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Crawford B. Bunkley III
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Themba Umbalisi
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When the Union Army frees the slaves from a Southern plantation, one man sets out on an amazing series of adventures.
From an infantry soldier at the Battle of the Crater, he joins the 9th US Cavalry and becomes a Buffalo Soldier. Stationed in West Texas, he makes powerful friends - and enemies.
Soon, his life takes an unexpected, dangerous turn. Will he ever achieve his dream of finding a home in Africa?
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- Narrated by: Roddy McDowall
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- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 62
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 47
The world is in the throes of economic decay and at the mercy of terrorists. Across this post-apocalyptic landscape marches one extraordinary soldier and his band of brothers. In a novel as disturbingly plausible as it is powerfully gripping, they are headed into a battle in which they will have to come to grips with the power of technology and the true price of freedom.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Robert's Review
- By Robert the Dispatcher on 06-22-15
By: L. Ron Hubbard
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Brutal Valour: The Tragedy of Isandlwana
- The Anglo-Zulu War, Book 1
- By: James Mace
- Narrated by: Jonathan Waters
- Length: 15 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 121
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 107
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 106
It is December 1878, and war looms on the horizon in South Africa. British high commissioner Sir Henry Bartle-Frere seeks to dismantle the powerful neighboring kingdom of the Zulus and uses an incursion along the disputed border as his justification for war. He issues an impossible ultimatum to the Zulu king, Cetshwayo, demanding he disband his armies and pay massive reparations. With a heavy heart, the king prepares his nation for war against their former allies.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Truth in Fiction?
- By les sutherland on 07-10-18
By: James Mace
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1901
- By: Robert Conroy
- Narrated by: L.J. Ganser
- Length: 14 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 297
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 263
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 262
The year is 1901. Germany's navy is the second largest in the world; their army, the most powerful. But with the exception of a small piece of Africa and a few minor islands in the Pacific, Germany is without an empire. Kaiser Wilhelm II demands that the United States surrender its newly acquired territories: Guam, Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the Philippines. President McKinley indignantly refuses, so with the honor and economic future of the Reich at stake, the Kaiser launches an invasion of the United States, striking first on Long Island.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Very Good Performance
- By Thomas Stephenson on 02-05-20
By: Robert Conroy
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Killing Jesus
- A History
- By: Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard
- Narrated by: Bill O'Reilly
- Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 9,676
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 8,535
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 8,547
Millions of people have thrilled to best-selling authors Bill O'Reilly and historian Martin Dugard's Killing Kennedy and Killing Lincoln, works of nonfiction that have changed the way we view history. Now the anchor of The O'Reilly Factor details the events leading up to the murder of the most influential man in history: Jesus of Nazareth. Nearly 2,000 years after this beloved and controversial young revolutionary was brutally killed by Roman soldiers, more than 2.2 billion human beings attempt to follow his teachings and believe he is God.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Jesus story in context
- By Kimberly on 10-01-13
By: Bill O'Reilly, and others
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Sherman's March
- The First Full-Length Narrative of General William T. Sherman's Devastating March Through Georgia and the Carolinas
- By: Burke Davis
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 11 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 84
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 71
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 70
In November 1864, just days after the reelection of President Abraham Lincoln, General William T. Sherman vowed to "make Georgia howl." The hero of Shiloh and his 65,000 Federal troops destroyed the great city of Atlanta, captured Savannah, and cut a wide swath of destruction through Georgia and the Carolinas on their way to Virginia. A scorched-earth campaign that continues to haunt the Southern imagination, Sherman's "March to the Sea" and ensuing drive north was a crucial turning point in the War between the States.
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1 out of 5 stars
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This is fiction, not history.
- By Anonymous User on 11-25-19
By: Burke Davis
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Civil War Ghost Stories & Legends
- By: Nancy Roberts
- Narrated by: Susan Larkin, Allan Edwards
- Length: 5 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 26
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 25
Few events have sparked more legends and stories of the supernatural than America's Civil War. The accounts of gallantry and heroism have spread far and wide. Nancy Roberts grew up listening to her father's stories of the War Between the States, and she trekked over many battle sites with him during her childhood. After reading about General Joshua Chamberlain's supernatural experience at the Battle of Gettysburg, Roberts began to collect tales of the blue and gray and write them down.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Not just your typical "ghost" story
- By R Neustel on 09-19-16
By: Nancy Roberts
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The Last Campaign
- Sherman, Geronimo and the War for America
- By: H. W. Brands
- Narrated by: Christopher Grove
- Length: 15 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 101
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 90
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 90
William Tecumseh Sherman and Geronimo were keen strategists and bold soldiers, ruthless with their enemies. Over the course of the 1870s and 1880s these two war chiefs would confront each other in the final battle for what the American West would be: a sparsely settled, wild home where Indian tribes could thrive, or a densely populated extension of the America to the east of the Mississippi.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Outstanding Unbiased Native American History
- By Paul W. Brazis on 11-07-22
By: H. W. Brands
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The Crowded Hour
- Theodore Roosevelt, the Rough Riders, and the Dawn of the American Century
- By: Clay Risen
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 79
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 69
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 69
The “gripping” (The Washington Post) story of the most famous regiment in American history: the Rough Riders, a motley group of soldiers led by Theodore Roosevelt, whose daring exploits marked the beginning of American imperialism in the 20th century. Both a portrait of these men, few of whom were traditional soldiers, and of the Spanish-American War itself, The Crowded Hour dives deep into the daily lives and struggles of Roosevelt and his regiment. Using diaries, letters, and memoirs, Risen illuminates an influential moment in American history.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Dissapointed
- By Bill on 09-13-19
By: Clay Risen
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Behind Rebel Lines
- The Incredible Story of Emma Edmonds, Civil War Spy
- By: Seymour Reit
- Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
- Length: 2 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 162
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 135
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 133
In 1861, when war erupted between the States, President Lincoln made an impassioned plea for volunteers. Determined not to remain on the sidelines, Emma Edmonds cropped her hair, donned men's clothing, and enlisted in the Union Army. Everyone, even her fellow soldiers, thought she was a man. But Emma wanted to do more. When she heard a key Union spy had been captured and executed, she volunteered to take his place. Soon she was a cunning master of disguise, risking discovery and death at every turn. Emma had fooled her own army, but could she keep her secret behind rebel lines?
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5 out of 5 stars
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great reading
- By Egf on 07-22-24
By: Seymour Reit
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Empire of Blue Water
- Captain Morgan's Great Pirate Army, the Epic Battle for the Americas, and the Catastrophe that Ended the Outlaws' Bloody Reign
- By: Stephan Talty
- Narrated by: John H. Mayer
- Length: 13 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,223
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 973
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 967
He challenged the greatest empire on earth with a ragtag bunch of renegades and brought it to its knees. This is the real story of the pirates of the Caribbean. Henry Morgan, a 20-year-old Welshman, crossed the Atlantic in 1655, hell-bent on making his fortune. Over the next three decades, his exploits in the Caribbean became legendary. His daring attacks on the mighty Spanish empire on land and at sea determined the fates of kings and queens, and his victories helped shape the destiny of the New World.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Morbid Terrorists?
- By Jack on 11-11-08
By: Stephan Talty
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Recollections of a Private Soldier in the Army of the Potomac
- By: Frank Wilkeson
- Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
- Length: 5 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 182
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 158
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 156
The memoirs of Civil War generals are some of our most common sources that we look at when learning about this tumultuous conflict. But what about the voices of the common soldier? Frank Wilkeson aimed to rectify this and reassert the importance of looking at the accounts of the men who carried the muskets, served the guns, and rode into the heat of battle. Recollections of a Private Soldier in the Army of the Potomac is a wonderfully refreshing account of the American Civil War that takes listeners to the heart of what it would have been like to have served in the front ranks.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent
- By Jimmy K on 10-07-21
By: Frank Wilkeson
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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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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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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 225
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Story5 out of 5 stars 225
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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Cain at Gettysburg
- By: Ralph Peters
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 15 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 222
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 191
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 190
Two mighty armies blunder toward each other, one led by confident, beloved Robert E. Lee and the other by dour George Meade. They’ll meet in a Pennsylvania crossroads town where no one planned to fight. In this sweeping, savagely realistic novel, the greatest battle ever fought on American soil explodes into life at Gettysburg. As generals squabble, staffs err. Tragedy unfolds for immigrants in blue and barefoot Rebels alike. The fate of the nation will be decided in a few square miles of fields. There are no marble statues here, only men of flesh and blood, imperfect and courageous.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Historical fiction with a soul!
- By 9S on 04-22-12
By: Ralph Peters
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Rough Riders
- Theodore Roosevelt, His Cowboy Regiment, and the Immortal Charge up San Juan Hill
- By: Mark Lee Gardner
- Narrated by: Danny Campbell
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 190
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 173
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 173
The first definitive account of this legendary fighting force and its extraordinary leader, Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Lee Gardner's Rough Riders is narrative nonfiction at its most invigorating and compulsively listenable. Its dramatic unfolding of a familiar yet not fully known story will remind listeners of James Swanson's Manhunt.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent and entertaining
- By nasfan55 on 07-18-17
By: Mark Lee Gardner
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- Bill in NJ 08822
- 09-29-21
Fantastic!
This was a wonderful book. Such an inspiring story. It’s a true story, which makes it both heart warming and gut wrenching at the same time. It’s an excellent reminder of the strength and resilience of African descendants.
The details are so genuine. It is a “page turner.” I couldn’t stop listening. And the narration is outstanding. I don’t think I would have enjoyed this story as much if I were reading it myself. The names of all the tribes and other details would have been more difficult to keep track of.
I highly recommend When We’re Home in Africa! I thank Themba Umbalisi for sharing this fantastic story.
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