the fluky victor in a tight race for president. The country was bitterly at odds; Southern extremists were ... Read more

    $49.99 AUD

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    Freedom National

    The destruction of Slavery in the United States, 1861-1865

    by James Oakes ...
    Narrated by Sean Pratt ...

    Unabridged

    18 hours 54 min

    The consensus view of the Civil War-that it was first and foremost a war to restore the Union, and an antislavery war only later when it became necessary for Union victory-dies here. James Oakes's groundbreaking history shows how deftly Lincoln and congressional Republicans pursued antislavery throughout the war, pragmatic in policy but steadfast on principle. In the disloyal South the federal ... Read more

    $58.99 AUD

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    The Naval War of 1812

    Narrated by Paul Costanzo ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 53 min

    Published when Theodore Roosevelt was only twenty-three years old, The Naval War of 1812 was immediately hailed as a literary and scholarly triumph, and it is still considered the definitive book on the subject. It caused considerable controversy for its bold refutation of earlier accounts of the war, but its brilliant analysis and balanced tone left critics floundering, changed the course of U.S. ... Read more

    $32.99 AUD

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    Two Years Before the Mast

    A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea

    Narrated by Kirby Heyborne ...

    Unabridged

    16 hours 21 min

    Two Years Before the Mast is a book by the American author Richard Henry Dana, Jr., written after a two-year sea voyage starting in 1834 and published in 1840. While at Harvard College, Dana had an attack of the measles that affected his vision. Thinking it might help his sight, Dana, rather than going on a Grand Tour as most of his fellow classmates traditionally did (and unable to afford it ... Read more

    $34.99 AUD

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    A Terrible Glory

    Custer and the Little Bighorn - the Last Great Battle of the American West

    by James Donovan ...
    Narrated by Jeff Bottoms ...

    Unabridged

    16 hours 59 min

    A rousing and meticulously researched account of the notorious Battle of Little Big Horn and its unforgettable cast of characters from Sitting Bull to Custer himself.In June of 1876, on a desolate hill above a winding river called "the Little Bighorn," George Armstrong Custer and all 210 men under his direct command were annihilated by almost 2,000 Sioux and Cheyenne. The news of this devastating ... Read more

    $57.99 AUD

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    A House Full of Females

    Plural Marriage and Women's Rights in Early Mormonism, 1835-1870

    Narrated by Susan Ericksen ...

    Unabridged

    19 hours 52 min

    A stunning and sure-to-be controversial book that pieces together, through more than two dozen nineteenth-century diaries, letters, albums, minute-books, and quilts left by first-generation Latter-day Saints, or Mormons, the never-before-told story of the earliest days of the women of Mormon "plural marriage," whose right to vote in the state of Utah was given to them by a Mormon-dominated ... Read more

    $51.99 AUD

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    Impeached

    The Trial of President Andrew Johnson and the Fight for Lincoln's Legacy

    Narrated by Paul Boehmer ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 32 min

    In 1868 Congress impeached President Andrew Johnson of Tennessee, the man who had succeeded the murdered Lincoln, bringing the nation to the brink of a second civil war. Enraged to see the freed slaves abandoned to brutal violence at the hands of their former owners, distraught that former rebels threatened to regain control of Southern state governments, and disgusted by Johnson's brawling ... Read more

    $36.99 AUD

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    Dreams of El Dorado

    A History of the American West

    by H. W. Brands ...
    Narrated by Matt Kugler ...

    Unabridged

    17 hours 11 min

    "Epic in its scale, fearless in its scope" (Hampton Sides), this masterfully told account of the American West from a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist sets a new standard as it sweeps from the California Gold Rush and beyond.In Dreams of El Dorado, H. W. Brands tells the thrilling, panoramic story of the settling of the American West. He takes us from John Jacob Astor's fur trading outpost in ... Read more

    $57.99 AUD

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    The Texas Rangers

    Wearing the Cinco Peso, 1821-1900

    by Mike Cox ...
    Narrated by Jonathan Hogan ...

    Unabridged

    16 hours 27 min

    Mike Cox, journalist and Texas Ranger grand master, recounts enthralling tales of men who proudly wore the silver Lone Star, once hand-carved from the Mexican fivepeso. Whether facing Indians, banditos, or Yankees, Texas Rangers earned a reputation for being some of the most formidable lawmen in U.S. history. "[A] lively, enlightening history ." -Booklist ... Read more

    $36.99 AUD

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    Lions of the West

    Heroes and Villains of the Westward Expansion

    by Robert Morgan ...
    Narrated by David Drummond ...

    Unabridged

    18 hours 19 min

    Thomas Jefferson, a naturalist and visionary, dreamed that the United States would stretch across the continent from ocean to ocean. The account of how that dream became reality unfolds in the stories of Jefferson and nine other Americans whose adventurous spirits and lust for land pushed the westward boundaries: Andrew Jackson, John “Johnny Appleseed” Chapman, David Crockett, Sam Houston, James K ... Read more

    $41.99 AUD

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    American Phoenix

    John Quincy and Louisa Adams, the War of 1812, and the Exile that Saved American Independence

    Narrated by Kate Wisniewski ...

    Unabridged

    16 hours 48 min

    John Quincy and Louisa Adams’s unexpected journey that changed everything.American Phoenix is the sweeping, riveting tale of a grand historic adventure across forbidding oceans and frozen tundra—from the bustling ports and towering birches of Boston to the remote reaches of pre-Soviet Russia, from an exile in arctic St. Petersburg to resurrection and reunion among the gardens of Paris. Upon these ... Read more

    $52.99 AUD

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    Life on the Mississippi

    by Mark Twain ...
    Narrated by Robin Field ...

    Unabridged

    18 hours 41 min

    In Life on the Mississippi, the great American humorist Mark Twain recounts his journeys on the mighty Mississippi river. Covering the beginnings of his career as steamboat pilot, Twain entertains us with his wit, anecdotes and wild stories of the myriad characters and adventures he encounters. From a brief history of the Mississippi we are taken on to a recollection of the river life with its ... Read more

    $36.99 AUD

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    Standing at Armageddon

    A Grassroots History of the Progressive Era

    Narrated by Allyson Johnson ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 9 min

    Standing at Armageddon is a comprehensive and lively historical account of America's shift from a rural and agrarian society to an urban and industrial society. ... Read more

    $44.99 AUD

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    Abraham Lincoln

    Redeemer President

    Narrated by Edward Lewis ...

    Unabridged

    18 hours 23 min

    Despite tremendous interest in Abraham Lincoln and his place in one of America's most tumultuous historical periods, little has been written about his religious life. This truly fresh look at the nation's sixteenth president relates the outward events of Lincoln's life to his inner spiritual struggles and sets them both against the intellectual backdrop of his age.This unique intellectual portrait ... Read more

    $41.99 AUD

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    The Age of Gold

    The California Gold Rush and the New American Dream

    by H. W. Brands ...
    Narrated by Grover Gardner ...

    Unabridged

    17 hours 53 min

    By the Author of the Bestselling Pulitzer Prize Finalist THE FIRST AMERICANTHEY WENT WEST TO CHANGE THEIR LIVES AND IN THE BARGAIN THEY CHANGED THE WORLD. THIS IS THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE GOLD RUSH.When gold was first discovered on the American River above Sutter's Fort in January 1848, California was sparsely populated frontier territory not yet ceded to the United ... Read more

    $40.99 AUD

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    War and Peace on the Rio Grande Frontier, 1830–1880

    Unabridged

    18 hours 23 min

    The historical record of the Rio Grande valley through much of the nineteenth century reveals well-documented violence fueled by racial hatred, national rivalries, lack of governmental authority, competition for resources, and an international border that offered refuge to lawless men. Less noted is the region's other everyday reality, one based on coexistence and cooperation among Mexicans, Anglo ... Read more

    $44.99 AUD

  • Audiobook

    Say Anarcha

    A Young Woman, a Devious Surgeon, and the Harrowing Birth of Modern Women's Health

    by J. C. Hallman ...
    Narrated by Ariel Blake, Peter Ganim ...

    Unabridged

    19 hours 17 min

    A compelling reckoning with the birth of women’s health that illuminates the sacrifices of a young woman who changed the world only to be forgotten by it—until nowFor more than a century, Dr. J. Marion Sims was hailed as the “father of modern gynecology.” He founded a hospital in New York City and had a profitable career treating gentry and royalty in Europe, becoming one of the world’s first ... Read more

    $38.99 AUD

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    American Slavers

    Merchants, Mariners, and the Transatlantic Commerce in Captives, 1644 – 1865

    Narrated by Christopher Douyard ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 52 min

    The first telling of the unknown story of America's two-hundred-year history as a slave-trading nation A total of 305,000 enslaved Africans arrived in the New World aboard American vessels over a span of two hundred years as American merchants and mariners sailed to Africa and to the Caribbean to acquire and sell captives. Using exhaustive archival research, including many collections that have ... Read more

    $36.99 AUD