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Title: The Monuments Men

Subtitle: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History

Author: Robert M. Edsel, Bret Witter

Narrator: Jeremy Davidson

Format: Abridged

Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-01-09

Publisher: Macmillan Audio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 27 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

At the same time Adolf Hitler was attempting to take over the Western world, his armies were methodically seeking and hoarding the finest art treasures in Europe. The Fuehrer had begun cataloguing the art he planned to collect as well as the art he would destroy: "degenerate" works he despised.

In a race against time, behind enemy lines, often unarmed, a special force of American and British museum directors, curators, art historians, and others, called the Monuments Men, risked their lives scouring Europe to prevent the destruction of thousands of years of culture.

Focusing on the 11-month period between D-Day and V-E Day, this fascinating account follows six Monuments Men and their "impossible" mission to save the world's great art from the Nazis.

Now a major motion picture.

Critic Reviews:

"The story is both engaging and inspiring. In the midst of a total war, armies systematically sought to mitigate cultural loss." (Publishers Weekly)

Members Reviews:

Quite interesting look at World War II and the soul-uplifting work of men and women fighting to save cultural heritage

So I live in a house that has connection to a Monument Man in Minnesota, so I thought it behooved me to read the book that made the Monument Men famous.

The book pretty much ensures that a reader will both understand the logistical difficulties (no actual unit, no access to transportation, constantly having to ask other military personnel for help), the danger (booby-trapped caches of loot, dank salt mines filled with art and explosives, German soldier ambush), and the heroic nature of the Monument Men's job (especially those who worked in Germany and had to reconcile risk to life and limb to save cultural heritage sites like Aachen Cathedral after touring devastating places like Dachau).

What an incredible job they did. What incredible people who believed so passionately in art that they would endure war conditions to attempt to save what the Nazis looted or destroyed.

A pleasant surprise for me was learning about the handful of Monument Men the book focuses on through both biography and letters. I particularly enjoyed learning about Lincoln Kirstein (my name doppelganger) who I thought mostly of as a ballet guy, but who turned out to be more of a Renaissance man in his abilities and proclivities than I had understood. But the others focused on this book (Rorimer, Ettlinger, Posey, Stout, etc) also come alive in their individuality, their specialities, and their connections to Europeans and family back home.

Of course, I couldn't help feeling like the author maybe presented the Monuments Men in their best possible light. George Stout is almost saint-like in his expertise, desire to save German monuments, and empathy for the victims of war.

And at times, for me (who is not a World War II history buff or veteran) the dwelling on various troop movements and battles was a bit much. I yearned for more descriptions of the actual finding of the artwork, but that could be a bit of a personal preference.

Quite interesting look at World War II that's definitely worth a look if you enjoyed the movie. Certainly gives some perspective to some of the movie characters.

Persevered and Preserved the Past

The history of World War II contains many dimensions that continue to be discovered or revisited. Robert M.

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Title: The Food of a Younger Land

Subtitle: The WPA's Portrait of Food in Pre-World War II America

Author: Mark Kurlansky

Narrator: Stephen Hoye

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-10-09

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 69 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

While Kurlansky was researching The Big Oyster in the Library of Congress, he stumbled across the archives for the America Eats project and discovered this wonderful window into our national past. In the 1930s, with the country gripped by the Great Depression and millions of Americans struggling to get by, Franklin D. Roosevelt created the Federal Writers' Project under the New Deal to give work to artists and writers, such as John Cheever and Richard Wright. A number of writers - including Zora Neale Hurston, Eudora Welty, and Nelson Algren - were dispatched all across America to chronicle the eating habits, traditions, and struggles of local people. The project was abandoned in the early 1940s and never completed.

The Food of a Younger Nation unearths this forgotten literary and historical treasure. Mark Kurlansky's brilliant compilation of these historic pieces, combined with authentic recipes, anecdotes, photos, and his own musings and analysis, evokes a bygone era when Americans had never heard of fast food and the grocery store was a thing of the future.

Editorial Reviews:

While doing research at the Library of Congress for one of his books, food historian Mark Kurlansky landed upon a "cache of unedited manuscripts" about America's regional eating habits in the pre-World War II 1940s. The collection was a creation of the Federal Writers' Project (FWP), a part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), President Roosevelt's central "New Deal" response to the massive unemployment of The Great Depression. A stack of almost two feet high, this large mass of manuscripts was intended for a book of a mere 75,000 words, America Eats. The editing and publication were scuttled by the December 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor attack and the U.S.'s entry into World War II.

"Ironically, the chaotic pile of imperfect manuscripts has left us with a better record than would the nameless, cleaned-up, smooth-reading final book," Kurlansky says. Citing the editor of the America Eats project "Emphasis should be divided between food and people" Kurlansky adds, "It is this perspective that gives this work the feeling of a time capsule, a preserved glimpse of American in the early 1940s." Critically important, Kurlansky chose "not always the best, but the most interesting pieces."

The Food of a Younger Land is a different kind of audiobook experience: less a forward flowing narrative and more of a cultural anthropological dig with its finest pieces selected by a master of the art, and put on display. The narrative challenges of an audiobook of such a subject are considerable. The book is a celebration, and narrator Stephen Hoye sets an optimistic, upbeat, and friendly narrative tone. There are a large number of sections in the book, with diverse styles and tones and many different WPA authors. Hoye orchestrates this array nicely with tonal variations of the book's major, celebratory key.

The direct reporting of food and recipes by the WPA writers are relatively straightforward. The narrative demands are greater in the depiction of social scenes easily the most interesting sections of The Food of a Younger Land.

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Title: A Road Well Traveled

Subtitle: Profiles of America's Great Automobile Pioneers

Author: Daniel Alef

Narrator: Baron Ron Herron

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 1 min

Language: English

Release date: 02-09-09

Publisher: Meta4 Press

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 13 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

Written by award-winning author and syndicated columnist Daniel Alef, who has written more than 300 biographical profiles of America's great tycoons, and narrated by radio personality Baron Ron Herron, A Road Well Traveled offers many lessons to be draw from these pioneers and the fascinating lives they led. Some became fabulously wealthy; others died in obscurity. But they developed America's largest industry in the space of one generation and demonstrated the skills and characteristics necessary to achieve such success. Their audacity, determination, perseverance, work-ethic, and passion were unassailable. These pioneers were undaunted by any and all obstacles in their path. Their stories are instructive and absorbing.

Members Reviews:

5 Hours of Listening Pleasure!

What did you love best about A Road Well Traveled?

The various biographies of men who made the automobiles, and how these various lives intertwined to create companies that lasted decades, and some over a century. Most of these men came from similar backgrounds, and worked hard to make it in a serious competition to stand out in the crowd. It seems many of these men have been forgotten to us today, but their stories are worth hearing, and appreciating.

What other book might you compare A Road Well Traveled to and why?

Engines of Change (by Paul Ingrassia). While Paul Ingrassia takes on 15 significant automobiles, and goes into even more details on the "fine 15", both books appreciate the hard work put forth by many men, and the difference their automobiles made.

What does Baron Ron Herron bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you just read the book?

It's a pleasure listening, and the voice fits the stories.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

If I had the time, yes. I listened to it in my car every moment I was driving.

Any additional comments?

If you love automobiles (I do), and love can-do spirit of men at the turn of the 19th Century, than you will appreciate this book.

The Story of American Automobiles

Where does A Road Well Traveled rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far?

Its right up there among the finest!

What was one of the most memorable moments of A Road Well Traveled?

How all the men, while producing vastly different cars had similar back grounds excitingly creating vehicles that to this day have an impact on us...

Which scene was your favorite?

The bio on the Duesenberg and Packer men and cars.

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

The Greatest American Automobiles

Any additional comments?

Make a film about this book, it would be awesome - so much insight and history!

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Title: The Modern Scholar

Subtitle: American Inquisition: The Era of McCarthyism

Author: Ellen Schrecker

Narrator: Ellen Schrecker

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-23-08

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 26 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

McCarthyism remains all too relevant today; if nothing else, it reminds us that we cannot take our basic freedoms for granted. This audio course aims to provide a basic understanding of what happened during the Cold War red scare of the late 1940s and 1950s. It will look at this red scare from the perspective of both the victims and the perpetrators, and will try to answer the following question: How could such a politically repressive movement arise in a modern democratic society such as the post-World War II United States?

Members Reviews:

A great history

Would you listen to The Modern Scholar again? Why?

Yes. I plan to listen to the lecture series again, this time with the study guide open in front of me and while taking notes. This is a very important topic very relevant to current day society, the repression of free speech and other freedoms, surveillance and the oppression of the Occupy Movement.

What did you like best about this story?

I liked the details of a topic I already had some exposure too.

Which character as performed by Ellen Schrecker was your favorite?

N/A

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

No it is a bit too deep. I did have to go back in parts to relisten and catch details I missed.

Any additional comments?

The PDF study guide is great. I am looking forward to tracking down some of the additional resources and taking the "final exam" available online.

I am having trouble finding the web site referenced to take the "Final Exam."

A real disapointment :-((

A boring lecture on a potentially interesting subject..

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Title: Tobruk

Author: Peter FitzSimons

Narrator: Humphrey Bower

Format: Unabridged

Length: 23 hrs and 22 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-19-08

Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 388 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

Like Gallipoli and Kokoda, the siege of Tobruk is an iconic battle in Australia's military history. Under ceaseless attack from Rommel's men, the Australian defense held strong. In Tobruk, Peter FitzSimons relates the personal histories and stories not only of the men who defended the garrison against the German onslaught but of the Desert Fox, Erwin Rommel, and the powers back in both Berlin and Britain.

Critic Reviews:

"Gripping stuff." (Sydney Morning Herald)

"A thorough, highly readable, distillation of the overlooked Battle of Tobruk." (The Age)

Members Reviews:

'Bloody' Brilliant!

This ain't just for Aussies (though I can see how this book could definitely make them puff their chests out in pride!) What a great book! This covers a battle of World War 2 that I hadn't heard about it, but I must fess up that I'd never been that interested in the war in Africa. I know: Shame on me! And I also confess that at the last minute I changed the Overall to 5-stars. The reason: It was so good that I ran to the computer to use a credit for "Kokoda" because I thought the author was brilliant at making figures of history so real to me and for making the men who fought in the battle men that I desperately wanted the best for.

This is a seamless narrative, great representation of characters, with a drop-dead thrilling "plot." I do, however, get twitchy about narrators, and while Bower was almost flawless, I thought I had to listen at x1.25 speed to get that sense of breathlessness that I desire in something that needs the swift pacing that the story seems to demand.

If you're a war buff, or if you just like good action with lots of humor, give this book a try. Definitely credit-worthy.

My favorite line from the soldiers that I have added to my working dialogue: "If it's stupid and it works... It ain't stupid!"

Fair dinkum

This is an entertaining Aussie-eye view of events in World War 2, centering on, but not limited to, the stubborn defense of Tobruk. The book is written in colloquial Australian-English and is well recorded and, as nearly as I can tell, perfectly read. Highly recommended.

The Few, The Proud, The Australian!

This is an outstanding history of the battle of Tobruk and Australia's role in World War II from the point of view of the digger, the average Aussie soldier. It is biased towards the Aussies, who at times Fitzsimmons paints as supermen, but Fitzsimmons admits his bias in the introduction. This is an ode to Australia's World War II soldiers and an entertaining listen, especially the slang. This book is a primer on Australian slang. I thought the narrator was great, but at times the Australian slang may be too much for some listeners.

"Tobruk" is a great book for serious World War II buffs, because frankly it goes into details about the Aussies that no general campaign history will ever cover. Fitzsimmons is tough on nearly every non-Australian leader other than Rommel, but his critical assessment of Churchill is particularly refreshing.

If you like "Tobruk" I would recommend "At All Costs" by Sam Moses about the siege of Malta too.

Great Story

A great story well told. I've read A LOT of history books about WWII, this one goes up there with the Battle of the Buldge by Ambrose. Rarely do Americans realize how much effort other non-European countries put into the winning.

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Title: The Modern Scholar

Subtitle: Six Months That Changed the World: The Paris Peace Conference of 1919

Author: Margaret MacMillan

Narrator: uncredited

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-14-08

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 311 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

The world will never see another peace conference like the one which took place in Paris in 1919. For six months, the world's major leaders - including Woodrow Wilson, president of the United States, David Lloyd George, prime minister of Great Britain, and Georges Clemenceau, prime minister of France - met to discuss the peace settlements which were to end World War One.

©2003 Margaret MacMillan; (P)2003 Recorded Books, LLC

Members Reviews:

Best Audible Title Yet

Dr MacMillan has a great voice. I felt like she was speaking to me - not reading a script. Excellent articulation and enunciation. I am finding myself listening to this one again and again, from different start points. My friends at work are amazed by how much I now know about this important event in modern history. If Dr MacMillan comes up with another title - I'm buying it. Wish I'd had professors as interesting as her in university...

Highly recommended

I especially liked the small anecdotes Prof. MacMillan inserts in between the events. Her analysis of the personalities involved in the conference together with those anecdotes gives a human perspective to the decisions made in Paris in 1919.

Enlightening and well presented

A vital piece of history to understanding the world as it is today. Very well presented - nice pace and interestingly put. I listened to it a few months ago and only just realised that it comes with a pdf booklet of 65 pages which would be a good companion to the listening. Some maps in the booklet would be very helpful though.

History Without Equal

This is probably my favorite history lecture of all time. MacMillan condenses hundreds of hours of research into insightful paragraphs, and she reveals why much of the world, from Europe to Africa, to the Middle East, is the way it is today. I don't believe I have ever read a book so rich with insights in every paragraph. For those who have already purchased and read the book 1919 in hardback, I would view this book as a companion volume, not an audio version of the same book. The books are not the same, but rather the audio version expands upon the themes found in the 1919 book. This book creates a sort of infrastructure of European and Middle Eastern history, so current events can be more clearly interpreted. A must for any student of history. I can only hope the author chooses to lend her power of insight to other periods of history.

Great Read

This is wonderfully entertaining - The content is informative, important, relevant and illuminating.

The author/narrator does a great job.

The text is an easy read, yet not simplistic.

Great book. Did you know that Czechoslovakia 'stole' the Sudetenland from Austria, giving Hitler a pretext to invade them twenty years later? Fascinating.

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Title: All Hands Down

Subtitle: The True Story of the Soviet Attack on the USS Scorpion

Author: Kenneth Sewell, Jerome Preisler

Narrator: Malcolm Hillgartner

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-07-08

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 78 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

When a Soviet sub mysteriously sank near Hawaii, hundreds of miles from its normal station, Soviet naval leaders mistakenly believed that a U.S. submarine was to blame. Using a cryptographic unit acquired from the North Koreans to decipher classified Navy communications, they set a trap for revenge. All Hands Down explains how the plan was executed and why the truth of the attack has been officially denied for 40 years.

Critic Reviews:

"[A] convincing argument....few will be able to resist the juicy details offered about this half-forgotten disaster and its aftermath....A satisfying historical whodunit, redolent with Cold War paranoia and tragedy." (

Kirkus Reviews)

Members Reviews:

If you like sub stories this is worth the read

Well paced, well written. Shocking... the way that in 1968 the Russians gave the US the deliberate combination of a sucker punch and a sniper's "head shot" to a fully crewed US NAVY nuclear sub that was simply going home after it's cruise. Perhaps that clear act of war was silenced because it might have caused the real thing to expand. Maybe the right decision, maybe not. You read and figure it out for yourself. A great read!

All Hands Down

The book was written in an entertaining way, my compliments to the authors. The research was weak and explanations conflicting.

I get the feeling the project was a rush job by the publishers/editors to get it on the street. The authors give conflicting accounts of the final movements of the Scorpion (you cannot have an explosion and implosion simultaneously). There were multiple minor errors, (describing a Bekins moving van as orange in color instead of white: Allied moving vans are orange). If you are not interested in sound research and just want to wallow in a supermarket tabloid style story then the book is for you.

I recommend looking up USS Scorpion and K-129, separately, on the internet and you will see the same references the authors use with more plausible explanations as to what happened to the two boats.

MEDAL OF HONOR

Every man on the Scorpian deserves the Medal Of Honor. Americans should be rightfully outraged.

Well done

well documented and told. I remember these events very well, and would never have imagined how they were all linked together. The Walker spy family may have been the worst thing every for our country, and leaves little doubt we would have been hard pressed had a shooting war with the soviets occured.

Well written, thought provoking

Well woven. Loved every minute!

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Title: Reappraisals

Subtitle: Reflections on the Forgotten 20th Century

Author: Tony Judt

Narrator: James Adams

Format: Unabridged

Length: 16 hrs and 53 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-23-08

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 120 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

In less than a generation, the headlong advance of globalization has altered structures of thought that had been essentially unchanged since the European industrial revolution. As a result, we have lost touch with a century of social thought and socially motivated activism. In the 24 essays in Reappraisals, Judt resurrects the key aspects of the world we have lost to remind us how important they still are to us now and to our future.

Critic Reviews:

"As a fascinating exploration of the world we have recently lost - for good or bad, or both - this collection...cannot be bested." (Publishers Weekly)

Members Reviews:

Superb. Insightful essays, Performance to match

Judt, a European-born New Yorker and academic, analyzes the failings of his fellow leftists in clear-eyed essays. There are 24 essays, most of which appeared as extended reviews in The New York Review of Books.

He blames the left for their unwillingness to acknowledge that the only examples of communist governments have all taken the form of dictatorships. He cites leftist intellectual willingness to make exceptions for The Greater Good and blindness to Stalin--even when presented with proof--and he blames his fellow leftist intellectuals for an unwillingness to consider that yes, there were communists in the US State Department, and that while McCarthy was wrong about everything else, he may have been right about this.

Judt was on a kibbutz during the Six Day War, when Jordan, Syria and Egypt moved to crush Israel. Israel won not by a shofar, but when the Egyptian air force was burned into the desert. He acknowledges the cost of Zionism--Israeli land gained is Arab land lost is peace lost--and he knows the answer is Land For Peace. In an essay on Edward Said, he talks about Palestinian weakness and ineptitude in face of Israeli duplicity, and later, the inevitable charges of anti-Semitism that follow criticism of the settlements, and the inability of American Jews to see Israel through the eyes of the rest of the world, and the Israeli's inability to create a country that can stand without America's help.

Judt is not perfect. There is some score-settling among fellow leftists that comes across as Paris cafe bickering.

In his review of William Bundy's "Tangled Web" he excoriates Nixon and Kissinger's destructive narcissistic personal foreign policy--cutting out State and CIA--lauds Shuttle Diplomacy, but doesn't see that they have the same roots. The opening to China is seen as brilliant in of itself, but Bundy (and Judt) take at face value the Soviet/Russian claim that the overtures to China had nothing to do with the Soviet summit and SALT treaty.

Finally, his review of "The Cold War: A New History" (2005) by John Lewis Gaddis (who won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Biography), is worth the price of the book. Gaddis's book is eviscerated as shallow and narrow, a jingoistic account of a victory that is an insight to American policymakers that made me wonder if the publisher wasn't FOX News Books. But Judt's view is European, and Gaddis's is American, and we return to the blind spot of the Left: nuclear war. Under the threat of mutually assured destruction, the Right races to the expedient self-serving simple choice, and everyone suffers.

Judt ends with the spectre haunting the West the spectre of nationalism.

The performance is excellent.

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Title: April 4, 1968

Subtitle: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Death and How It Changed America

Author: Michael Eric Dyson

Narrator: Michael Eric Dyson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 25 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-31-08

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 43 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

Now, at the 40th anniversary of King's assassination, acclaimed public intellectual Michael Eric Dyson gives a comprehensive reevaluation of the fate of America, specifically black America, since that date.

Ambitiously and controversially, he investigates the ways in which we as a people have made it to that Promised Land King spoke of, and the many areas in which we still have a long way to go.

April 4, 1968 takes a sweeping view of King's death, remembering all the toil, triumph, and tribulation that led to that fateful date while anticipating the ways in which King's legacy will affect the future of the United States.

Members Reviews:

Compelling

With so many books about Martin Luther King, Jr. on the market and with a flood of new ones recently published to capture the interest surrounding the 40th anniversary of King's murder, why pick up another one?

First, Michael Eric Dyson has proven to be one of the most engaging and thought-provoking social commentators of the past few years. Second, he brings both his deep intellect as well as his accessible communication gifts to this tribute to Rev. Dr. King, and the impact of his life and death on our society. Dyson does a great job of setting April 4, 1968 in the context of the time, reflecting of King's difficulties and depression, as well as his notoriety and success. But more than merely a tribute to a fallen leader, Dyson also examines the aftermath, both good and bad, especially within the African-American community, but also for our world as a whole. A powerful "literary license" is Dyson's epilogue, an "interview" with King on his 80th birthday--a truly thought inspiring chapter.

With a host of volumes about King on the market, this one is well worth exploring.

Great book, read by author

This is truly a great book it not only tells about the tragic day that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assinated, but gives a history of the other people involved. And how each of the players were involved with King. As well as where they are in 2008.

The reading by the author, Michael Eric Dyson, makes the book espesially good. I highly recommend this book to all who loved King as I did.

Excellent book to Read on King!

I always enjoy reading books from Rev. Dr. Michael E. Dyson. He always knows how to fabricate sociology notion, academia concept and spiritual connection to the books he has written. This book is no different about Martin Luther King, Jr. In addition, what I enjoyed listening to it now after the Administration of President Obama; I can analyze how far America has really come not only 49 years after King's death but also after the tenure of President Obama's administration. Again, good book, would recommend all to read/ listen if you are a King Theologian.

RCF

Mis-Titled

Well, at least Mr. Dyson devotes a third of the book to Dr. King, which is why I bought it. The title should have been, "A bit about Martin Luther King, and mostly how racist the USA is, and why Dr. King would now support everything I believe".

Mr. Dyson does give a good history, and delves into the history of Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. He then goes on to pontificate about his own thoughts for most of the book.

At the end of the book, he has a fake "interview" with King, and talks about how Dr.

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Title: The Teapot Dome Scandal

Subtitle: How Big Oil Bought the Harding White House

Author: Laton McCartney

Narrator: William Hughes

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-18-08

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 77 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

The Teapot Dome scandal of the early 1920s was all about oil - hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of petroleum. When the scandal finally broke, the consequences were tremendous. President Harding's legacy was forever tarnished, while "Oil Cabinet" member Albert Fall was forced to resign and was imprisoned for a year. Others implicated in the affair suffered prison terms, commitment to mental hospitals, suicide, and even murder. The Republican Party and the oil-company CEOs scrambled to cover their tracks and were mostly successful. Key documents mysteriously disappeared; important witnesses suffered sudden losses of memory. Though a special investigation was authorized, the scope of the wrongdoing was contained by administration stonewalling. But newly surfaced information indicates that the scandal was even bigger than originally thought.

©2008 Laton McCartney; (P)2008 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Members Reviews:

Harding's return to normalcy: corruption

We can complain a lot about present day government corruption, but until you read this book you have no idea how bad it can get. The story almost sounds like a novel - except it's true. And if you thought OJ's trial had a strange result (not guilty in the criminal trial, liable in the civil), Teapot Dome easily tops that. The Interior Secretary, Albert Fall, was convicted of taking a bribe from an oil man who, in a separate trial, was acquitted of bribing Fall. Fall really was a fall guy. (I'm not giving anything away here -- the characters make the story here, not the legal verdicts).

The narration is very good. The only quibble I have is that the narrator sometimes sounded as if he were going a bit too fast. A great listen.

Plain-spoken, well-told, stunning

Fans of history of political and business fraud, corruption and scandal are well rewarded here. It blows my mind that this was the way things were run in top echelons of USA government so recently. There is a rich history here, as well, of the development of the west (and foreign affairs with Mexico) as regards commercial development of mineral resources. We would do well to keep an eye on the disposition of our publicly-owned land and mineral assets in this country: the huge payouts make it a natural breeding ground for political corruption.

brings you right into the 1920s

This book is both well-narrated & well-written. A fine slice-of-history piece that makes you feel as if you are living in the teens & 20s (I mean 1910-1925 or so), puts you into the political game of the time (where corruption was a much more accepted part of politics, frankly, than is the case today), and uses the Teapot Dome affair & the Harding presidency as the crux of the story. I would recommend this to anyone interested in American history, not just those after knowledge about long-ago scandals.

While the book is very detailed, it is not overly so. It needs this detail to tell the story, and it is the detail that moves the story along.

great book!

Entertaining and enlightening. We are reliving this history with the Trump administration. Highly recommend this book.

Interesting for history buffs.

Nice read if yoy are looking to improve your knowledge of how govt and business conducted themselves during the early 20th century.