Four Great Americans
George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Daniel Webster, and Abraham Lincoln
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Jim Hodges
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James Baldwin
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Bring history back to life through this historically accurate and edifying program narrated by Jim Hodges.
An engaging introduction to four of the greatest Americans: George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Daniel Webster, and Abraham Lincoln. Their lives are set forth in a simple manner, yet with many interesting details. A glimpse is given of the trials and successes which combined to mold their character and afford such stirring examples for the youth of today.
The stories are patriotic in every line, and inspire the listener to the best of thoughts and deeds. Written in the 1800s, the Young Listeners Collection features children's stories from yesterday's classics. Learn from our nation's founders whose Christian faith was lived out in the lives of the characters in these stories.
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A sixth-generation North Carolinian, highly-acclaimed author John Ehle grew up on former Cherokee hunting grounds. His experience as an accomplished novelist, combined with his extensive, meticulous research, culminates in this moving tragedy rich with historical detail.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Hard to imagine
- De Amazon Customer en 12-04-17
De: John Ehle
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Liberty for All?
- A History of US, Book 5
- De: Joy Hakim
- Narrado por: Christina Moore
- Duración: 5 h y 41 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 81
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Early nineteenth-century America could just about be summed up by Henry David Thoreau's words when he said, "Eastward I go only by force, but westward I go free." It was an exuberant time for the diverse citizens of the United States, who included a range of folk, from mountain men and railroad builders to whalers and farmers, as they pushed forward into the open frontier. And all their hopes and fears are captured in Liberty for All?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great survey of pre-Civil War US history
- De EmilyK en 01-05-15
De: Joy Hakim
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Ben Franklin: Inventing America
- Sterling Point Books
- De: Thomas Fleming
- Narrado por: A. C. Fellner
- Duración: 4 h y 45 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Perhaps more than even Washington, Jefferson, or Adams, Ben Franklin is the Founding Father who best exemplifies the authentic American spirit and values. Eminent historian Thomas Fleming paints a lively portrait of this self-made man blessed with a wealth of talents: a best-selling author, the most important newspaper publisher in America, and a world-renowned scientist and inventor before he took on the task of becoming the true "Father" of American independence.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing and Inspiring
- De Kindle Customer en 11-26-11
De: Thomas Fleming
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The Road to Dawn: Josiah Henson and the Story That Sparked the Civil War
- De: Jared A. Brock
- Narrado por: Ryan Vincent Anderson
- Duración: 9 h y 47 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 86
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This sweeping biography about the man who was the inspiration for Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is an epic tale of courage and bravery in the face of unimaginable trials. The Road to Dawn tells the improbable story of Josiah Henson - a dynamic, driven man with exceptional intelligence and unyielding principles, who overcame incredible odds to escape from slavery and improve the lives of hundreds of freedmen throughout his long life. He was immortalized by Harriet Beecher Stowe in her 1852 novel Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great book and very informative
- De plcd22 en 07-04-18
De: Jared A. Brock
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John Adams
- De: David McCullough
- Narrado por: Nelson Runger
- Duración: 29 h y 54 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 9,190
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 7,351
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 7,334
McCullough's John Adams has the sweep and vitality of a great novel. This is history on a grand scale, an audiobook about politics, war, and social issues, but also about human nature, love, religious faith, virtue, ambition, friendship, and betrayal, and the far-reaching consequences of noble ideas. Above all, it is an enthralling, often surprising story of one of the most important and fascinating Americans who ever lived.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An outstanding biography
- De Davis en 07-10-06
De: David McCullough
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Revolution Song
- A Story of American Freedom
- De: Russell Shorto
- Narrado por: Russell Shorto
- Duración: 18 h y 42 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 195
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 178
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From the author of the acclaimed history The Island at the Center of the World, an intimate new epic of the American Revolution that reinforces its meaning for today. With America's founding principles being debated today as never before, Russell Shorto looks back to the era in which those principles were forged. Drawing on new sources, he weaves the lives of six people into a seamless narrative that casts fresh light on the range of experience in colonial America on the cusp of revolution.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An inspiring book
- De Frank en 08-27-18
De: Russell Shorto
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The Invisibles
- The Untold Story of African American Slaves in the White House
- De: Jesse Holland
- Narrado por: JD Jackson
- Duración: 8 h y 3 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 100
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Jesse J. Holland's The Invisibles is the first book to tell the story of the executive mansion's most unexpected residents: the African American slaves who lived with the US presidents who owned them. Interest in African Americans and the White House are at an all-time high due to the historic presidency of Barack Obama and the soon-to-be-opened Smithsonian National Museum of African American Culture and History.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Riveting Book
- De Jean en 02-13-16
De: Jesse Holland
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Harriett Tubman
- The Moses of Her People
- De: Sarah H. Bradford
- Narrado por: Jim Hodges
- Duración: 2 h y 51 m
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Historian Sarah Hopkins Bradford details the life of heroic abolitionist Harriet Tubman, who was born into slavery but escaped to lead other enslaved people to freedom.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Shame on the Narration
- De erica mary en 06-17-20
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Young Benjamin Franklin
- The Birth of Ingenuity
- De: Nick Bunker
- Narrado por: Dan Woren
- Duración: 17 h y 18 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 28
From his early career as a printer and journalist to his scientific work and his role as a founder of a new republic, Benjamin Franklin has always seemed the inevitable embodiment of American ingenuity. But in his youth, he had to make his way through a harsh colonial world, where he fought many battles with his rivals, but also with his wayward emotions. Taking Franklin to the age of 41, when he made his first electrical discoveries, Bunker goes behind the legend to reveal the sources of his passion for knowledge.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good Book but LOTS of Names
- De Tim en 10-31-19
De: Nick Bunker
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A Slave No More
- Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom, Including Their Own Narratives of Emancipation
- De: David W. Blight
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey, Dominic Hoffman
- Duración: 9 h y 5 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Slave narratives are extremely rare. Of the 100 or so of these testimonies that survive, a mere handful are first-person accounts by slaves who ran away and freed themselves. Now two newly uncovered narratives, and the biographies of the men who wrote them, join that exclusive group.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A Piece Of History
- De John en 07-10-09
De: David W. Blight
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An Imperfect God
- George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of America
- De: Henry Wiencek
- Narrado por: Rick Adamson
- Duración: 7 h y 30 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 71
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Washington was born and raised among Blacks and mixed-race people; he and his wife had blood ties to the slave community. Yet as a young man he bought and sold slaves without scruple, even raffled off children to collect debts (an incident ignored by earlier biographers). Then, on the Revolutionary battlefields where he commanded both Black and White troops, Washington's attitudes began to change.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent handling of one part of Wahington's life
- De buffaloboy en 05-20-04
De: Henry Wiencek
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Narrative of William W. Brown, A Fugitive Slave
- De: William Wells Brown
- Narrado por: Peter Jay Fernandez
- Duración: 2 h y 51 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 146
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"Brother, you have often declared that you would not end your days in slavery. I see no possible way in which you can escape with us; and now, brother, you are on a steamboat where there is some chance for you to escape to a land of liberty. I beseech you not to let us hinder you. If we cannot get our liberty, we do not wish to be the means of keeping you from a land of freedom."
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5 out of 5 stars
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EVERYONE!!!! Should Listen/Read This Story!!!!
- De BluBtrfly1 en 06-25-22
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Lee
- The Last Years
- De: Charles Bracelen Flood
- Narrado por: Michael Anthony
- Duración: 10 h y 24 m
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Robert E. Lee, one of the most famous figures in American history, vanished after his dramatic surrender at Appomattox. In fact, he lived only another five years, during which time he did more than any other American to heal the wounds between North and South during the tempestuous postwar period.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An incredible leader
- De David en 11-17-06