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Jonathan Davis
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Derek W. Beck
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Few Americans know that the Revolutionary War did not begin with the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, but over a year earlier, in April 1775. Now historian Derek Beck draws on previously unpublished documents to tell the full story of the war before American independence - from both sides.
Spanning the years 1773 to 1776, this audiobook sweeps listeners from the Boston Tea Party to the halls of Parliament - where Ben Franklin was almost run out of England for pleading on behalf of the colonies - to the fateful expedition to Concord that resulted in the shot heard round the world. Vividly detailed and meticulously researched, this captivating history reveals in a new light the perspectives and events that altered the futures of not only England and America but the whole world.
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In the summer of 1814, the United States of America teetered on the brink of disaster. The war it had declared against Great Britain two years earlier appeared headed toward inglorious American defeat. In a fast-paced, character-driven narrative, Steve Vogel tells the story of this titanic struggle from the perspective of both sides. Like an epic novel, Through the Perilous Fight abounds with heroes, villains, and astounding feats of derring-do.
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History at its finest!
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The Blood of Heroes
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On February 23, 1836, a Mexican army thousands of soldiers strong attacked a group of roughly 200 Americans holed up in an abandoned mission just east of San Antonio, Texas. For nearly two weeks, the massive force lay siege to the makeshift fort, spraying its occupants with unremitting waves of musket and cannon fire. Then, on March 6th, at 5:30 A.M., the Mexican troops unleashed a final devastating assault: divided into four columns, they rushed into the Alamo and commenced a deadly hand-to-hand fight.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Blood and History Runs Off Every Page
- By Lynn on 08-25-12
By: James Donovan
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The Strategy of Victory
- How General George Washington Won the American Revolution
- By: Thomas Fleming
- Narrated by: Michael Johnson
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General George Washington knew that having and maintaining an army of professional soldiers was the only way to win independence. As he fought bitterly with the leaders in Congress over the creation of a regular army, he patiently waited until his new army was ready for pitched battle. His first opportunity came late in 1776, following his surprise crossing of the Delaware River. In New Jersey, the strategy of victory was about to unfold.
By: Thomas Fleming
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Band of Giants
- The Amateur Soldiers Who Won America's Independence
- By: Jack Kelly
- Narrated by: James C. Lewis
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Jefferson, Adams, and Franklin are known to all; men like Morgan, Greene, and Wayne are less familiar. Yet the dreams of the politicians and theorists became real only because fighting men were willing to take on the grim, risky, brutal work of war. The soldiers of the American Revolution were a diverse lot: merchants and mechanics, farmers and fishermen, paragons and drunkards. Most were ardent amateurs.
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in-depth, revealing of occurrences seldom taught
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By: Jack Kelly
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Texian Iliad: A Military History of the Texas Revolution
- Texas Classics
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- Narrated by: A.T. Chandler
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Hardly were the last shots fired at the Alamo before the Texas Revolution entered the realm of myth and controversy. French visitor Frederic Gaillardet called it a "Texian Iliad" in 1839, while American Theodore Sedgwick pronounced the war and its resulting legends "almost burlesque."
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1 out of 5 stars
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Author writes history from a biased view
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1776
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In this stirring audiobook, David McCullough tells the intensely human story of those who marched with General George Washington in the year of the Declaration of Independence, when the whole American cause was riding on their success, without which all hope for independence would have been dashed and the noble ideals of the Declaration would have amounted to little more than words on paper.
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Front Seat on History
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Washington's Immortals
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In August 1776, a little over a month after the Continental Congress had formally declared independence from Britain, the revolution was on the verge of a sudden and disastrous end. General George Washington found his troops outmanned and outmaneuvered at the Battle of Brooklyn, and it looked like there was no escape. But thanks to a series of desperate rear-guard attacks by a single heroic regiment, famously known as the Immortal 400, Washington was able to evacuate his men, and the nascent Continental Army lived to fight another day.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Spectacular
- By Robert Everman on 04-26-16
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The Battle of New Orleans
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- Narrated by: Raymond Todd
- Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 270
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 238
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 236
The Battle of New Orleans sets its scenes with an almost unbelievably colorful cast of characters - a happenstance coalition of militia-men, regulars, untrained frontiersmen, free blacks, Indians, townspeople, and of course, Jackson himself. His glorious, improbable victory will catapult a once-poor, uneducated orphan boy into the White House and forge the beginning of a true nation.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Pronunciation please!
- By Paul Randolph on 05-06-19
By: Robert V. Remini
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Patriotic Fire
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- By: Winston Groom
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 201
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 148
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This audio program has all the ingredients of a high-flying adventure story. Unbeknownst to the combatants, the War of 1812 has ended. But Andrew Jackson, a brave, charismatic American general, sick with dysentery and commanding a beleaguered garrison, leads a desperate struggle to hold on to New Orleans and to thwart the army that defeated Napoleon.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Great Book About A Fascinating Battle
- By David I. Williams on 05-12-13
By: Winston Groom
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General George Washington
- A Military Life
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- Narrated by: Jack Garrett
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 95
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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This comprehensive military biography of George Washington entertainingly examines Washington's capacity as a military leader. Acclaimed historian Edward G. Lengel, an associate editor of the University of Virginia's Papers of George Washington project, bases this engrossing work on the most extensive collection of Washington's personal correspondence.
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3 out of 5 stars
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an embarassment of richs about the Revolution
- By D. Littman on 07-03-05
By: Edward G. Lengel
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Their Last Full Measure
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- Narrated by: Bob Souer
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 36
As the Confederacy steadily crumbled under the Union army's relentless hammering, dramatic developments in early 1865 brought the bloody war to a swift climax and denouement. Their Last Full Measure relates these thrilling events, which followed one another like falling dominoes - from Fort Fisher's capture to the burning of South Carolina's capital to the fall of Petersburg and Richmond and, ultimately, to Lee's surrender at Appomattox and Lincoln's assassination.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Monotone reading. 1st audio book I couldn't finish
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By: Joseph Wheelan
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The Training Ground
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- By: Martin Dugard
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 270
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 185
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 185
Nearly all of the Civil War's greatest soldiers - Grant, Lee, Sherman, Davis, and Jackson - were forged in the heat of the Mexican War. This is their story. At this fascinating juncture of American history, a group of young men came together to fight as friends - only, years later, to fight again as enemies.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another great Mexican War Book
- By William on 07-14-08
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The Swamp Fox
- How Francis Marion Saved the American Revolution
- By: John Oller
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,163
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,017
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In the darkest days of the American Revolution, Francis Marion and his band of militia freedom fighters kept hope alive for the patriot cause during the critical British southern campaign. Like the Robin Hood of legend, Marion and his men attacked from secret hideaways before melting back into the forest or swamp. Employing insurgent tactics that became commonplace in later centuries, Marion and his brigade inflicted losses on the enemy that were individually small but cumulatively a large drain on British resources and morale.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The Swamp Fox - Francis Marion
- By Stephen on 06-07-17
By: John Oller
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Valley Forge
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- Narrated by: Jeremy Bobb
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 375
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 341
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Valley Forge is the riveting true story of an underdog US toppling an empire. Using new and rarely seen contemporaneous documents - and drawing on a cast of iconic characters and remarkable moments that capture the innovation and energy that led to the birth of our nation - the New York Times best-selling authors Bob Drury and Tom Clavin provide a breathtaking account of this seminal and previously undervalued moment in the battle for American independence.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Moving story about saving the Revolution
- By LEE on 11-15-18
By: Bob Drury, and others
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Tories
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- Narrated by: Jeremy Gage
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 71
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 54
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The American Revolution was not simply a battle between independence-minded colonists and the oppressive British. As Thomas B. Allen reminds us, it was also a savage and often deeply personal civil war, in which conflicting visions of America pitted neighbor against neighbor and Patriot against Tory on the battlefield, the village green, and even in church.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Mediocre Story, Poor Narrator
- By James on 12-30-10
By: Thomas B. Allen
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- By: Jonathan Scott
- Narrated by: David de Vries
- Length: 12 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Between 1500 and 1800, the North Sea region overtook the Mediterranean as the most dynamic part of the world. At its core, the Anglo-Dutch relationship intertwined close alliance and fierce antagonism to intense creative effect. But a precondition for the Industrial Revolution was also the establishment in British North America of a unique type of colony - for the settlement of people and culture, rather than the extraction of things.
By: Jonathan Scott
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A People’s History of the American Revolution
- How Common People Shaped the Fight for Independence
- By: Ray Raphael
- Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
- Length: 16 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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A sweeping narrative of the wartime experience, A People's History of the American Revolution is the first book to view the Revolution through the eyes of common folk. Their stories have long been overlooked in the mythic telling of America's founding but are crucial to a comprehensive understanding of the fight for independence. Now, the experience of farmers, laborers, rank-and-file soldiers, women, Native Americans, and African Americans - found in diaries, letters, memoirs, and other revelatory primary sources - create a gritty account of rebellion....
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A treasure trove of information
- By DM on 04-30-21
By: Ray Raphael
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Independence
- The Struggle to Set America Free
- By: John Ferling
- Narrated by: Robert Fass
- Length: 16 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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No event in American history was more pivotal---or more furiously contested---than Congress's decision to declare independence in July 1776. Even months after American blood had been shed at Lexington and Concord, many colonists remained loyal to Britain. John Adams, a leader of the revolutionary effort, said bringing the fractious colonies together was like getting "thirteen clocks to strike at once."
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The defining moment in American history
- By W. F. Rucker on 08-07-11
By: John Ferling
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- Roger Hawkins
- 10-31-21
Excellent book
This book is very informative and well written. The author tries to show no bias and covers both sides during this time period. I highly recommend this title.
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- Karen Nowicki
- 07-22-21
Excellent!
Best narration and story telling in a long time. Recommend .9x speed if you want to really relax.
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- Nate Shakerley
- 05-07-24
very well read.
While this book covers some of the same materials in other volumes the balanced approach between the combatants and the inclusion of often overlooked events is greatly appreciated
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- Amazon Customer
- 09-07-21
Great to learn the finer details iof the beginning
Learn more about the beginning of the American Revolution..Must listan and enjoy. Don't miss out.
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- Barbara Burke
- 07-09-23
Excellent recounting of beginning of American Revolution
Told as a story with interesting characters but historically accurate. Worth the time to listen.
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- tracey68
- 10-15-17
Learned so much!
I am a historian myself, yet I learned so much. Great writer. I want more from the author.
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- Amazon Customer
- 07-07-21
This book shows why we need 2nd amendment
I loved this book because it showed how wrong Biden is. We all types of weapons are needed because never know when your government becomes your enemy. God Bless America.
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- Damian
- 09-11-21
If you like obscure detail...
...generally left out of the Big Picture...this is History for you. And the author has an agenda - which he readily confesses - regarding the assumed (and unjustified) villainy of Britain. He accomplishes his mission, but the tone throughout resonates of opinion and conclusion. Not a great history lesson, or even a mesmerizing narrative, but excellent research backed by example and specificity.
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- CRN
- 10-02-23
Excellent
most fascinating telling of 1774 and 1775. and, reader is a favorite. love this book.
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- Kevin Mulligan
- 09-30-21
Truly loved it.
As a truck driver, interested in history I found this book to be a great listen.
Since I'm a history buff, there was a lot I actually learned that I hadn't heard before period
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