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| America's Hidden History
by Kenneth C. Davis
Spanning a period from the Spanish arrival in America to George Washington’s inauguration in 1789, America’s Hidden History explores these episodes, among others… |
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| The American Presidency
by Robert Dallek
The 20th-century American Presidency is something of a mystery. Some Presidents performed exceptionally well in office, displaying strong leadership and winning the respect of the American people as well as the rest of the world. |
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| The American Revolution
by George H. Smith
In 1776, the 13 American colonies - refusing to pay unjust taxes - declared their independence from Britain. The resulting years of war are called the American Revolution… |
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| AP US History AudioLearn
From learning about the Civil War on the drive to school to reviewing the Korean War on your MP3 player at the gym, AudioLearn is your complete audio study guide to AP US History. |
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| Brotherhood of the Revolution
by Joseph J. Ellis
This is the story of the American Revolution, the men who made it and who then secured it. It is the story of an improbable victory by a provincial collection of loosely knit colonies over the dominant military and political power in the world. |
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| California: A History
by Kevin Starr
Acclaimed author, historian, and Guggenheim Fellow Kevin Starr is a professor at the University of Southern California. His extensive knowledge shines through this concise, yet comprehensive, depiction of the most fascinating aspects in California’s history. |
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| A Call to Conscience
by Martin Luther King, Jr.
His speeches stirred a generation to change - and outlined a practical way to economic freedom and true democracy. His words would help bring about the end of a brutally unequal system... |
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| Causes of the Civil War
by Jay Winik
In this introductory lecture, Professor Jay Winik traces what led America into the grip of Civil War, and begins a series on how the nation survived. |
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| The Civil War: A Narrative, Vol I
by Shelby Foote
All the great battles are here, of course, from Bull Run through Shiloh, the Seven Days, Second Manassas to Antietam and Perryville in the fall of 1862, but so are the smaller and often equally important engagements on both land and sea. |
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| Colonial Williamsburg Podcasts
by The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Since 2005, "Past and Present" has taken you behind the scenes to meet interpreters, chefs, tradesmen, musicians, historians, curators, and more. |
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| The Coming Fury
by Bruce Catton
The Coming Fury (Vol. 1): From the split Democratic Convention in the spring of 1860 to the first battle of Bull Run. |
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| The Compleated Autobiography by Benjamin Franklin
by Mark Skousen
Benjamin Franklin's autobiography is one of the greatest autobiographies of all time, but it was incomplete. Franklin ended his life's story in 1757, when he was 51. Now, at last, we get the rest of the story, in Franklin's own words. |
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| The Constitutional Convention
by George H. Smith
In May 1787, delegates gathered in Philadelphia to attend a convention. After more than three months of debate, the United States Constitution was passed, establishing a national government.... |
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| The Founding Documents Podcast
by Various Authors
The Founding Documents Podcast is a periodic showcase presented in audio format. Here you will be able to listen to the declarations, speeches and essays that form the core principles of U.S. Government. |
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| Franklin D. Roosevelt Speeches
by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Below are complete audio recordings of some of Franklin D. Roosevelt's most important speeches as President. |
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| Great American Presidents
by Wikipedia
LearnOutLoud's Great American Presidents collects four biographies of some of America's most celebrated leaders. |
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| The Greatest Generation
by Tom Brokaw
In this superb audiobook, Tom Brokaw goes out into America to tell through the stories of individual men and women the story of a generation... |
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| History of Native America
by Ned Blackhawk
In these illuminating lectures from Professor Ned Blackhawk (Western Shoshone), a history of Native America is provided from the time shortly before the expeditions of Christopher Columbus to the present. |
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| History of the United States
by Patrick N. Allitt
This 84-lecture series features three top professors sharing insights into this nation’s past, from European settlement and Revolutionary War through Civil War, 19th-century industrialization, world wars, and today. |
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| I Have a Dream
by Martin Luther King, Jr.
"I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal." |
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| JFK Reads the Declaration of Independence
by John F. Kennedy
Listen to an archival recording of Senator John F. Kennedy reading the Declaration of Independence in its entirety, which was made exclusively for New York radio station WQXR's 1957 July 4th observance. |
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| The Life of Abraham Lincoln
by Henry Ketcham
Light and enjoyable biography of America's 16th president, Ketcham draws heavily on personal accounts to portray a more human and accesible Lincoln. |
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| The Lincoln-Douglas Debates
by Abraham Lincoln
The Lincoln-Douglas Debates, seven legendary meetings between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas during their 1858 senatorial campaign in Illinois, made history, and changed its course as well. |
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| Modern American Presidents
by Wikipedia
With Modern American Presidents, LearnOutLoud continues its series of Presidential biographies, this time focusing on recent history. |
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| Nine Women Who Changed Modern America
by Karenna Gore Schiff
Karenna Gore Schiff, the eldest daughter of Al and Tipper Gore, has written a collective biography of nine outstanding American women of the 20th century - Ida B. Wells, Mother Jones, Alice Hamilton, Frances Perkins, Virginia Durr, Septima Clark, Dolores Huerta, Helen Rodriguez-Trias, and Gretchen Buchenholz. |
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| Parting the Waters
by Taylor Branch
This audio adaptation focuses primarily on Martin Luther King, Jr. and the key moments that defined his rise to the forefront of the civil rights movement... |
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| A Patriot's History of the United States
by Larry Schweikart
For the past three decades, history books have been biased, overemphasizing America's racism, sexism, and bigotry while downplaying the greatness of her patriots. |
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| A Short History of the United States
by Edward Channing
Channing's best known work, A History of the United States, is regarded as one of the most complete and accurate accounts of American history and received the 1926 Pulitzer Prize for History. |
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| Speech on Women's Right to Vote
by Susan B. Anthony
This speech, recited before court in 1873 is one of the greatest statements ever made on behalf of women's suffrage. |
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| The Story of American Freedom: 1776-2005
by Eric Foner
Although the idea of freedom is nearly ubiquitous in American public discourse -- and perhaps no more so than today – it has been subject to a remarkable degree of flux over the course of the nation’s history. |
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| Studs Terkel Audio Galleries
by Studs Terkel
On "The Studs Terkel Program," which was heard on Chicago's fine arts radio station WFMT from 1952 to 1997, Terkel interviewed Chicagoans and national and international figures who helped shape the past century. |
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| Take Me Out to the Ballgame: A History of Baseball in America
by Timothy B. Shutt
Baseball has been celebrated as "America's National Pastime" for more than one hundred and fifty years, and recalls what, at least in retrospect, seems to be an earlier, more innocent age- long summer afternoons and sandlot ball, fresh rural air or brownstone stoops. |
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| Team of Rivals
by Doris Kearns Goodwin
On May 18, 1860, William H. Seward, Salmon P. Chase, Edward Bates, and Abraham Lincoln waited in their hometowns for the results from the Republican National Convention in Chicago. |
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| That's Not in My American History Book
by Thomas Ayres
Most people don't know that: Benjamin Franklin almost killed himself trying to electrocute a turkey; the Wright brothers were not the first to fly an airplane; there was a 14th state that the original 13 wouldn't let join the Union... |
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| They Made America
by Harold Evans
There has never been a history of America like Harold Evans's long-awaited They Made America.... |
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| To America
by Stephen Ambrose
Reflecting on his career, Stephen E. Ambrose - one of the country's most influential historians - confronts America's failures and struggles as he explores both its moral and pragmatic triumphs... |
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| U.S. Presidents Podcast
LearnOutLoud.com presents the U.S. Presidents Podcast. Each episode will provide a brief biographical portrait of each president, explore the eras in which they led the country, and access the historical significance they hold for us today. |
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