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Title: High Noon in Lincoln

Subtitle: Violence on the Western Frontier

Author: Robert M. Utley

Narrator: Bill Pryce

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-18-14

Publisher: University Press Audiobooks

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 7 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

Here is the most detailed and most engagingly narrated history to date of the legendary two-year facedown and shootout in Lincoln. Until now, New Mexico's late-19th-century Lincoln County War has served primarily as the backdrop for a succession of mythical renderings of Billy the Kid in American popular culture.

Critic Reviews:

"In research, writing, and interpretation, High Noon in Lincoln is a superb book. It is one of the best books (maybe the best) ever written on a violent episode in the West." (Richard Maxwell Brown author of Strain of Violence: Historical Studies of America Violence and Vigilantism)

"A masterful account of the actual facts of the gory Lincoln County War and the role of Billy the Kid. . . . Utley separates the truth from legend without detracting from the gripping suspense and human interest of the story." (Alvin M. Josephy, Jr.)

Members Reviews:

well rounded history

Would you consider the audio edition of High Noon in Lincoln to be better than the print version?

i have a hard time staying focused with non fiction. audio is the only way i can get through a book without wizards, sex, or murder.

What did you like best about this story?

that it takes place near to my home.

What about Bill Pryces performance did you like?

he had a good voice

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

i dont know

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Title: The Chickamauga Campaign

Subtitle: Civil War Campaigns in the Heartland

Author: John R. Lundberg, Alexander Mendoza, Lee White, David Powell, William Glenn Robertson, Steven E. Woodworth, Timothy B. Smith, Ethan S. Rafuse

Narrator: Gary Regal

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-05-14

Publisher: University Press Audiobooks

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 9 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

From mid-August to mid-September 1863, Union major general William S. Rosecrans's Army of the Cumberland maneuvered from Tennessee to north Georgia in a bid to rout Confederate general Braxton Bragg's Army of Tennessee and blaze the way for further Union advances. Meanwhile, Confederate reinforcements bolstered the numbers of the Army of Tennessee, and by the time the two armies met at the Battle of Chickamauga, in northern Georgia, the Confederates had gained numerical superiority.

Although the Confederacy won its only major victory west of the Appalachians, it failed to achieve the truly decisive results many high-ranking Confederates expected. In The Chickamauga Campaign, Steven E. Woodworth assembles eight thought-provoking new essays from an impressive group of authors to offer new insight into the complex reasons for this substantial, yet ultimately barren, Confederate victory.

Members Reviews:

Specific aspects of the campaign in detail

This book is intended for those well versed in the basic campaign, not for a novice. With that in mind, the authors do an excellent job of breaking out certain interesting and possible lesser known aspects of the entire campaign.

A great set of essays

This Audiobook is essentially several essays from various historians about different commanders involved with the Chickamauga Campaign of 1863. There is also a fascinating outline of Henry V Boynton, a combatant who later founded the National Military Park system as we know it today. A very good and thorough study of the subjects though it's not necessarily a blow-by- blow account of the battle of Sep 19-20, 1863. Very useful nonetheless!

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Title: Deer Isle's Undefeated America's Cup Crews

Subtitle: Humble Heroes from a Downeast Island (Sports History) (ME)

Author: Mark J. Gabrielson

Narrator: Edward Willett

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 46 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-11-14

Publisher: New Street Communications, LLC

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

In 1895, emissaries from the New York Yacht Club traveled to Deer Isle, Maine, to recruit the nation's best sailors, an "All American" crew. This remote island in Penobscot Bay sent nearly 30 of its fishing men to sail Defender, and under skipper Hank Haff, they beat their opponents in a difficult and controversial series.

To the delight of the American public, the charismatic Sir Thomas Lipton sent a surprise challenge in 1899. The New York Yacht Club knew where to turn and again recruited Deer Isle's fisherman sailors. Undefeated in two defense campaigns, they are still considered one of the best American sail-racing teams ever assembled. Listen to their fascinating story and relive their adventure.

Members Reviews:

Narrow slice of Cup history, well served. Interesting photographs, nice portrait of the remote Maine Isle.

I love this book because it takes a slice of America's Cup history that I have not seen treated before. A tip of the Captain's cap to author Mark Gabrielson for bringing new information to light on 100+ year old Herreshoff designs.

This is a lovely little book for what it is, a narrowly focused description of two All-American Cup crews. It is not "Temple to the Wind", nor a biography of Captain Nat or history of the 1895 or 1899 Cup campaigns.

The new information is that more than just 1903's Reliance had a hollow rudder capable of being water ballasted. Since this was a book more about the crews and less about the boats it deals with the technology advance from the crew retaining the secrecy of the advance rather than the advance itself. The book speculates this secret feature may have been partially to blame for the Dunraven affair which makes more recent Cup controversies seem tame. "Deer Isle" is more like B.D. Barker III's "Gretel II Disqualified" than Julian Guthrie's "The Mechanic and Billionaire".

The book is not flawless and if grading it as Mr. Gabrielson's professor I'd suggest editing with a Cup historian of the era (perhaps someone from the Herreshoff Museum), while giving a B+. Nonetheless, if you are a Cup aficionado this is worth a read.

The final aspect making this book worthwhile, but will most likely be missed by those who dismiss it as a sailing book, is the island mentality of the Deer Isle men. One has to have visited and witnessed what Garbrielson portrays to fully understand that an "island mentality" is not uniform--not always le'id back, or provincial, sometimes hard-scrabble, prideful, brutally honest, and filled with Yankee ingenuity. Worthwhile, enjoyable, interesting. All of the above.

A Fun and Enjoyable Read for Those Who Love Sailing and are Fascinated with Its History

Mark Garbrielsonâs book is a must read for any fan of sailing and the Americaâs Cup. Meticulously researched, abundantly illustrated, and written with a rich and compelling narrative, it is not only a testament to his skill as a writer and a historian but also to his appreciation for the accomplishments of those whose actions he chronicles. While "Deer Isleâs Undefeated Americaâs Cup Crews" is a sailing story, it is also a story of America at the dawn of the last century.

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Title: Mile-High Fever

Subtitle: Silver Mines, Boom Towns, and High Living on the Comstock Lode

Author: Dennis Drabelle

Narrator: C. James Moore

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-03-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

In the rip-roaring, true saga of the Comstock Lode, Dennis Drabelle skillfully brings to life silver-mining in the late-nineteenth-century American West. The immense wealth extracted from the Lode spurred the growth of San Francisco, and Virginia City, the hell-raising town that sprang up above the mines, was the inspiration for the TV series Bonanza.

Innovations in Comstock mining - the use of underground cubes to avoid cave-ins and of elevators to bring ore to the surface - was adapted to make possible the modern skyscraper.The boom also accentuated less positive themes in American history. The growth of Virginia City brought ruthless treatment of Native Americans. The risks and expenses of deep mining lent themselves to stock-market manipulations and fraud on a grand scale.

To opportunists such as William M. Stewart, a mining lawyer and future U.S. Senatorwith a tenuous grasp of ethics, the Comstock experience meant that the West belonged to the crafty and the strong.

Perhaps the booms most lasting legacy, however, was the education it gave to a great American writer: Mark Twain. In Virginia City, the young journalist learned the value of plain but salty Western speech and saw how he might use the vivid reality of the frontier in the great books of his future. Full of colorful characters and get-rich-quick schemes, Mile-High Fever brings to light one of the least-known but most pivotal episodes in American history.

Members Reviews:

Boring and uneventful...

I love US history, particuarly US history and the American west. I can't think of one positive from this book. It's ridiculously slow and uneventful.

the people of the comstock

Mile High Fever isn't a book about the Comstock Lode or Virginia City per se, though the subtitle might give you that impression; instead, it is something of a multiple biography of several personalities of note who made Virginia City and the surrounding area what it became. This would include everyone from predatory lawyers-turned-Senators, self-aggrandizing bankers, self-destructive mine owners, newspapermen like Alf Doten, Dan De Quille and Mark Twain, the Banking Ring, the four partners of the Big Bonanza days, entrepreneurs like Sutro, and so on.

The action starts with a small Indian war, shifts to Virginia City, then to San Francisco (where the money for mining originates, and where the profits end up), off and on out to Washington DC, and back to a Virginia City skidding into bust times. Along the way, the author explains something of then-modern mining technology; how the banks had it all over the little investor in terms of using a vertically intregrated business model to funnel all profits their way, and zero or less to the speculator; how mining stock swindles were pulled off again and again; how various business interests competed for elements of the side trade, for example how the banks built the V&T Railroad to head off potential loss of mill profits threatened by the building of the Sutro tunnel. This material is all interesting to the reader interested in the Comstock and western mining in this time period.

However, it cannot be said to be a strictly chronological tale of the rise and fall of Virginia City. The chapters are built around the personalities, and as such are choppy and sometimes repetitive.

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Title: History of St. Augustine Florida

Subtitle: Whimsically Illustrated History of North America's Oldest City

Author: Jesse W. Love

Narrator: Josh Engel

Format: Unabridged

Length: 38 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-28-14

Publisher: Jesse W. Love

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 20 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

The beautiful town of St. Augustine, Florida, is the oldest continuously occupied city in North America. Founded in 1565, by Pedro Menendez, of Spain, it predates the Pilgrims at Plymouth rock by 42 years and the English settlement at Jamestown by 55 years. It's old town section with many classic stone and log pole buildings in excellent condition, and its magnificent Spanish fort the Castillo San Marcos, dating from 1672, herald St. Augustine as one of the most amazingly preserved historical towns in the Americas.

The History of St. Augustine is a highly enjoyable book to read. As one person complimented, "If history were this fun in school it would be everyone's favorite subject." Taking a unique approach, The History of St. Augustine leaves out all of the accounts of politics, which take up 80% of a usual history book. What remains are all of the exciting and interesting parts of history- the wars, treachery, battles, plagues, hurricanes, pestilences, uprisings, fires and pirates! Plus, insights into the fascinating characters of St. Augustine including Spaniards, French, English, Native Americans and others.

Making this wonderful history book even more enjoyable it is filled with whimsical cartoons loosely related to the historical narrative. Funny to both kids and adults, each cartoon also conveys a message about the unique history of marvelous St. Augustine, Florida.

Members Reviews:

A Love of True History - Florida

Short. informative and to the point. Great narration. The storytelling ties into key dates, people and places.

Enlightening!!

What did you love best about History of St. Augustine Florida?

I loved best, learning how in demand the territory was to many cultures, for various reasons.

Who was your favorite character and why?

All of the characters were my favorite. I have actually learned interesting facts about the history of St. Augustine, Fl. I can now discuss what I learned at my next social gathering. Can't wait!!!

Have you listened to any of Josh Engels other performances before? How does this one compare?

I don't believe that I have listened to any of Mr. Engels performances before. Yet, I do look forward to listening to some of his other performances.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

My tag line would be, " the history of America is compelling".

History Brought to Live

What made the experience of listening to History of St. Augustine Florida the most enjoyable?

This audiobook had a great flow,with just the right amount of colorful details and a big focus on the action, adventure and interesting characters that shaped this region. Florida has such a wild past, and this book did it justice.

Who was your favorite character and why?

I like how overall the city of St. Augustine is seen as a character that grew and changed under the different residents and influences and rebuilding efforts.

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Title: The American Ascendancy

Subtitle: How the United States Gained and Wielded Global Dominance

Author: Michael H. Hunt

Narrator: Brian Morris

Format: Unabridged

Length: 15 hrs and 17 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-14-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

A simple question lurks amid the considerable controversy created by recent U.S. policy: what road did Americans travel to reach their current global preeminence? Taking the long historical view, Michael Hunt demonstrates that wealth, confidence, and leadership were key elements to America's ascent. In an analytic narrative that illuminates the past rather than indulges in political triumphalism, he provides crucial insights into the country's problematic place in the world today. Hunt charts America's rise to global power from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to a culminating multilayered dominance achieved in the mid-twentieth century that has led to unanticipated constraints and perplexities over the last several decades. Themes that figure prominently in his account include the rise of the American state and a nationalist ideology and the domestic effects and international spread of consumer society. He examines how the United States remade great power relations, fashioned limits for the third world, and shaped our current international economic and cultural order. Hunt concludes by addressing current issues, such as how durable American power really is and what options remain for America's future. His provocative exploration will engage anyone concerned about the fate of our republic.

Members Reviews:

Five Stars

Good book, arrived quickly

Five Stars

Book was in great condition

International Politics is Awesome!

This is a great book that goes into detail when it comes to explaining how we got to this point and I recommend that everyone should read at least once.

typical textbook

Boring

Understanding why Neoliberalism is so triumphant today

Neoliberalism, the belief that it is safer to repose faith in markets than on a State is the operating philosophy in many countries today. What led to this triumph? Michael Hunt's book provides many of the answers.

He points first to the influence of ideas.

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Title: For the People

Subtitle: American Populist Movements from the Revolution to the 1850s

Author: Ronald P. Formisano

Narrator: David Stampone

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-10-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

For the People offers a new interpretation of populist political movements from the Revolution to the eve of the Civil War and roots them in the disconnect between the theory of rule by the people and the reality of rule by elected representatives. Ron Formisano seeks to rescue populist movements from the distortions of contemporary opponents as well as the misunderstandings of later historians.From the Anti-Federalists to the Know-Nothings, Formisano traces the movements chronologically, contextualizing them and demonstrating the progression of ideas and movements.

Although American populist movements have typically been categorized as either progressive or reactionary, left-leaning or right-leaning, Formisano argues that most populist movements exhibit liberal and illiberal tendencies simultaneously. Gendered notions of "manhood" are an enduring feature, yet women have been intimately involved in nearly every populist insurgency. By considering these movements together, Formisano identifies commonalities that belie the pattern of historical polarization and bring populist movements from the margins to the core of American history.

Members Reviews:

Five Stars

great

Ronald Formisano's "For the People"

I think I can do no better than quote from the review by Mark Voss-Hubbard in the December '08 issue of the "Journal of American History":

"This long-anticipated original work of synthesis cements Ronald P. Formisano's reputation as one of this generation's most gifted political historians. 'For the People' masterfully draws on diverse literatures in political theory, political history, social history, and gender history to offer fresh intepretations of Americna Populist movements from the Revolution to the 1850s".

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Title: The Founders at Home

Subtitle: The Building of America, 1735-1817

Author: Myron Magnet

Narrator: Myron Magnet

Format: Unabridged

Length: 20 hrs and 29 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-03-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

Why the American Revolution, of all the great revolutions, was the only enduring success. Through the Founders' own voices - and in the homes they designed and built to embody the ideal of domestic happiness they fought to achieve - we come to understand why the American Revolution, of all great revolutions, was the only enduring success. The Founders were vivid, energetic men, with sophisticated worldviews, and this magnificent reckoning of their successes draws liberally from their own eloquent writings on their actions and well-considered intentions.

Richly illustrated with America's historical and architectural treasures, this volume also considers the houses the Founders built with such care and money to reflect their vision for the fledgling nation. That so many great thinkers - Washington, Madison, Hamilton, Jefferson, John Jay, the Lees of Stratford Hall, and polemicist William Livingston - came together to accomplish what rightly seemed to them almost a miracle is a standing historical mystery, best understood by pondering the men themselves and their profound and world-changing ideas.

Through impressive research and an intimate understanding of these iconic patriots, award-winning author Myron Magnet offers fresh insight into why the American experiment resulted in over two centuries of unexampled freedom and prosperity.

Members Reviews:

Brilliant story about the framers

Very well written and researched. I thoroughly enjoyed the story. All kids should be required to read this in school.

Some New Info, mostly retold history

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

I would only recommend if reader was short on history of this era.

What was most disappointing about Myron Magnets story?

Delivery

How could the performance have been better?

Mr. Magnet should have let someone else narrate.

Did The Founders at Home inspire you to do anything?

No

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Title: The Siege of Washington

Subtitle: The Untold Story of the Twelve Days that Shook the Union

Author: John Lockwood

Narrator: Darren Stephens

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-29-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 9 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

On April 14, 1860, the day Fort Sumter fell to Confederate forces, Washington, D.C. - surrounded by slave states and minimally defended - was ripe for invasion. In The Siege of Washington, John and Charles Lockwood offer a heart-pounding, minute-by-minute account of the first twelve days of the Civil War, when the fate of the Union hung in the balance. The fall of Washington would have been a disaster: it would have crippled the federal government, left the remaining Northern states in disarray, and almost certainly triggered the secession of Maryland. Indeed, it would likely have ended the fight to preserve the Union before it had begun in earnest. On April 15, Lincoln quickly issued an emergency proclamation calling upon the Northern states to send 75,000 troops to Washington. The North, suddenly galvanized by the attack on Sumter, responded enthusiastically. Yet one crucial question gripped Washington, and the nation at large--who would get to the capital first, Northern defenders or Southern attackers? Drawing from rarely seen primary documents, this compelling history places the reader on the scene with immediacy, brilliantly capturing the precarious first days of America's Civil War.

Members Reviews:

Confusing and complex

This book has great information. The problem is that it is set as a series of statements, which tends to be boring. The facts are apalling and outrageous. It is unbelievable how people turned against other people regardless of belonging to the same country. I liked it, but I think it should he read little by little and as school lessons.

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Title: The American Dream

Subtitle: A Cultural History

Author: Lawrence R. Samuel

Narrator: Claton Butcher

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-31-13

Publisher: University Press Audiobooks

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

There is no better way to understand America than by understanding the cultural history of the American Dream. Rather than just a powerful philosophy or ideology, the Dream is thoroughly woven into the fabric of everyday life, playing a vital role in who we are, what we do, and why we do it. No other idea or mythology has as much influence on our individual and collective lives. Tracing the history of the phrase in popular culture, Samuel gives readers a field guide to the evolution of our national identity over the last eighty years.

Samuel tells the story chronologically, revealing that there have been six major eras of the mythology since the phrase was coined in 1931. Relying mainly on period magazines and newspapers as his primary source material, the author demonstrates that journalists serving on the front lines of the scene represent our most valuable resource to recover unfiltered stories of the Dream. The problem, Samuel reveals, is that it does not exist; the Dream is just that, a product of our imagination. That it is not real ultimately turns out to be the most significant finding and what makes the story most compelling.

The book is published by Syracuse University Press.

Critic Reviews:

"Samuel's book provides a must read for anyone wishing to know how the changing face of the Dream has informed politics, everyday life and even the nation s identity itself." (Lary May, author of The Big Tomorrow: Hollywood and the Politics of the American Way)

"Samuel has provided a fascinating survey of our culture and character, documenting that always elusive definition of just who exactly we really are as a people." (John Zogby, author of The Way We'll Be: The Zogby Report on the Transformation of the American Dream)

"Larry Samuel takes us over the landscape of the American Dream... A compelling study of how we have made ourselves through an idea that no one can completely define but everyone wants a piece of." (Kenneth Lipartito, Florida International University)

Members Reviews:

I really tried

What did you like best about The American Dream? What did you like least?

I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. The story/subject is very interesting. The American dream has gone through many evolutions over the years and it's interesting to see who changed it how. As a culture we "hang our hat" on this phrase but I wonder how many of us really know it's history. What I liked least was the narrator's cadence or rhythm of speech. His words were clear and easy to understand, but the natural rhythm of his sentences was way off. There was no movement in pitch or tone, just flat reading. It distracted me very much.

What other book might you compare The American Dream to and why?

I'm not sure on this one. It's the story of one of our most iconic cultural standards so I imagine any other title on American culture.

Would you be willing to try another one of Claton Butchers performances?

No, not at this time.

Did The American Dream inspire you to do anything?

I can't say I was inspired but I did learn a lot.

Any additional comments?

It's very possible the narrator's style would not bother another listener. All I can say is check out the sample and decide for yourself.