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Differ We Must
- How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America
- By: Steve Inskeep
- Narrated by: Steve Inskeep
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
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A nuanced exploration of Abraham Lincoln’s political acumen, illuminating a great politician’s strategy in a country divided—and lessons for our own disorderly present.
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The excellent level of detail, both in the written and spoken language of Lincoln and his associates.
- By Amazon Customer on 01-23-24
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41. Differ We Must
- How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America
- Narrated by: Steve Inskeep
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 10-03-23
- Language: English
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The Immortal Irishman
- The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero
- By: Timothy Egan
- Narrated by: Gerard Doyle
- Length: 14 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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The Irish-American story, with all its twists and triumphs, is told through the improbable life of one man....
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Yes, but....
- By Dale and Carol on 04-01-16
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42. The Immortal Irishman
- The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero
- Narrated by: Gerard Doyle
- Length: 14 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 03-01-16
- Language: English
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The Course of Human Events
- By: David McCullough
- Narrated by: David McCullough
- Length: 37 mins
- Unabridged
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On May 15, 2003, David McCullough presented "The Course of Human Events" as The 2003 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities in Washington, DC....
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A Pitch for History
- By Alan on 09-13-05
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43. The Course of Human Events
- Narrated by: David McCullough
- Length: 37 mins
- Release date: 07-01-05
- Language: English
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A Short History of Reconstruction (Updated Edition)
- By: Eric Foner
- Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
- Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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In this updated edition of the abridged Reconstruction, Eric Foner redefines how the post-Civil War period was viewed.
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Educational
- By Michael G Morgan on 08-31-24
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44. A Short History of Reconstruction (Updated Edition)
- Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
- Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 06-11-24
- Language: English
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The War That Forged a Nation
- Why the Civil War Still Matters
- By: James McPherson
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Pulitzer Prize-winning historian James M. McPherson considers why the Civil War remains so deeply embedded in our national psyche and identity....
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A Different Kind of History from McPherson
- By Carole T. on 08-11-16
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45. The War That Forged a Nation
- Why the Civil War Still Matters
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 06-30-15
- Language: English
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Righteous Strife
- How Warring Religious Nationalists Forged Lincoln's Union
- By: Richard Carwardine
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 17 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Richard Carwardine provides the first major account of the American Civil War to give full weight to the central role played by religion, reframing the conflict through Abraham Lincoln’s contentious appeals to faith-based nationalism.
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46. Righteous Strife
- How Warring Religious Nationalists Forged Lincoln's Union
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 17 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 01-21-25
- Language: English
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Rise to Greatness
- Abraham Lincoln and America's Most Perilous Year
- By: David Von Drehle
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 17 hrs and 1 min
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In Rise to Greatness, acclaimed author David Von Drehle has created both a deeply human portrait of America’s greatest president and a rich, dramatic narrative about our most fateful year....
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Excellent Deep Dive into 1862
- By Bubba Smith on 01-13-16
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47. Rise to Greatness
- Abraham Lincoln and America's Most Perilous Year
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 17 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 11-17-12
- Language: English
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The Devil's Half Acre
- The Untold Story of How One Woman Liberated the South's Most Notorious Slave Jail
- By: Kristen Green
- Narrated by: Deanna Anthony
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
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The inspiring true story of an enslaved woman who liberated an infamous slave jail and transformed it into one of the nation’s first HBCUs....
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Preachy
- By Elizabeth Combs on 09-13-22
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48. The Devil's Half Acre
- The Untold Story of How One Woman Liberated the South's Most Notorious Slave Jail
- Narrated by: Deanna Anthony
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 04-12-22
- Language: English
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The Underground Railroad Records
- Narrating the Hardships, Hairbreadth Escapes, and Death Struggles of Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom
- By: William Still, Ta-Nehisi Coates - introduction, Quincy T. Mills - editor
- Narrated by: Kevin R. Free, JD Jackson, Sullivan Jones, and others
- Length: 14 hrs and 4 mins
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A riveting collection of the hardships, hairbreadth escapes, and mortal struggles of enslaved people seeking freedom: These are the true stories of the Underground Railroad....
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This Book is Abridged by Two Thirds!
- By Chris on 06-24-20
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49. The Underground Railroad Records
- Narrating the Hardships, Hairbreadth Escapes, and Death Struggles of Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom
- Narrated by: Kevin R. Free, JD Jackson, Sullivan Jones, Heather Alicia Simms, Bahni Turpin
- Length: 14 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 02-18-20
- Language: English
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Lincoln's Lieutenants
- The High Command of the Army of the Potomac
- By: Stephen W. Sears
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 32 hrs and 2 mins
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The high command of the Army of the Potomac was a changeable, often dysfunctional band of brothers, going through seven commanding generals in three years....
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Good, but not what I thought
- By Paul S. on 08-10-17
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50. Lincoln's Lieutenants
- The High Command of the Army of the Potomac
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 32 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 04-25-17
- Language: English
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The Captivity of the Oatman Girls
- The Extraordinary History of the Young Sisters Who Were Abducted by Native Americans in the 1850s American Wild West
- By: World Changing History
- Narrated by: Tim Tidball
- Length: 3 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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With a bit of insight into the Native American culture, paired with a larger understanding of how the settlers of the west actually lived, you'll be able to decipher what happened to the Oatman family of your own accord, empowering an honest understanding of this history....
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Do not recommend
- By Angela on 12-19-21
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51. The Captivity of the Oatman Girls
- The Extraordinary History of the Young Sisters Who Were Abducted by Native Americans in the 1850s American Wild West
- Narrated by: Tim Tidball
- Length: 3 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 06-18-21
- Language: English
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Shiloh
- A Novel
- By: Shelby Foote
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 4 hrs and 54 mins
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This fictional recreation of the Battle of Shiloh in April 1862 is a stunning work of imaginative history, from Shelby Foote, beloved historian of the Civil War....
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Great so detailed
- By chris calabrese on 05-06-19
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52. Shiloh
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 4 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 04-09-19
- Language: English
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Klan War
- Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle to Save Reconstruction
- By: Fergus M. Bordewich
- Narrated by: Landon Woodson
- Length: 16 hrs and 49 mins
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Klan War tells the stunning history of the first national anti-terrorist campaign waged on American soil—when Ulysses S. Grant wielded the power of the federal government in an attempt to dismantle the Ku Klux Klan....
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a great but depressing book
- By D. Littman on 12-12-23
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53. Klan War
- Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle to Save Reconstruction
- Narrated by: Landon Woodson
- Length: 16 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 10-10-23
- Language: English
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Jack Hinson's One-Man War
- By: Tom C. McKenney
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 14 hrs and 28 mins
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A quiet, wealthy plantation owner, Jack Hinson watched the start of the Civil War with disinterest. Opposed to secession and a friend to Union and Confederate commanders alike....
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Historically accurate Nonfiction as captivating as Author's prose
- By DZ on 01-17-17
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54. Jack Hinson's One-Man War
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 14 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 11-15-16
- Language: English
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I Dread the Thought of the Place
- The Battle of Antietam and the End of the Maryland Campaign
- By: D. Scott Hartwig
- Narrated by: David Stifel
- Length: 47 hrs and 31 mins
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Historian D. Scott Hartwig chronicles the single bloodiest day in American history, which resulted in 23,000 casualties.
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Great Followup
- By Jeff G on 01-28-25
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55. I Dread the Thought of the Place
- The Battle of Antietam and the End of the Maryland Campaign
- Narrated by: David Stifel
- Length: 47 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 12-17-24
- Language: English
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To Rescue the Republic
- Ulysses S. Grant, the Fragile Union, and the Crisis of 1876
- By: Bret Baier, Catherine Whitney
- Narrated by: Bret Baier
- Length: 11 hrs and 41 mins
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An epic history spanning the battlegrounds of the Civil War and the violent turmoil of Reconstruction to the forgotten electoral crisis that nearly fractured a reunited nation, To Rescue the Republic dramatically reveals Ulysses S. Grant’s essential yet underappreciated role....
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Couldn’t get past opening nonsense about January 6
- By Kimberly Ames on 11-25-21
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56. To Rescue the Republic
- Ulysses S. Grant, the Fragile Union, and the Crisis of 1876
- Narrated by: Bret Baier
- Length: 11 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 10-12-21
- Language: English
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I Saw Death Coming
- A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against Reconstruction
- By: Kidada E. Williams
- Narrated by: Karen Chilton
- Length: 12 hrs and 24 mins
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From a groundbreaking scholar, a heart-wrenching reexamination of the struggle for survival in the Reconstruction-era South and what it cost....
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Underrepresented piece of history
- By James O'Hanlon on 07-05-23
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57. I Saw Death Coming
- A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against Reconstruction
- Narrated by: Karen Chilton
- Length: 12 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 04-04-23
- Language: English
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Hell's Half Acre
- The Untold Story of the Benders, a Serial Killer Family on the American Frontier
- By: Susan Jonusas
- Narrated by: Lee Osorio
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
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In 1873 the people of Labette County, Kansas made a grisly discovery. Buried by a trailside cabin beneath an orchard of young apple trees were the remains of countless bodies. Below the cabin itself was a cellar stained with blood....
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Historical FICTION
- By Schmulie on 03-26-22
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58. Hell's Half Acre
- The Untold Story of the Benders, a Serial Killer Family on the American Frontier
- Narrated by: Lee Osorio
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 03-01-22
- Language: English
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Sheridan’s Secret Mission
- How the South Won the War After the Civil War
- By: Robert Cwiklik
- Narrated by: Rick Adamson
- Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins
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An impeccably researched, character-driven narrative history recounting the fascinating late-Reconstruction Era mission of General Philip Sheridan, a Union hero dispatched to the South 10 years after the Civil War to protect the rights of newly freed black men....
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Great history book, not so great editing
- By Bailesie on 03-06-24
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59. Sheridan’s Secret Mission
- How the South Won the War After the Civil War
- Narrated by: Rick Adamson
- Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 01-16-24
- Language: English
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Manhunt
- The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer
- By: James L. Swanson
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 15 hrs and 33 mins
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The murder of Abraham Lincoln set off the greatest manhunt in American history. From April 14 to April 26, 1865, the assassin, John Wilkes Booth, led Union cavalry and detectives on a wild chase....
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Written by a Booth fanboy.
- By Alan on 08-18-16
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60. Manhunt
- The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 15 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 08-09-16
- Language: English
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