Last of the Blue and Gray
Old Men, Stolen Glory, and the Mystery That Outlived the Civil War
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In the late 1950s, as America prepared for the Civil War centennial, two very old men lay dying. Albert Woolson, 109 years old, slipped in and out of a coma at a Duluth, Minnesota, hospital, his memories as a Yankee drummer boy slowly dimming. Walter Williams, at 117, blind and deaf and bedridden in his daughter's home in Houston, Texas, no longer could tell of his time as a Confederate forage master. The last of the Blue and the Gray were drifting away; an era was ending. Unknown to the public, centennial officials, and the White House too, one of these men was indeed a veteran of that horrible conflict and one, according to the best evidence, nothing but a fraud. One was a soldier. The other had been living a great, big lie.
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The Last of the Doughboys
- The Forgotten Generation and Their Forgotten World War
- De: Richard Rubin
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 20 h y 8 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 336
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They were the final survivors of the millions who made up the American Expeditionary Forces, nineteenth-century men and women living in the twenty-first century. Self-reliant, humble, and stoic, they kept their stories to themselves for a lifetime, then shared them at the last possible moment so that they, and the war they won - the trauma that created our modern world - might at last be remembered. You will never forget them.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Flawed But Worthwhile: History Buffs Should Get It
- De Jim en 01-12-14
De: Richard Rubin
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Lincoln the Unknown
- De: Dale Carnegie
- Narrado por: Clay Lomakayu
- Duración: 9 h y 27 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 80
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One of the best books ever written about Lincoln by Dale Carnegie. Chronicles the inner life and struggles of Abraham Lincoln, how he led a life of poverty, how he went from pauper to become president, how he emerged from obscurity and became the Republican nominee at the 1860 Chicago convention, how he loved to tell humorous stories, and that he was an avid reader of Shakespeare.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Lincoln
- De Amazon Customer en 06-11-21
De: Dale Carnegie
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Abraham Lincoln
- A Man of Faith and Courage: Stories of Our Most Admired President
- De: Joe Wheeler
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 9 h y 21 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Author Joe Wheeler brings to this insightful audiobook the knowledge gleaned from over 10 years of study and more than 60 books on the life and times of Abraham Lincoln. Skillfully weaving his own narrative with direct quotes from Abraham Lincoln and poignant excerpts from other Lincoln biographers, Joe Wheeler brings a refreshingly friendly rendition Lincoln's life, faith and courage.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Retreads
- De J B Tipton en 04-22-09
De: Joe Wheeler
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Bloody Crimes
- The Chase for Jefferson Davis and the Death Pageant for Lincoln's Corpse
- De: James L. Swanson
- Narrado por: Richard Thomas
- Duración: 12 h y 44 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 204
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On the morning of April 2, 1865, Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy, received a telegram from General Robert E. Lee. There is no more time - the Yankees are coming, it warned. Shortly before midnight, Davis fled the capital, setting off an intense and thrilling chase in which Union cavalry hunted the Confederate president. Two weeks later, President Lincoln was assassinated, and the nation was convinced that Davis was involved in the conspiracy that led to the crime.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Not as good as manhunt
- De mr kieran j murphy en 01-19-11
De: James L. Swanson
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On Hallowed Ground
- The Story of Arlington National Cemetery
- De: Robert M. Poole
- Narrado por: Robert M. Poole
- Duración: 12 h y 41 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 257
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More than just a fascinating account of how Arlington came into being at the end of the Civil War, On Hallowed Ground also tells the story of America as reflected in her greatest national cemetery. The history of the land on which the cemetery is built is as varied as our nation's, evolving from its earliest days as Robert E. Lee's ancestral home to a Union headquarters, a haven for freedmen, and finally a burial ground.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Enlightening, Beautiful
- De Gillian en 02-24-14
De: Robert M. Poole
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The War Lovers
- Roosevelt, Lodge, Hearst, and the Rush to Empire, 1898
- De: Evan Thomas
- Narrado por: Richard Davidson
- Duración: 14 h y 1 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 70
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On February 15, 1898, the USS Maine exploded in Havana Harbor. Although there was no evidence that the Spanish were responsible, yellow newspapers such as William Randolph Hearst's New York Journal whipped Americans into frenzy by claiming that Spain's "secret infernal machine" had destroyed the battleship. Soon after, the blandly handsome and easily influenced President McKinley declared war, sending troops not only to Cuba but also to the Philippines.
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2 out of 5 stars
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A Rather Poor History
- De Paul C. White en 08-17-10
De: Evan Thomas
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Dead Presidents
- An American Adventure into the Strange Deaths and Surprising Afterlives of Our Nation's Leaders
- De: Brady Carlson
- Narrado por: Tom Zingarelli
- Duración: 8 h y 1 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 93
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In Dead Presidents, NPR host Brady Carlson takes listeners to presidential gravesites, monuments, and memorials to tell the death stories of our greatest leaders. Mixing biography and travelogue, Carlson explores whether William Henry Harrison really died of a cold, why Zachary Taylor's remains were exhumed 140 years after his death, and how what killed James A. Garfield wasn't an assassin's bullet.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Dead ends and in depth history.
- De ellie en 03-04-16
De: Brady Carlson
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A Secret Life
- The Lies and Scandals of President Grover Cleveland
- De: Charles Lachman
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 12 h y 24 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 91
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The child was born on September 14, 1874, at the only hospital in Buffalo, New York, that offered maternity services for unwed mothers. It was a boy, and though he entered the world in a state of illegitimacy, a distinguished name was given to this newborn: Oscar Folsom Cleveland. The son of the future president of the United States - Grover Cleveland. The story of how the man who held the nation’s highest office eventually came to take responsibility for his son is a thrilling one that unfolds like a sordid romance novel....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Are the charges true?
- De Jean en 02-16-13
De: Charles Lachman
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Eleanor and Hick
- The Love Affair That Shaped a First Lady
- De: Susan Quinn
- Narrado por: Kimberly Farr
- Duración: 13 h y 45 m
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In 1932 Eleanor Roosevelt entered the claustrophobic, duty-bound existence of the first lady with dread. By that time she had put her deep disappointment in her marriage behind her and developed an independent life - now threatened by the public role she would be forced to play. A lifeline came to her in the form of a feisty campaign reporter for the Associated Press: Lorena Hickok. Over the next 30 years, until Eleanor's death, the two women carried on an extraordinary relationship.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An Icon who was real.
- De Francine Fields en 08-17-17
De: Susan Quinn
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The Immortal Irishman
- The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero
- De: Timothy Egan
- Narrado por: Gerard Doyle
- Duración: 14 h y 9 m
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The Irish-American story, with all its twists and triumphs, is told through the improbable life of one man. A dashing young orator during the Great Famine of the 1840s, in which a million of his Irish countrymen died, Thomas Francis Meagher led a failed uprising against British rule, for which he was banished to a Tasmanian prison colony. He escaped and six months later was heralded in the streets of New York - the revolutionary hero, back from the dead, at the dawn of the great Irish immigration to America.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Yes, but....
- De Dale and Carol en 04-01-16
De: Timothy Egan
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The Lincolns
- Portrait of a Marriage
- De: Daniel Mark Epstein
- Narrado por: Adam Grupper
- Duración: 21 h y 33 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 141
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In 1974 the historian Fawn Brodie predicted that a "sensitive study of the Lincoln marriage will not always defy biographers". Until now, it has. The only book-length treatment of the marriage was published in 1953, when scholars lacked today's resources and were still struggling with deep-seated prejudices about Mary Todd and Abraham Lincoln. Now Daniel Mark Epstein has produced an incisive and balanced portrait of the Lincolns.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating!
- De F. Elizabeth Hauser en 12-14-08
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Assassination Vacation
- De: Sarah Vowell
- Narrado por: Conan O'Brien, Stephen King, Dave Eggers, y otros
- Duración: 7 h y 19 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 3,633
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,957
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Sarah Vowell exposes the glorious conundrums of American history and culture with wit, probity, and an irreverent sense of humor. With Assassination Vacation, she takes us on a road trip like no other, a journey to the pit stops of American political murder and through the myriad ways they have been used for fun and profit, for political and cultural advantage.
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4 out of 5 stars
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extremely entertaining and informative
- De Rachel en 08-17-05
De: Sarah Vowell
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Truman
- De: David McCullough
- Narrado por: Nelson Runger
- Duración: 54 h y 11 m
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Hailed by critics as an American masterpiece, David McCullough's sweeping biography of Harry S. Truman captured the heart of the nation. The life and times of the 33rd president of the United States, Truman provides a deeply moving look at an extraordinary, singular American.
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5 out of 5 stars
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That Mousy Little Man From Missouri Revisited
- De Sara en 07-23-15
De: David McCullough
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Abraham Lincoln
- The Prairie Years and The War Years
- De: Carl Sandburg
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 44 h y 12 m
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Originally published in six volumes, which sold more than one million copies, Carl Sandburg’s Abraham Lincoln was praised as the most noteworthy historical biography of Sandburg’s generation. He later distilled this monumental work into one volume that critics and readers alike consider his greatest work of nonfiction, as well as the most distinguished, authoritative biography of Lincoln ever published.
Growing up in an Illinois prairie town, Sandburg listened to stories of old-timers who had known Lincoln. By the time this single-volume edition was competed, he had spent a lifetime studying, researching, and writing about our 16th president.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A moving tale of a very human man
- De Sohachi en 06-25-16
De: Carl Sandburg
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David Crockett: The Lion of the West
- De: Michael Wallis
- Narrado por: John Pruden
- Duración: 10 h y 13 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 193
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His name was David Crockett. He never signed his name any other way, but popular culture transformed his memory into "Davy Crockett", and Hollywood gave him a raccoon hat he hardly ever wore. Best-selling historian Michael Wallis casts a fresh look at the frontiersman, storyteller, and politician behind these legendary stories.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Author is very bias.
- De Michael en 05-31-12
De: Michael Wallis