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Title: The Supreme Court on Unions

Subtitle: Why Labor Law Is Failing American Workers

Author: Julius G. Getman

Narrator: Kyle A Northcott

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-03-16

Publisher: University Press Audiobooks

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

Labor unions and courts have rarely been allies. From their earliest efforts to organize, unions have been confronted with hostile judges and antiunion doctrines. In this book, Julius G. Getman argues that while the role of the Supreme Court has become more central in shaping labor law, its opinions betray a profound ignorance of labor relations along with a persisting bias against unions. In The Supreme Court on Unions, Getman critically examines the decisions of the nation's highest court in those areas that are crucial to unions and the workers they represent: organizing, bargaining, strikes, and dispute resolution.

As he discusses Supreme Court decisions dealing with unions and labor in a variety of different areas, Getman offers an interesting historical perspective to illuminate the ways in which the Court has been an influence in the failures of the labor movement. During more than 60 years that have seen the Supreme Court take a dominant role, both unions and the institution of collective bargaining have been substantially weakened. While it is difficult to measure the extent of the Court's responsibility for the current weak state of organized labor and many other factors have, of course, contributed, it seems clear to Getman that the Supreme Court has played an important role in transforming the law and defeating policies that support the labor movement.

The book is published by Cornell University Press.

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Title: Clevenger Gold

Subtitle: The True Story of Murder and Unfound Treasure

Author: S.E. Swapp

Narrator: Paul Michael Garcia

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 39 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-05-16

Publisher: Deyan Audio Services

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 7 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

This is the true story of the Clevenger family from Arizona Territory, and their unfortunate events as they trekked north to Washington Territory. Once the old, cantankerous Sam Clevenger and his wife, Charlotte, hired Frank Willson and John Johnson to help with the move, their fate took a dark turn. These true events were documented by journalists through the 1887 trial and well into the 1900s, and stories have been told of Sam's unfound treasure for nearly 130 years. But this is the first detailed, documented, and vetted account of their bizarre and fascinating tale.

Members Reviews:

Strange Tale of a Very Mean Man

Clevenger Gold was a good enough story, but I found myself just shaking my head about the hatefulness of Sam Clevenger and his unnecessary cruelty . . . which ultimately brought about its own consequences . . . the book was short, but actually could have been told in even less time . . . I love historical fiction . . . but there wasn't quite enough meat on the bones of this one for me . . . the best part was the unexpected ending . . .

Great story

This is a great story and was told in a very captivating way. Kept my interest from start to finish. I know the locations of this story quite well as I live in AZ. Now I want to go find the treasure. Everyone will enjoy this story and the skill of the author in telling it.

Good read for beginner SE Swamp.

We live in Southern Utah and know many of the areas referenced in this book. It was fun to hear of towns and people we know. Congrats SE Swapp....a good first book!

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Title: Summary of White Trash by Nancy Isenberg

Subtitle: Includes Analysis

Author: Instaread

Narrator: Sam Scholl

Format: Unabridged

Length: 28 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-27-16

Publisher: Instaread

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 9 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

White Trash by historian Nancy Isenberg is a riveting chronicle of class in America as explored through the role and the plight of the white underclass from the days of colonial settlers to the present.

Despite the founders' declaration that "all men are created equal," the reality of life in America has continuously told a different story. With careful research, Isenberg reviews the popular American myth of equality for all and illustrates how poor whites, or "white trash", have traditionally been a much-derided, marginalized part of American society.

Class hierarchy traces back to America's earliest history. Contrary to the myth that American colonial settlers were either enterprising businessmen or devout Christians fleeing religious persecution, the majority were actually economically challenged outcasts or social burdens that the English were happy to be rid of. Many were criminals, vagrants, and orphans who then became indentured servants with no landowning rights.

Please note: This is key takeaways and analysis of the book and not the original book.

Members Reviews:

Lower class America

"White Trash" by historian Nancy Isenberg is a riveting chronicle of class in America as explored through the role and the plight of the white underclass from the days of colonial settlers to the present. Despite the founders' declaration that "all men are created equal," the reality of life in America has continuously told a different story. With careful research, Isenberg reviews the popular American myth of equality for all and illustrates how poor whites, or "white trash" have traditionally been a much-derided, marginalized part of American society.

This Instaread of Isenberg's book condenses the history of the white underclass of America into 11 key takeaways. These insights cover topics such as the racial tensions that fuel white trash, the politics behind the common man image for voters, how land ownership defines Americans, and how government interventions have been met with backlash and opposition. This summary was hard to read because of the depressing message, but in the end I feel like a much better person. I was given a copy of this book to write an honest review.

The truth about race and class in America

Even though the Declaration of Independence states that âall men are created equal,â the reality is that, for the entire history of our country, poor whites have been maligned and marginalized as much as racial minorities and immigrants. The wealthy classes, aided by the media, have, however, used race and immigrant status to drive wedges between poor whites, âwhite trash,â to keep them from joining forces to threaten the privileged few. LSU professor, Nancy Isenberg, in her book, White Trash, explores 400 years of American history, debunking the myth that being white and working hard is all it takes to be successful. She shows that even those from poor backgrounds who become successful, such as Elvis Presley and Bill Clinton, are still stigmatized by the 1%.

Summary of White Trash by Nancy Isenberg from Instaread is a comprehensive analysis of Isenbergâs book, complete with copious references, that is a must-read for anyone who wants to see behind the screen of political rhetoric, especially that of the present day, and shows that the poor and disadvantaged in the U.S.

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Title: The Carnival Campaign

Subtitle: How the Rollicking 1840 Campaign of "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too" Changed Presidential Elections Forever

Author: Ronald G. Shafer

Narrator: William Hughes

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-01-16

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 15 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

Americans have come to expect that the nation's presidential campaigns will be characterized by a carnival atmosphere emphasizing style over substance. But this fascinating account of the pivotal 1840 election reveals how the now-unavoidable traditions of big money, big rallies, shameless self-promotion, and carefully manufactured candidate images first took root in presidential politics.

Pulitzer Prize-nominated former Wall Street Journal reporter Ronald G. Shafer tells the colorful story of the election battle between sitting president Martin Van Buren, a professional Democratic politician from New York, and Whig Party upstart William Henry Harrison, a military hero who was nicknamed "Old Tippecanoe" after a battlefield where he fought and won in 1811. Shafer shows how the pivotal campaign of "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too" marked a series of firsts that changed presidential politicking forever: the first presidential campaign as mass entertainment, directed at middle-income and lower-income voters; the first "image campaign," in which strategists painted Harrison as an everyman living in a log cabin sipping hard cider (in fact, he was born into wealth, lived in a 22-room mansion, and drank only sweet cider); the first campaign in which a candidate, Harrison, traveled and delivered speeches directly to voters; the first one influenced by major campaign donations; the first in which women openly participated; and the first involving massive grassroots rallies, attended by tens of thousands and marked by elaborate fanfare, including bands, floats, a log cabin on wheels, and the world's tallest man.

Some of history's most fascinating figures - including Susan B. Anthony, Charles Dickens, Abraham Lincoln, Edgar Allan Poe, Thaddeus Stevens, and Walt Whitman - pass through this colorful story, which is essential listening for anyone interested in learning when image first came to trump ideas in presidential politics.

Members Reviews:

Tip and Ty!

With the discouragement of the 2016 political season, it's refreshing to realize that it was nothing new. The 1840 campaign of William Henry Harrison found substance seriously missing from the Whig Campaign, replaced by rallies, parades, songs and fireworks. The Democrats candidate was pictured as a candidate of the rich, and personally as effeminate. And it worked! With property qualifications largely eliminated by this time, it was the "unwashed masses" who selected the president. The campaign established the idea that style can triumph over substance.

Presidential Campaigns Don't Change...

Good historical book. I enjoyed it. It made me realize that much of the process hasn't changed. It is worth the read if you want presidential history of the time and/or campaigns of the time.

More timely than the author knew

Interesting tale of the famous 1840 campaign for President. Written for the general reader, but full of insights into the origins of the modern political campaign. Mudslinging, lying, character assassination, and empty-headed avoidance of serious issues is not new in American politics.

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Title: Fatal North

Subtitle: Murder and Survival on the First North Pole Expedition

Author: Bruce Henderson

Narrator: John Pruden

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-23-16

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 23 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

It began as President Ulysses S. Grant's bid for international glory after the Civil War - America's first attempt to reach the North Pole. It ended with Captain Charles Hall's death under suspicious circumstances, dissension among sailors, scientists, and explorers, and the ship's evacuation and eventual sinking. Then came a brutal struggle for survival by 33 men, women, and children stranded on the polar ice. When news of the disastrous expedition and accusations of murder reached Washington, D.C., it led to a nationwide scandal, an official investigation, and a government cover-up.

The mystery of the captain's death remained unsolved for nearly 100 years. But when Charles Hall's frozen grave in northern Greenland was opened, forensic scientists were finally able to reach a shocking conclusion.

Now, telling the complete story for the first time, best-selling author Bruce Henderson has researched original transcripts of the US Navy inquests, personal papers of Captain Hall, autopsy and forensic reports relating to the century-old crime, the ship's original log, and personal journals kept by crewmen to bring to life one of the most mysterious tragedies of American exploration.

Critic Reviews:

"Fans of adventure writing will appreciate this fine book." (Publishers Weekly)

Members Reviews:

An average reader says 10

I'm an average senior reader and I enjoyed this book tremendously. The reasons being that it is a work of non-fiction, it is well written and it is a story about 19 men, women and children that overcame unheard of odds to survive.

This type of story comes in very handy whenever young people complain about how hard their lives are today. Telling them what other children have survived gives them a reference point for their own lives.

The reader was exceptional for the fact that he didn't try to act every part. I have suffered through audible books where I cannot understand what is being said because of accents or pronouncements of foreign words that are unintelligible. This book was a joy to listen to.

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Title: Utopia Drive

Subtitle: A Road Trip Through America's Most Radical Idea

Author: Erik Reece

Narrator: James Patrick Cronin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 27 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-09-16

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

For Erik Reece, life, at last, was good: He was newly married, gainfully employed, living in a creekside cabin in his beloved Kentucky woods. It sounded, as he describes it, "like a country song with a happy ending". And yet he was still haunted by a sense that the world - or, more specifically, his country - could be better. He couldn't ignore his conviction that in fact the good ol' USA was in the midst of great social, environmental, and political crises. Where did we - here, in the land of Jeffersonian optimism and better tomorrows - go wrong?

Rather than despair, Reece turned to those who had dared to imagine radically different futures for America. What followed was a giant road trip and research adventure through the sites of America's utopian communities, both historical and contemporary, known and unknown, successful and catastrophic. What he uncovered was not just a series of lost histories and broken visionaries but also a continuing and vital but hidden idealistic tradition in American intellectual history. Utopia Drive is an important and definitive reconstruction of that tradition. It is also, perhaps, a new framework to help us find a genuinely sustainable way forward.

Critic Reviews:

"Recommended for readers interested in travel writing, environmentalism, and U.S. history." (Library Journal)

Members Reviews:

An interesting on the ground survey of Utopian communities past ...

An interesting on the ground survey of Utopian communities past and present in the US. The author has a partisan view, at time disarmingly naive, of the various ideologies and "monetary systems" that drove the various communes, but in a certain way it add to the interest in reading about the various Utopia. A more clinical and technical reviews of the ideologies would have been much less entertaining. In addition, the enthusiasm of the author help understand why people would join these movements and why after a while they might leave them. The author's sympathy for the utopian ideologies does not prevent him from being critical of the at time small mindedness of the communes leadership.

Intentional Communities

anyone interested in thinking about the problems and opportunities of democracy as a political system will find this book both entertaining and instructive. It is a well-written combination of both history and evaluation. Thinking about "the commons", non-growth based economic systems, and what intentional communities may teach us about the practical aspects of democracy is a good starting place, despite the inevitable problems of "scaling up" systems based on "small is beautiful".

A Great Read If You Love American History

I loved this book. I just listened to Sebastian Junger give a talk on his new book Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging and I looked for information on intentional communities. I found an excerpt of this book in The Atlantic and I decided to purchase the book after reading the piece.

This book is a really enthralling read if you like history. Utopia Drive also got me thinking about economics in ways I never have before. Considering that I have read books on the history of money, that is saying something.

This book is very much worth reading if you are interested in American history.

Quite a ride!

Erik's every stop on this odessy opened vistas into a unique utopian community essence.

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Title: Whistlestop

Subtitle: Reporting the Stories That Make Campaign History

Author: John Dickerson

Narrator: John Dickerson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-09-16

Publisher: Hachette Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 151 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

From Face the Nation moderator and Slate columnist John Dickerson come the stories behind the stories of the most memorable moments in American presidential campaign history.

The stakes are high. The characters full of striving and ego. Presidential campaigns are a contest for control of power in the most powerful country on earth. The battle of ideas has a clear end, with winners and losers, and along the way there are sharp turning points-primaries, debates, conventions, and scandals that squeeze candidates into emergency action, frantic grasping, and heroic gambles. As Mike Murphy the political strategist put it, "Campaigns are like war without bullets."

Whistlestop tells the human story of nervous gambits hatched in first-floor hotel rooms, failures of will before the microphone, and the cross-country crack-ups of long-planned stratagems. At the bar at the end of a campaign day, these are the stories reporters rehash for themselves and embellish for newcomers.

In addition to the familiar tales, Whistlestop also remembers the forgotten stories about the bruising and reckless campaigns of the 19th century when the combatants believed the consequences included the fate of the republic itself. Some of the most modern-feeling elements of the American presidential campaign were born before the roads were paved and electric lights lit the convention halls - if there were convention halls at all.

Whistlestop is a ride through the American campaign history with one of its most enthusiastic conductors guiding you through the landmarks along the way.

Members Reviews:

Lovers of the podcast this is ultimate fix!

John Dickerson in his usual bemused baritone delivers this entire book in the same way her delivers his amazing podcast. This was just the fix I needed and I may listen to it again. Fans of his whistle stop podcast will delight in extended in depth versions of podcast narratives; as well as new and interesting stories.

Puts 2016 election into helpful context

Book is well researched and interestingly presented. Just watch Face the Nation for a taste of John Dickerson.

Regardless of where you came out on the 2016 election this book will provide a helpful context. Believe it or not it wasn't all that unique in our history.

In fact, I'd say it fell somewhere into the middle of the "crazy" to "uneventful" continuum based on what I learned in this book.

Interesting & Entertaining

If you could sum up Whistlestop in three words, what would they be?

Interesting. Entertaining. Fun. I like history, political strategy & stories. It's interesting to hear what worked, what didn't & why candidates made certain choices..

Deep Dive into Presidential Campaign Trivia

John Dickerson lays out a wide buffet of interesting, funny, and sometimes sad tales of events that have shaped Presidential campaigns in America. From the founding fathers to modern times, Whistlestop explains how we arrived to the campaigns of today with anecdotes and historical details that bring the reader into the campaigns. This is a must-read for anyone interested in American Presidential lore and a necessary companion to Dickersons Slate podcast of the same title.

A wonderful introduction to American elections

As a fan of John Dickerson's podcast, I was more than willing to purchase the audiobook and hear more of his stories. And I thoroughly enjoyed the book.

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Title: A Macat Analysis of Eric Foner's Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877

Author: Jason Xidias

Narrator: Macat.com

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 1 min

Language: English

Release date: 07-20-16

Publisher: Macat International Limited.

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

In his 1988 work Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877, Eric Foner drives a final nail into the coffin of outdated interpretations of history. His fascinating account of the decade following the American Civil War shows that black people were an integral part of the movement to end centuries of slavery and were often key drivers of what successes there were in the Reconstruction period.

Reconstruction had the potential to make good on the promise of America's founders, bringing freedom and equality to all. Yet this promise was undermined by defiant Southern whites determined to protect their own privilege. Earlier interpretations of this period often blamed the failures of Reconstruction on black people. But Foner's analysis concluded that Reconstruction was an overall failure because whites prevented African Americans from becoming equal citizens. Reconstruction builds on work by scholars like W. E. B. Du Bois to finally acknowledge the central position of blacks in shaping American democracy as we know it.

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Title: A Macat Analysis of Bernard Bailyn's The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution

Author: Joshua Specht, Pierre-Etienne Stockland

Narrator: Macat.com

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 54 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-01-16

Publisher: Macat International Limited.

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

Before Bernard Bailyn published The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution in 1967, it was generally believed that the Revolution was driven both by social conflict between colonial settlers and the ruling British government, and by differences between classes in American society. Bailyn had a different view. He said that it was radical ideas that fired the American Revolution, and that the Revolution was above all else an ideological, constitutional, and political struggle.

Bailyn showed how American colonists were moved by a strain of radical anti-authoritarian thought that cherished individual liberty and distrusted centralized power. In Bailyn's view, revolutionaries in the colonies felt their own oppression was part of a greater whole, part of "a comprehensive conspiracy against liberty throughout the English-speaking world - a conspiracy believed to have been nourished in corruption."

Considered one of the most influential 20th-century works on the American Revolution, The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution won Bailyn the first of two Pulitzer Prizes. He was also awarded the Bancroft Prize for the work - the highest honor an American history book can receive.

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Title: The Starry Wisdom Library

Subtitle: The Catalogue of the Greatest Occult Book Auction of All Time

Author: Nate Pedersen

Narrator: Scott Carrico

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-29-16

Publisher: Nathan Pedersen

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

Scholars and book collectors across the country have long pondered the intended fate of the infamous collection of rare occult books left to rot in the Church of Starry Wisdom in Providence, Rhode Island, after the Starry Wisdom cult dispersed to parts unknown in the late 19th century.

The recent shocking discovery of a previously unknown book auction catalogue issued in 1877 offers insight into the myriad mysteries of the cult. Entitled Catalogue of the Occult Library of the Recently Disbanded Church of Starry Wisdom of Providence, Rhode Island, and issued by the notorious Arkham firm Pent & Serenade, the catalogue reveals the long-suspected fact that the church intended to sell its library to finance its removal from Providence. The sale, of course, never materialized, as later events make obvious, but the book auction catalogue informs us of the cult's original intent and leaves for us an enormously valuable and fascinating piece of ephemera detailing the infamous collection of rare occult books in all of its dark and foreboding glory.

Furthermore, the book auction catalogue is unique among its contemporaries in that the auction firm Pent & Serenade, recognizing the importance of the exceedingly rare volumes in the cult's possession, commissioned a wide variety of 19th-century scholars to write essays on the histories of the books offered at auction. As such, the catalogue is a uniquely, almost absurdly valuable item for scholars and collectors around the world and is presented here in exacting facsimile by PS Publishing.

Members Reviews:

If you are into this, you'll totally be into this

I'm a gamer, totally lame and proud of it. So for me this book fills that warm little niche I have in my soul for ephemera that compliments canon. It is very complimentary to the Cthulhu Mythos Encyclopedia building on what is already out there and weaving new possibilities into the stories. I listened to it once, went back through laughed at some of the simply diabolically elegant stories presented and immediately purchased it in hard copy.

This is obviously a fan-boy review, I'm good with that. I think if you are into this kind of thing then you are totally going to be into this book.

So why the four stars in Performance and Story? It's not due to disliking the reader, in fact for all the engineered words, languages, simply fabricated -stuff- he does an amazing job, brava, I simply would have liked just a little more with regard to the auction and hints as to the disposition of the library. A thread to pull.