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Narrated by:
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Traber Burns
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W. T. Hamilton
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In 1842, following the doctor's orders for a change of climate, William Thomas Hamilton found himself accompanying a party of trappers on a yearlong expedition. Heading into the wild, Hamilton would prove himself to be a fast learner, as adept with a firearm as with sign language: this early experience would be the making of him. As the 19th century progressed, along with many other trappers, Hamilton found himself drawn into the Indian Wars brought about by territorial expansion.
Exploring, trapping, trading, and fighting, Hamilton shows how every aspect of a mountain man's life relied on his wits and knowledge in order survive the inhospitable environments.
First published in 1905, when the experiences of such pushing, adventurous, and fearless men were becoming a thing of the past, Hamilton's unassuming memoir relates an extraordinary life in a disappearing American West.
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In a real-life version of Little Big Man comes Indian captive narrative of Herman Lehmann. He was captured as a boy in 1870 and lived for nine years among the Apaches and Comanches. Long considered one of the best captivity stories from the period, Lehmann came to love the people and the life. Only through the gentle persuasion of famed Comanche chief, Quanah Parker, was Lehmann convinced to remain with his white family once he was returned to them.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Narrator Issue
- By Ben L on 03-25-20
By: Herman Lehmann
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The Earth Is All That Lasts
- Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and the Last Stand of the Great Sioux Nation
- By: Mark Lee Gardner
- Narrated by: Shaun Taylor-Corbett
- Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 63
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 56
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Story5 out of 5 stars 56
Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull: Their names are iconic, their significance in American history undeniable. Together, these two Lakota chiefs, one a fabled warrior and the other a revered holy man, crushed George Armstrong Custer’s vaunted Seventh Cavalry. Yet their legendary victory at the Little Big Horn has overshadowed the rest of their rich and complex lives. Now, based on years of research and drawing on a wealth of previously ignored primary sources, award-winning author Mark Lee Gardner delivers the definitive chronicle, thrillingly told, of these extraordinary Indigenous leaders.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Gripping
- By T. H. on 12-11-22
By: Mark Lee Gardner
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
- An Indian History of the American West
- By: Dee Brown
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,548
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,775
Dee Brown's eloquent, meticulously documented account of the systematic destruction of the American Indian during the second half of the 19th century uses council records, autobiographies, and firsthand descriptions. Brown allows great chiefs and warriors of the Dakota, Ute, Sioux, Cheyenne, and other tribes to tell us in their own words of the battles, massacres, and broken treaties that finally left them demoralized and defeated.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Easy to Listen To, Difficult to Hear About
- By J.B. on 04-12-16
By: Dee Brown
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Jedediah Smith
- No Ordinary Mountain Man
- By: Barton H. Barbour
- Narrated by: Douglas R Pratt
- Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 476
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 407
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 406
Mountain man and fur trader Jedediah Smith casts a heroic shadow. He was the first Anglo-American to travel overland to California via the Southwest, and he roamed through more of the West than anyone else of his era. His adventures quickly became the stuff of legend. Using new information and sifting fact from folklore, Barton H. Barbour now offers a fresh look at this dynamic figure.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Narrator could use a pronunciation guide
- By Ralph M. Vaga on 03-16-20
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The Killing of Crazy Horse
- By: Thomas Powers
- Narrated by: John Pruden
- Length: 20 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 113
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 81
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He was the most feared and loathed Indian of his time, earning his reputation in surprise victories against the troops of Generals Crook and Custer at the Rosebud and Little Bighorn. Despite his enduring reputation, he has remained an enigma (even the whereabouts of his burial place are unknown, and no portrait or photograph of him exists). Now, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Thomas Powers brings Crazy Horse to life in this vivid work of American history.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Boring
- By Abraca on 11-30-10
By: Thomas Powers
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I Fought with Custer
- The Story of Sergeant Windolph
- By: Frazier Hunt, Robert Hunt
- Narrated by: Jack Sondericker
- Length: 5 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 90
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 67
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Sergeant Charles Windolph was the last white survivor of the Battle of Little Big Horn when he told his story nearly 70 years later. A six-year veteran in the Seventh Cavalry, Windolph rode in the 1873 Yellowstone Expedition, and the 1874 Black Hills Expedition. He fought in Captain Benteen's troops on the fatal Sunday, and vividly recalls the battle that wiped out Custer's command. Equally vivid is the evidence marshaled by historians Frazier and Robert Hunt.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Authentic Account
- By peter on 04-13-11
By: Frazier Hunt, and others
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Crazy Horse and Custer
- The Parallel Lives of Two American Warriors
- By: Stephen E. Ambrose
- Narrated by: Richard Ferrone
- Length: 20 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,122
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 988
On the sparkling morning of June 25, 1876, 611 men of the US 7th Cavalry rode toward the banks of the Little Bighorn in the Montana Territory, where 3,000 Indians stood waiting for battle. The lives of two great warriors would soon be forever linked throughout history: Crazy Horse, leader of the Oglala Sioux, and General George Armstrong Custer.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Fascinating, Fair Depiction of Two Heroes
- By Stewart Fletcher on 04-29-19
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Undaunted Courage
- By: Stephen E. Ambrose
- Narrated by: Barrett Whitener
- Length: 21 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,938
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,717
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In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson selected his personal secretary, Captain Meriwether Lewis, to lead a voyage up the Missouri River, across the forbidding Rockies, and - by way of the Snake and the Columbia rivers - down to the Pacific Ocean. Lewis and his partner, Captain William Clark, endured incredible hardships and witnessed astounding sights. With great perseverance, they worked their way into an unexplored West. When they returned two years later, they had long since been given up for dead.
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1 out of 5 stars
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The Heart of Everything That Is
- The Untold Story of Red Cloud, An American Legend
- By: Bob Drury, Tom Clavin
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,818
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,603
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,594
The great Oglala Sioux chief Red Cloud was the only Plains Indian to defeat the United States Army in a war, forcing the American government to sue for peace in a conflict named for him. At the peak of their chief’s powers, the Sioux could claim control of one-fifth of the contiguous United States. But unlike Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, or Geronimo, the fog of history has left Red Cloud strangely obscured. Now, thanks to painstaking research by two award-winning authors, his incredible story can finally be told.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The Irresistable Force Paradox: Manifest Destiny
- By Mel on 11-10-13
By: Bob Drury, and others
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Blood and Thunder
- An Epic of the American West
- By: Hampton Sides
- Narrated by: Don Leslie
- Length: 20 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,122
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,538
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,526
In the summer of 1846, the Army of the West marched through Santa Fe, en route to invade and occupy the Western territories claimed by Mexico. Fueled by the new ideology of “Manifest Destiny,” this land grab would lead to a decades-long battle between the United States and the Navajos, the fiercely resistant rulers of a huge swath of mountainous desert wilderness.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Publisher's summary does not do it justice
- By Eric on 02-07-11
By: Hampton Sides
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My Life as an Indian
- By: James Willard Schultz
- Narrated by: Brian V. Hunt
- Length: 13 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 222
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 204
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Story5 out of 5 stars 202
Beautiful, tender, haunting, and full of excitement, this is the memoir of famed author, explorer, Glacier Park guide, trader, and historian of the Blackfoot Indians, James Willard Schultz. With the Blackfoot woman, whom he deeply loved, from 1880 to 1903, Schultz lived the life of a Blackfoot Indian with Nat-ah-ki and her people. During this time, he began writing for magazines, at times running a trading post, and working as a guide in the West.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Compassionate Story
- By Ann Holmes on 09-13-18
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The Autobiography of Black Hawk
- By: Black Hawk
- Narrated by: Brett Barry
- Length: 3 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 60
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 50
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Story4 out of 5 stars 50
This story is told in the words of a tragic figure in American history - a hook-nosed, hollow-cheeked old Sauk warrior who lived under four flags while the Mississippi Valley was being wrested from his people. The author is Black Hawk himself - once pursued by an army whose members included Captain Abraham Lincoln and Lieutenant Jefferson Davis. Perhaps no Indian ever saw so much of American expansion or fought harder to prevent that expansion from driving his people to exile and death.
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4 out of 5 stars
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informing-not entertaining
- By Amazon Customer on 07-09-12
By: Black Hawk
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Chief Joseph & the Flight of the Nez Perce
- The Untold Story of an American Tragedy
- By: Kent Nerburn
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 16 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 207
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 180
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Story5 out of 5 stars 178
Learning about the 1,800-mile journey made by Chief Joseph and 800 Nez Perce men, women, and children from their homelands in what is now eastern Oregon to Montana is essential to understand who we are as a nation. There, only 40 miles from the Canadian border and freedom, Chief Joseph, convinced that the wounded and elders could go no farther, walked across the snowy battlefield, handed his rifle to the US military commander who had been pursuing them, and spoke his now-famous words, "From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever."
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5 out of 5 stars
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Long but totally worth it
- By Mt.. Jumper on 07-24-19
By: Kent Nerburn
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Mountain Man
- John Colter, the Lewis & Clark Expedition, and the Call of the American West
- By: David Weston Marshall
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 142
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 130
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 130
In 1804, John Colter set out with Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on the first US expedition to traverse the North American continent. During the 28-month ordeal, Colter served as a hunter and scout, and honed his survival skills on the western frontier. But when the journey was over, Colter stayed behind. He spent two more years trekking alone through dangerous and unfamiliar territory, charting some of the West's most treasured landmarks.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Piqued Curoisty
- By Julie on 01-30-22
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Empire of the Summer Moon
- Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
- By: S. C. Gwynne
- Narrated by: David Drummond
- Length: 15 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 15,060
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 12,790
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Story5 out of 5 stars 12,766
Empire of the Summer Moon spans two astonishing stories. The first traces the rise and fall of the Comanches, the most powerful Indian tribe in American history. The second entails one of the most remarkable narratives ever to come out of the Old West: the epic saga of the pioneer woman Cynthia Ann Parker and her mixed-blood son, Quanah, who became the last and greatest chief of the Comanches.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Difficult to endure narrator
- By fowler on 12-21-19
By: S. C. Gwynne
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Into the Bright Sunshine
- Young Hubert Humphrey and the Fight for Civil Rights (Pivotal Moments in American History Series)
- By: Samuel G. Freedman
- Narrated by: Mike Lenz
- Length: 17 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 13
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 12
During one sweltering week in July 1948, the Democratic Party gathered in Philadelphia for its national convention. The most pressing and controversial issue facing the delegates was not whom to nominate for president—the incumbent, Harry Truman, was the presumptive candidate—but whether the Democrats would finally embrace the cause of civil rights and embed it in their official platform. On the convention's final day, Hubert Humphrey, the relatively obscure mayor of the midsized city of Minneapolis, ascended the podium.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Civil Rights for All not just limited segments of society.
- By Patricia A Gustafson on 06-02-24
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- Narrated by: David Drummond
- Length: 18 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Thomas Jefferson, a naturalist and visionary, dreamed that the United States would stretch across the continent from ocean to ocean. The account of how that dream became reality unfolds in the stories of Jefferson and nine other Americans whose adventurous spirits and lust for land pushed the westward boundaries: Andrew Jackson, John “Johnny Appleseed” Chapman, David Crockett, Sam Houston, James K. Polk, Winfield Scott, Kit Carson, Nicholas Trist, and John Quincy Adams.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Pretty good
- By Chelsey on 05-11-16
By: Robert Morgan
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Crow Killer
- The Saga of Liver-Eating Johnson (Midland Book)
- By: Raymond W. Thorp, Robert Bunker
- Narrated by: Don Coltrane
- Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 962
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The true story (on which the film Jeremiah Johnson was partially based) of John Johnson, who in 1847 found his wife and her unborn child had been killed by Crow braves. Out of this tragedy came one of the most gripping feuds - one man against a whole tribe - in American history.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A good history lesson.
- By Claycnst on 08-15-16
By: Raymond W. Thorp, and others
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Whispers in the Tall Grass
- By: Nick Brokhausen
- Narrated by: George Spelvin
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,756
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1,752
On his second combat tour, Nick Brokhausen served in Recon Team Habu, CCN. This unit was part of MACV-SOG (Military Assistance Command Vietnam Studies and Observations Group), or Studies and Observations Group as it was innocuously called. The small recon companies that were the center of its activities conducted some of the most dangerous missions of the war, infiltrating areas controlled by the North Vietnamese in Laos, Vietnam, and Cambodia. The companies never exceeded more than 30 Americans, yet they were the best source for the enemy's disposition.
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5 out of 5 stars
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OUTSTANDING
- By James on 12-21-19
By: Nick Brokhausen
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Boone
- A Biography
- By: Robert Morgan
- Narrated by: James Jenner
- Length: 20 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,336
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,128
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Robert Morgan's Gap Creek was an Oprah's Book Club selection and a phenomenal New York Times best-seller. Here he turns his talent to chronicling the life of American frontier legend Daniel Boone.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I am ruined for modern life
- By John on 11-21-16
By: Robert Morgan
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The Frontiersmen
- A Narrative
- By: Allan W. Eckert
- Narrated by: Kevin Foley
- Length: 30 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,135
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,891
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,886
The frontiersmen were a remarkable breed of men. They were often rough and illiterate, sometimes brutal and vicious, often seeking an escape in the wilderness of mid-America from crimes committed back east. In the beautiful but deadly country which would one day come to be known as West Virginia, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, more often than not they left their bones to bleach beside forest paths or on the banks of the Ohio River.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Masterpiece for History Novel Enthusiasts!
- By Whitney on 06-08-11
By: Allan W. Eckert
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That Dark and Bloody River
- Chronicles of the Ohio River Valley
- By: Allan W. Eckert
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 35 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 263
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They came on foot and by horseback, in wagons and on rafts, singly and by the score, restless, adventurous, enterprising, relentless, seeking a foothold on the future. European immigrants and American colonists, settlers and speculators, soldiers and missionaries, fugitives from justice and from despair-pioneers all, in the great and inexorable westward expansion defined at its heart by the majestic flow of the Ohio River. This is their story, a chronicle of monumental dimension, of resounding drama and impact set during a pivotal era in our history: the birth and growth of a nation.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating Look at a forgotten chapter of history
- By Chidwick on 07-25-19
By: Allan W. Eckert
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The Journey of Crazy Horse
- A Lakota History
- By: Joseph M. Marshall III
- Narrated by: Joseph M. Marshall III
- Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,635
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,127
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,123
Most of the world remembers Crazy Horse as a peerless warrior who brought the U.S. Army to its knees at the Battle of Little Bighorn. But to his fellow Lakota Indians, he was a dutiful son and humble fighting man who, with valor, spirit, respect, and unparalleled leadership, fought for his people's land, livelihood, and honor. In this fascinating biography, Joseph Marshall, himself a Lakota Indian, creates a vibrant portrait of the man, his times, and his legacy.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Whitewashed story with rose colored glasses.
- By Faster4ward on 10-06-18
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- Amazon Customer
- 03-04-23
An amazing story!
I have listened to this story multiple times. It is my go to for a bedtime listen. True life, not exaggerated, discovery of a wild country.
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- Rhonda Wise
- 02-23-23
Interesting but quick paced
60 years in 25 short chapters just makes for a highlight of his 60 years, but still enjoyable!
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- bill casner
- 07-01-24
Good history lesson
Fun listen and history lesson easy to listen to. Tells it like it was with good and bad
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- Anonymous User
- 01-23-22
amazing historical story
thrilling battles and expert detail of trapping. Learn about the different Native American tribes of the area across the west. Hamilton gives prices of his skins and other wares throughout his life.
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- David Kocol
- 11-29-22
Entertaining book, written firsthand by a mountain man.
This book was an enjoyable read. It conjures images of Jeremiah Johnson, Kit Carson and others.
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- S. LaBossiere
- 01-02-23
Great
Narration by a mountain man who lived in the 1800s. Gives you a great perspective of his experiences with trapping and dealing with the Indians.
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- Mario
- 12-05-20
makes me feel like I was born in the wrong century
love it. it's about a time when men could be men. interesting from beginning to the end.
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- Mary Phillips
- 03-28-21
Really Enjoyed this Book
Wonderful autobiographical account published in 1905 of the experiences of trapper W T Hamilton from 1840 to 1900. Excellent portrayal of the old west, and the different Native American tribes. Traber Burns is an excellent reader as well.
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- Peter N. McPherson
- 04-13-22
words from the past
well written in any easy to follow along with reading of a time long forgotten. a great listen and well read with a glimpse into the old west.
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- Team J-Mo
- 01-12-22
great listen
I didn't stop once started. it kept me hanging on every word. I will probably listen to it again in the future.
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