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This Land is Your Land

A Road Trip Through U.S. History

by Beverly Gage ...

Narrated by Gabra Zackman ...

Unabridged

8 hours 43 min

A Barack Obama Summer Reading List SelectionPulitzer Prize–winning author of G-Man and acclaimed historian Beverly Gage takes the ultimate road trip into the American past.Ride along with Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Beverly Gage as she travels the country to see the museums, historic sites, roadside attractions, reenactments, and souvenir shops where Americans learn—and fight—about our ... Read more

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A Barack Obama Summer Reading List SelectionPulitzer Prize–winning author of G-Man and acclaimed historian Beverly Gage takes the ultimate road trip into the American past.Ride along with Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Beverly Gage as she travels the country to see the museums, historic sites, roadside attractions, reenactments, and souvenir shops where Americans learn—and fight—about our
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The World That Made New Orleans

From Spanish Silver to Congo Square

by Ned Sublette ...

Narrated by Sean Crisden ...

Unabridged

11 hours 52 min

Offering a new perspective on the unique cultural influences of New Orleans, this entertaining history captures the soul of the city and reveals its impact on the rest of the nation. Focused on New Orleans' first century of existence, a comprehensive, chronological narrative of the political, cultural, and musical development of Louisiana's early years is presented. This innovative history tracks ... Read more

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Offering a new perspective on the unique cultural influences of New Orleans, this entertaining history captures the soul of the city and reveals its impact on the rest of the nation. Focused on New Orleans' first century of existence, a comprehensive, chronological narrative of the political, cultural, and musical development of Louisiana's early years is presented. This innovative history tracks
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The Poisoner's Handbook

Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York

by Deborah Blum ...

Narrated by Coleen Marlo ...

Unabridged

9 hours 14 min

Deborah Blum, writing with the high style and skill for suspense that is characteristic of the very best mystery fiction, shares the untold story of how poison rocked Jazz Age New York City. In The Poisoner's Handbook, Blum draws from highly original research to track the fascinating, perilous days when a pair of forensic scientists began their trailblazing chemical detective work, fighting to end ... Read more

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Deborah Blum, writing with the high style and skill for suspense that is characteristic of the very best mystery fiction, shares the untold story of how poison rocked Jazz Age New York City. In The Poisoner's Handbook, Blum draws from highly original research to track the fascinating, perilous days when a pair of forensic scientists began their trailblazing chemical detective work, fighting to end
... Read more
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Six Women of Salem

The Untold Story of the Accused and Their Accusers in the Salem Witch Trials

by Marilynne K. Roach ...

Narrated by Kate Reading ...

Unabridged

17 hours 8 min

Six Women of Salem is the first work to use the lives of a select number of representative women as a microcosm to illuminate the larger crisis of the Salem witch trials. By the end of the trials, beyond the twenty who were executed and the five who perished in prison, two hundred and seven individuals had been accused, seventy four had been "afflicted," thirty two had officially accused their ... Read more

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Six Women of Salem is the first work to use the lives of a select number of representative women as a microcosm to illuminate the larger crisis of the Salem witch trials. By the end of the trials, beyond the twenty who were executed and the five who perished in prison, two hundred and seven individuals had been accused, seventy four had been "afflicted," thirty two had officially accused their
... Read more
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They Were Her Property

White Women as Slave Owners in the American South

by Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers ...

Narrated by Allyson Johnson ...

Unabridged

10 hours 26 min

A bold and searing investigation into the role of white women in the American slave economy.Bridging women's history, the history of the South, and African American history, this book makes a bold argument about the role of white women in American slavery. Historian Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers draws on a variety of sources to show that slave-owning women were sophisticated economic actors who ... Read more

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A bold and searing investigation into the role of white women in the American slave economy.Bridging women's history, the history of the South, and African American history, this book makes a bold argument about the role of white women in American slavery. Historian Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers draws on a variety of sources to show that slave-owning women were sophisticated economic actors who
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Soul by Soul

Life Inside the Antebellum Slave Market

by Walter Johnson ...

Narrated by Tom Perkins ...

Unabridged

10 hours 22 min

Soul by Soul tells the story of slavery in antebellum America by moving away from the cotton plantations and into the slave market itself, the heart of the domestic slave trade. Taking us inside the New Orleans slave market, the largest in the nation, where 100,000 men, women, and children were packaged, priced, and sold, Walter Johnson transforms the statistics of this chilling trade into the ... Read more

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Soul by Soul tells the story of slavery in antebellum America by moving away from the cotton plantations and into the slave market itself, the heart of the domestic slave trade. Taking us inside the New Orleans slave market, the largest in the nation, where 100,000 men, women, and children were packaged, priced, and sold, Walter Johnson transforms the statistics of this chilling trade into the
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American Pain

How a Young Felon and His Ring of Doctors Unleashed America's Deadliest Drug Epidemic

by John Temple ...

Narrated by Charlie Thurston ...

Unabridged

10 hours 18 min

The king of the Florida pill mills was American Pain, a mega-clinic expressly created to serve addicts posing as patients. From a fortresslike former bank building, American Pain's doctors distributed massive quantities of oxycodone to hundreds of customers a day, mostly traffickers and addicts who came by the vanload. Inked muscleheads ran the clinic's security. Former strippers operated the ... Read more

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The king of the Florida pill mills was American Pain, a mega-clinic expressly created to serve addicts posing as patients. From a fortresslike former bank building, American Pain's doctors distributed massive quantities of oxycodone to hundreds of customers a day, mostly traffickers and addicts who came by the vanload. Inked muscleheads ran the clinic's security. Former strippers operated the
... Read more
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The Hemingses of Monticello

An American Family

by Annette Gordon-Reed ...

Narrated by Karen White ...

Unabridged

30 hours 37 min

This epic work tells the story of the Hemingses, whose close blood ties to our third president had been systematically expunged from American history until very recently. Now, historian and legal scholar Annette Gordon-Reed traces the Hemings family from its origins in Virginia in the 1700s to the family's dispersal after Jefferson's death in 1826. It brings to life not only Sally Hemings and ... Read more

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This epic work tells the story of the Hemingses, whose close blood ties to our third president had been systematically expunged from American history until very recently. Now, historian and legal scholar Annette Gordon-Reed traces the Hemings family from its origins in Virginia in the 1700s to the family's dispersal after Jefferson's death in 1826. It brings to life not only Sally Hemings and
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On the Edge of Survival

A Shipwreck, a Raging Storm, and the Harrowing Alaskan Rescue That Became a Legend

by Spike Walker ...

Narrated by Robertson Dean ...

Unabridged

6 hours 2 min

A Malaysian cargo ship on its way from Seattle, Washington, to China ran aground off the coast of western Alaska's Aleutian Islands on December 8, 2004, during a brutal storm, leading to one of the most incredible Coast Guard rescue missions of all time.Two Coast Guard Jayhawk helicopters lifted off immediately from Air Station Kodiak during the driving storm in an effort to rescue the ship's ... Read more

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A Malaysian cargo ship on its way from Seattle, Washington, to China ran aground off the coast of western Alaska's Aleutian Islands on December 8, 2004, during a brutal storm, leading to one of the most incredible Coast Guard rescue missions of all time.Two Coast Guard Jayhawk helicopters lifted off immediately from Air Station Kodiak during the driving storm in an effort to rescue the ship's
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Savage Kingdom

The True Story of Jamestown, 1607, and the Settlement of America

by Benjamin Woolley ...

Narrated by David Drummond ...

Unabridged

13 hours 59 min

Published to coincide with the 400th anniversary of the first American colony, Savage Kingdom presents a bold, even reckless, political adventure driven by a sense of imperial destiny and dogged by official hostility.Four centuries ago, and fourteen years before the Mayflower, a group of men—led by a one-armed ex-pirate, an epileptic aristocrat, a reprobate cleric, and a government spy—left London ... Read more

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Published to coincide with the 400th anniversary of the first American colony, Savage Kingdom presents a bold, even reckless, political adventure driven by a sense of imperial destiny and dogged by official hostility.Four centuries ago, and fourteen years before the Mayflower, a group of men—led by a one-armed ex-pirate, an epileptic aristocrat, a reprobate cleric, and a government spy—left London
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The Most They Ever Had

by Rick Bragg ...

Narrated by Rick Bragg ...

Unabridged

4 hours 16 min

In the spring of 2001, a community of people in the Appalachian foothills had come to the edge of all they had ever been. Now they stood looking down, bitter, angry, afraid. Across the South, padlocks and logging chains bound the doors of silent mills, and it seemed a miracle to blue-collar people in Jacksonville, Alabama, that their mill still bit, shook, and roared. The century-old hardwood ... Read more

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In the spring of 2001, a community of people in the Appalachian foothills had come to the edge of all they had ever been. Now they stood looking down, bitter, angry, afraid. Across the South, padlocks and logging chains bound the doors of silent mills, and it seemed a miracle to blue-collar people in Jacksonville, Alabama, that their mill still bit, shook, and roared. The century-old hardwood
... Read more
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America's Pioneers: Untold Tales of Early Hunters

"Discover Untold Tales of America's Pioneers with Engaging Audio Lessons!"

by Colin Thornewood ...

Narrated by Nick Porter ...

Unabridged

2 hours 27 min

America's Pioneers: Untold Tales of Early Hunters⭐⭐ Simplified Guide & Explanations Included ⭐⭐Are you looking to delve into the fascinating world of early American hunters and discover their untold stories?Seeking a comprehensive guide that provides all necessary elements to uncover the history and legacy of America's early pioneers?Your search ends here!This guide ... ... Read more

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America's Pioneers: Untold Tales of Early Hunters⭐⭐ Simplified Guide & Explanations Included ⭐⭐Are you looking to delve into the fascinating world of early American hunters and discover their untold stories?Seeking a comprehensive guide that provides all necessary elements to uncover the history and legacy of America's early pioneers?Your search ends here!This guide ...
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Inside the Apple

A Streetwise History of New York City

by Michelle Nevius, James Nevius ...

Narrated by Chris Andrew Ciulla ...

Unabridged

17 hours 10 min

How much do you actually know about New York City? Did you know they tried to anchor Zeppelins at the top of the Empire State Building? Or that the high-rent district of Park Avenue was once so dangerous it was called "Death Avenue"? Lively and comprehensive, Inside the Apple brings to life New York's fascinating past.This narrative history of New York City is the first to offer practical walking ... Read more

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How much do you actually know about New York City? Did you know they tried to anchor Zeppelins at the top of the Empire State Building? Or that the high-rent district of Park Avenue was once so dangerous it was called "Death Avenue"? Lively and comprehensive, Inside the Apple brings to life New York's fascinating past.This narrative history of New York City is the first to offer practical walking
... Read more
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Everybody's Doin' It

Sex, Music, and Dance in New York, 1840-1917

by Dale Cockrell ...

Narrated by Jonathan Todd Ross ...

Unabridged

8 hours 20 min

Everybody's Doin' It is the eye-opening story of popular music's seventy-year rise in the brothels, dance halls, and dives of New York City. It traces the birth of popular music, including ragtime and jazz, to convivial meeting places for sex, drink, music, and dance. Whether coming from a single piano player or a small band, live music was a nightly feature in New York's spirited dives, where men ... Read more

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Everybody's Doin' It is the eye-opening story of popular music's seventy-year rise in the brothels, dance halls, and dives of New York City. It traces the birth of popular music, including ragtime and jazz, to convivial meeting places for sex, drink, music, and dance. Whether coming from a single piano player or a small band, live music was a nightly feature in New York's spirited dives, where men
... Read more
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On to Petersburg

Grant and Lee, June 4-15, 1864

by Gordon C. Rhea ...

Narrated by Jonathan Davis ...

Unabridged

16 hours 21 min

With On to Petersburg, Gordon C. Rhea completes his much-lauded history of the Overland Campaign, a series of Civil War battles fought between Generals Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee in southeastern Virginia in the spring of 1864.On to Petersburg follows the Union army's movement to the James River, the military response from the Confederates, and the initial assault on Petersburg, which Rhea ... Read more

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With On to Petersburg, Gordon C. Rhea completes his much-lauded history of the Overland Campaign, a series of Civil War battles fought between Generals Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee in southeastern Virginia in the spring of 1864.On to Petersburg follows the Union army's movement to the James River, the military response from the Confederates, and the initial assault on Petersburg, which Rhea
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The History of Florida

Narrated by Gary Tiedemann ...

Unabridged

20 hours 8 min

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.Twenty-three leading historians, assembled by renowned scholar Michael Gannon, offer a wealth of perspectives and expertise to create a comprehensive, balanced view of ... Read more

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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.Twenty-three leading historians, assembled by renowned scholar Michael Gannon, offer a wealth of perspectives and expertise to create a comprehensive, balanced view of
... Read more
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Dust Bowl

The Southern Plains in the 1930s

by Donald Worster ...

Narrated by Sean Runnette ...

Unabridged

11 hours 15 min

In the mid-1930s, North America's Great Plains faced one of the worst man-made environmental disasters in world history. Donald Worster's classic chronicle of the devastating years between 1929 and 1939 tells the story of the Dust Bowl in ecological as well as human terms.Twenty-five years after his book helped to define the new field of environmental history, Worster shares his more recent ... Read more

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In the mid-1930s, North America's Great Plains faced one of the worst man-made environmental disasters in world history. Donald Worster's classic chronicle of the devastating years between 1929 and 1939 tells the story of the Dust Bowl in ecological as well as human terms.Twenty-five years after his book helped to define the new field of environmental history, Worster shares his more recent
... Read more
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Preserved

A Cultural History of the Funeral Home in America

by Dean G. Lampros ...

Narrated by Al Kessel ...

Unabridged

11 hours 10 min

Funeral homes are immediately recognizable features of the American landscape, and yet the history of how these spaces emerged remains largely untold. In Preserved, Dean Lampros uses the history of this uniquely American architectural icon to explore the twentieth century's expanding consumer landscape and reveal how buildings can help construct identities.Across the United States, Lampros traces ... Read more

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Funeral homes are immediately recognizable features of the American landscape, and yet the history of how these spaces emerged remains largely untold. In Preserved, Dean Lampros uses the history of this uniquely American architectural icon to explore the twentieth century's expanding consumer landscape and reveal how buildings can help construct identities.Across the United States, Lampros traces
... Read more
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Report from Ground Zero

The Story of the Rescue Efforts at the World Trade Center

by Dennis Smith ...

Narrated by Ensemble Cast, Eric Conger, Jeff David, Don Leslie, Beth McDonald ...

Abridged

6 hours 56 min

What would make someone rush into a towering inferno and dash up stairs toward danger against a flow of human beings running in the opposite direction? Only someone who's been there can tell us. ... Read more

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What would make someone rush into a towering inferno and dash up stairs toward danger against a flow of human beings running in the opposite direction? Only someone who's been there can tell us.
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Brief History of Nebraska, A

by KJ Smith ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Madison G ...

Series Audiobook 27 - A Brief History of - US State History
Unabridged

1 hour 14 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.A Brief History of NebraskaNebraska, the Cornhusker State, is a land of vast prairies, pioneering spirit, and deep-rooted history. A Brief History of Nebraska explores the fascinating journey of this Midwestern state, from its earliest Native American tribes to its central role in America’s westward expansion.Discover Nebraska’s history as part of the ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.A Brief History of NebraskaNebraska, the Cornhusker State, is a land of vast prairies, pioneering spirit, and deep-rooted history. A Brief History of Nebraska explores the fascinating journey of this Midwestern state, from its earliest Native American tribes to its central role in America’s westward expansion.Discover Nebraska’s history as part of the
... Read more
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Brief History of the Grand Canyon, A

by KJ Smith ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Madison G ...

Series Audiobook box set - A Brief History of - Wonders of the World
Unabridged

28 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.A Brief History of the Grand CanyonCarved over millions of years by the relentless Colorado River, the Grand Canyon stands as Earth's most spectacular autobiography—a mile-deep testament to the power of water and time. This breathtaking journey through one of nature's greatest masterpieces reveals the epic geological story written in its layered walls, ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.A Brief History of the Grand CanyonCarved over millions of years by the relentless Colorado River, the Grand Canyon stands as Earth's most spectacular autobiography—a mile-deep testament to the power of water and time. This breathtaking journey through one of nature's greatest masterpieces reveals the epic geological story written in its layered walls,
... Read more
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Florida Lore

The Barefoot Mailman, Cowboy Bone Mizell, the Tallahassee Witch and Other Tales

by Caren Schnur Neile ...

Narrated by Lisa S. Ware ...

Unabridged

6 hours 8 min

This fascinating collection of myths, legends, and folktales celebrates the diversity of characters and cultures across the Sunshine State.Florida boasts mysterious tales that stretch back more than twelve thousand years. Dive into the lives of the proud Wakulla Pocahontas and the Ghost of Bellamy Bridge. Meet local lawbreakers like John Ashley, as well as transplants like Ma Barker and Al Capone. ... Read more

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This fascinating collection of myths, legends, and folktales celebrates the diversity of characters and cultures across the Sunshine State.Florida boasts mysterious tales that stretch back more than twelve thousand years. Dive into the lives of the proud Wakulla Pocahontas and the Ghost of Bellamy Bridge. Meet local lawbreakers like John Ashley, as well as transplants like Ma Barker and Al Capone.
... Read more
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Damnation Island

Poor, Sick, Mad, and Criminal in 19th-Century New York

by Stacy Horn ...

Narrated by Pam Ward ...

Unabridged

10 hours 11 min

Today it is known as Roosevelt Island. In 1828, when New York City purchased this narrow, two-mile-long island in the East River, it was called Blackwell's Island. There, over the next hundred years, the city would build a lunatic asylum, prison, hospital, workhouse, and almshouse. Stacy Horn has crafted a compelling and chilling narrative told through the stories of the poor souls sent to ... Read more

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Today it is known as Roosevelt Island. In 1828, when New York City purchased this narrow, two-mile-long island in the East River, it was called Blackwell's Island. There, over the next hundred years, the city would build a lunatic asylum, prison, hospital, workhouse, and almshouse. Stacy Horn has crafted a compelling and chilling narrative told through the stories of the poor souls sent to
... Read more
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Banished from Johnstown

Racist Backlash in Pennsylvania

by Cody McDevitt ...

Narrated by Danny Campbell ...

Unabridged

6 hours 28 min

Author and journalist Cody McDevitt tells the story of one of the worst civil rights injustices in Western Pennsylvania history.In 1923, in response to the fatal shooting of four policemen, the mayor of Johnstown ordered every African American and Mexican immigrant who had lived in the city for less than seven years to leave. They were given less than a day to move or would face crippling fines or ... Read more

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Author and journalist Cody McDevitt tells the story of one of the worst civil rights injustices in Western Pennsylvania history.In 1923, in response to the fatal shooting of four policemen, the mayor of Johnstown ordered every African American and Mexican immigrant who had lived in the city for less than seven years to leave. They were given less than a day to move or would face crippling fines or
... Read more

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