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This Land is Your Land

A Road Trip Through U.S. History

de Beverly Gage ...

Narrado por Gabra Zackman ...

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8 hora 43 minutos

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 ... Leer más

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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

de Ned Sublette ...

Narrado por Sean Crisden ...

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11 hora 52 minutos

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 ... Leer más

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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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Six Women of Salem

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

de Marilynne K. Roach ...

Narrado por Kate Reading ...

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17 hora 8 minutos

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 ... Leer más

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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
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The Poisoner's Handbook

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

de Deborah Blum ...

Narrado por Coleen Marlo ...

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9 hora 14 minutos

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 ... Leer más

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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
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They Were Her Property

White Women as Slave Owners in the American South

de Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers ...

Narrado por Allyson Johnson ...

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10 hora 26 minutos

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 ... Leer más

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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

de Walter Johnson ...

Narrado por Tom Perkins ...

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10 hora 22 minutos

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 ... Leer más

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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

de John Temple ...

Narrado por Charlie Thurston ...

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10 hora 18 minutos

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 ... Leer más

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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
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On the Edge of Survival

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

de Spike Walker ...

Narrado por Robertson Dean ...

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6 hora 2 minutos

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 ... Leer más

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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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The Hemingses of Monticello

An American Family

de Annette Gordon-Reed ...

Narrado por Karen White ...

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30 hora 37 minutos

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 ... Leer más

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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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Savage Kingdom

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

de Benjamin Woolley ...

Narrado por David Drummond ...

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13 hora 59 minutos

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 ... Leer más

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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

de Rick Bragg ...

Narrado por Rick Bragg ...

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4 hora 16 minutos

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 ... Leer más

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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
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America's Pioneers: Untold Tales of Early Hunters

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

de Colin Thornewood ...

Narrado por Nick Porter ...

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2 hora 27 minutos

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 ... ... Leer más

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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

de Michelle Nevius, James Nevius ...

Narrado por Chris Andrew Ciulla ...

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17 hora 10 minutos

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 ... Leer más

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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
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Everybody's Doin' It

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

de Dale Cockrell ...

Narrado por Jonathan Todd Ross ...

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8 hora 20 minutos

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 ... Leer más

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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
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On to Petersburg

Grant and Lee, June 4-15, 1864

de Gordon C. Rhea ...

Narrado por Jonathan Davis ...

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16 hora 21 minutos

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 ... Leer más

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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

Narrado por Gary Tiedemann ...

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20 hora 8 minutos

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 ... Leer más

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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
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Dust Bowl

The Southern Plains in the 1930s

de Donald Worster ...

Narrado por Sean Runnette ...

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11 hora 15 minutos

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 ... Leer más

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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
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Preserved

A Cultural History of the Funeral Home in America

de Dean G. Lampros ...

Narrado por Al Kessel ...

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11 hora 10 minutos

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 ... Leer más

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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
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Report from Ground Zero

The Story of the Rescue Efforts at the World Trade Center

de Dennis Smith ...

Narrado por Ensemble Cast, Eric Conger, Jeff David, Don Leslie, Beth McDonald ...

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6 hora 56 minutos

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. ... Leer más

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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

de KJ Smith ...

Narrado por Digital Voice Madison G ...

Series Audiolibro 27 - A Brief History of - US State History
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1 horas 14 minutos

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 ... Leer más

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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
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Brief History of the Grand Canyon, A

de KJ Smith ...

Narrado por Digital Voice Madison G ...

Series Audiolibro box set - A Brief History of - Wonders of the World
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28 minutos

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, ... Leer más

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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,
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Florida Lore

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

de Caren Schnur Neile ...

Narrado por Lisa S. Ware ...

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6 hora 8 minutos

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. ... Leer más

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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.
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Damnation Island

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

de Stacy Horn ...

Narrado por Pam Ward ...

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10 hora 11 minutos

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 ... Leer más

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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
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Banished from Johnstown

Racist Backlash in Pennsylvania

de Cody McDevitt ...

Narrado por Danny Campbell ...

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6 hora 28 minutos

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 ... Leer más

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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
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