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Title: Unsettled Boundaries

Subtitle: Fraser Gold and the British-American Northwest

Author: Robert E Ficken

Narrator: Richard Peterson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-27-17

Publisher: University Press Audiobooks

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

Responding to reports of gold discoveries on the Fraser River, thousands of prospectors from California and other points on the Pacific coast crossed the 49th parallel to British territory in 1858. Most returned to San Francisco and Puget Sound later in the same year, blaming their failure to find wealth in the river canyons on uncooperative Hudson's Bay Company officials and the English government. Viewing events from the perspective of California, historians have generally considered the gold rush a failure. In reality, the Fraser River experience was a sustained success, continuing beyond 1858 and embracing the vast interior of British Columbia, and becoming one of the major developments in Pacific Northwest history. Although it was an artificial line bisecting forest, mountain, and prairie, the 49th parallel separated distinct regions of law and custom, explaining why many Americans were unable to comprehend the true nature of their adventures in British North America.

The book is published by Washington State University Press.

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Title: Relieve Us of This Burthen

Subtitle: American Prisoners of War in the Revolutionary South, 1780-1782

Author: Carl P. Borick

Narrator: Wayne Hughes

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-14-17

Publisher: University of South Carolina Press

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

Relieve Us of This Burthen is the first book-length study of Continental soldiers, officers, and militiamen held as prisoners of war by the British in the South during the American Revolution. Carl P. Borick focuses his study on the period 1780-82, when British forces most actively campaigned in the South. He gives a detailed examination of the various hardships of imprisonment and efforts to assist and exchange prisoners while also chronicling events and military policies that affected prisoners during and after captivity.

As have prisoners of any war, captives in the Revolution suffered both physical and mental adversities during their imprisonments, and the impact often stayed with them after their release. Many escaped their captors or broke paroles to fight again. Others were exchanged; still others enlisted in British forces sent to the West Indies, and many died in prison. Because of the intense combat in South Carolina, more Americans were taken prisoner there than elsewhere across the Southern Department. Borick concentrates much of his narrative on Charleston and the lowcountry. Some 6,000 Continentals, militia, and seamen were captured when Charleston surrendered in May 1780. This was the largest number of prisoners taken during a single operation. Occupied Charleston became the key prisoner depot for the British in the South.

Borick also explores British recruiting efforts among prisoners, particularly by the Duke of Cumberland's Regiment, raised from prisoners kept in Charleston for service in the West Indies against the French and Spanish. That regiment's experiences during and after the war were far different from those of other American soldiers in the Revolutionary War.

Members Reviews:

Very informative

This book puts the meat on the bones of the information available (to me) about the prisoners at Charleston. I especially found it helpful in my research of an ancestor who was there for a year. Other resources--mostly word of mouth--had him at a battle that occurred during his imprisonment. This sets the record straight. Mr. Borick writes clearly and his work is easily read and very interesting. So glad I discovered this book!

Fascinating history of British prison ships in Charleston

This history of the British prison ships in Charleston provides a much more complicated than expected explanation of how the wider war, politics on both sides, changing strategies and even class status determined the conditions of American prisoners. Highly recommended!

Definitive book on the POW expericene of the men surrendered at the siege of Charleston, South Carolina May 12, 1780

Carl P. Borick presents an excellent account of the experiences of the 6,000 men who were surrendered May 12, 1780 at the siege of Charleston, South Carolina. Well written, well researched and a pleasure to read. Borick covers all of the bases writing a short account of the events leading to the siege and then the siege. He then delves in detail into the separate circumstances and suffering of the rank and file, sailors, marines, the officers, the militia until the men are exchanged a year later in June and July of 1781. His meticulous research from pension files and other accounts provides details of day to day life while in captivity, the many escapes, diseases, deaths, and the other suffering and privations that the men endured.

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Title: The Passing of the Frontier

Author: Emerson Hough, Raging Bull Publishing

Narrator: Joseph Tabler

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 56 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-15-17

Publisher: Raging Bull Publishing

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

First published in 1918, this new Raging Bull Edition contains the original text as well as background articles including:

Members Reviews:

A Note from the Narrator

I enjoyed reading it very much. Emerson Hough was on the frontier at the end of the 19th century, was good friends with Pat Garrett, and saw what he wrote about here. A thoughtful and considered view of the continent as it was eaten up by civilization's arrival, until the frontier was no more. Originally published in 1918. Hough aided in starting the National Parks and Yellowstone, and also the Bison's preservation. A staunch U.S. patriot, he was a captain in the WWI Intelligence Service. Hough wrote for George Bird Grinnell's Field and Stream, and later an Out-Of-Doors column for Sat. Eve. Post and of course numerous novels, including The Mississippi Bubble (1902), Lady and the Pirate (1913) and The Covered Wagon (1922). His other non-fiction books include The Story of the Outlaw (1906) and an autobiography Getting a Wrong Start (1915).

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Title: History of New York

Author: IntroBooks

Narrator: Andrea Giordani

Format: Unabridged

Length: 37 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-03-17

Publisher: IntroBooks

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

You know New York! Right? You know about one of those most populous states in the US, which is said to be surrounded by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south of it and also Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont towards the east. But do you know about what this state has actually been through, which made it being so popular all over the world? Are you aware of the history behind this state being highly developed and doing well in every other field which one can only think about?

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Title: The Bawdy House Girls

Author: Alton Pryor

Narrator: Joe Van Riper

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-28-17

Publisher: Stagecoach Publishing

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

Many of the brothel madams were kind hearted. For instance, Madame Pauline, on hearing of a desperate family in dire straits, provided them a house and a job for the father. In the west, the bawdy house girls filled an obvious need or they wouldn't have survived. Many girls left the trade as soon as they could, usually by marriage. Others became hooked on drugs or committed suicide.

Members Reviews:

Comes Up a Bit Short

This was a decent book about prostitutes in the 19th century American West. My main complaint (and the reason for the three star rating) has to do with the brevity of the chapters. If this book were an encyclopedia, such short chapters would be warranted. But there's nothing encyclopedic or complete about what Pryor puts on display here. We get short descriptions and brief anecdotes (most of which, by the way, are treated in greater length in more thorough, superior books) and the author moves on to another subject, another "working girl" or madam, sometimes just when a story is about to get interesting.

There is some quality info here, and some humorous and fascinating tales, but if you're going to read just one book on the subject, don't let this one be it. A far superior work is "Daughters of Joy: Sisters of Misery" by Anne Butler. Ms. Butler really did her homework, and marshals a mountain of evidence to present her picture of prostitution on the American frontier in the 19th and early 20th centuries. She manages to both entertain and educate, whereas Alton Pryor only does a marginal job on the first account, and is entirely remiss in the second capacity.

Ultimately an interesting, uneven work.

Fascinating book

An interesting subject. What it didn't cover was how they tried to keep themselves free of v.d., and the ways they kept themselves from getting pregnant or what happened to their children when they did.

Bawdy House

I really enjoyed this book.The amazing thing to me was similarities of trafficking still going on today.The Author had dates which really put me back in time.I will read other books by Alton Pryor

He is a good writer and captures the history in short chapters

He is a good writer and captures the history in short chapters. Whets the appetite to find out more.

it was interesting and informative for anyone who is curious ...

it was interesting and informative for anyone who is curious about how cities were populated and grown as our west was won and inhabitated.

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Title: Sherman at My Door (Annotated)

Author: Dolly Sumner Lunt

Narrator: Brian V. Hunt, Claire Dayton

Format: Unabridged

Length: 46 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-28-17

Publisher: Big Byte Books

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

Union General William Tecumseh Sherman came right through her yard on their march to the sea in 1864, just as they had other plantations. But the widow mistress of Georgia's Burge Plantation was no typical southern belle. She was a Maine-born transplant with 100 slaves.

Here, in Dolly Sumner Lunt's own words, is a description of those days as she watched everything she had and believed in being threatened by an army she described as invaders. They took her livestock, told her slaves they were free, and asked for meals in her mansion. This fascinating glimpse into plantation life at the end of the American Civil War is unique. Every memoir of the American Civil War provides us with another view of the catastrophe that changed the country forever.

Members Reviews:

Interesting Source. on the Georgia Homefront

This would have gotten 5 stars had it not been for the "editors" often snarky comments & the omission of many entries from 1865. We are left w/ the information that there were many entries on soldier's homecomings & more stories of straggling Yankee bummers pestering the traumatized citizens after the war. This lady was a kind & caring slaveowners, sharing what little she had with her people. No one was ever abused, & they remained with her & cried when the Yankees took her male slaves(who also cried)because they didn't want to go away from home. An important read for the politically correct; for the serious historian, a fine source.

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Title: Dreamers and Deceivers

Subtitle: Summary and Analysis of Dreamers and Deceivers: True Stories of the Heroes and Villains Who Made America

Author: Summary Station

Narrator: Brian Ackley

Format: Unabridged

Length: 33 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-06-17

Publisher: Summary Station

Ratings: 1 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

This book begins with an expose of Grover Cleveland who was known for being an honest politician during his presidency in the 1880s. Although he was generally an honest president as well, there happened to be an incident during which he disappeared aboard a friend's yacht for four days and lied about the reason for his absence. Moving on to the next story, we learn about Edwin Howard Armstrong, also known as The Major, who is just about to jump from the 13th floor of a New York City apartment block at the end of January 1954. He had left a note that calculated the odds of his body being smashed upon impact with the ground below. He took the time to dress in attire which people would recognize him in for identification purposes and then moved over to the window. This part of the book does not tell whether or not Armstrong actually jumped. First, we are told the race to discover, decode and understand the new phenomenon of radio would be run by Armstrong, David Sarnoff and Lee de Forest. Abruptly, the narrative jumps back in time some 48 years as we join a much younger Armstrong being chastised by his mother for not coming inside when she ordered. The young Armstrong is, we discover, sitting in a chair hanging from ropes attached to his newest and best 100 foot antenna enjoying the feel of the wind at such a height. Even at this young age, Armstrong was considered gifted, from the construction of his first crystal set radio receiver came his dream of taking this new technology and using it to bring sounds of voice and music into every home in America.

Members Reviews:

I can't put it down to type a long revies.

Sorry but I can't put the book down long enough to type a long review.

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Title: Freedom's Delay

Subtitle: America's Struggle for Emancipation, 1776-1865

Author: Allen Carden

Narrator: Gerald Zimmerman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14 hrs and 21 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-16-16

Publisher: University Press Audiobooks

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

This work fills an important gap in the literature of slavery's demise. Unlike other authors who focus largely on specific time periods or regional areas, Allen Carden presents a thematically structured national synthesis of emancipation. Freedom's Delay offers a comprehensive and unique overview of the process of manumission commencing in 1776 when slavery was a national institution, not just the southern experience known historically by most Americans. In this volume, the entire country is examined, and major emancipatory efforts - political, literary, legal, moral, and social - made by black and white, free and enslaved individuals are documented over the years from independence through the ratification of the 13th Amendment.

Freedom's Delay dispels many of the myths about slavery and abolition, including that racial servitude was of little consequence in the North, and, where it did exist, it ended quickly and easily; that abolition was a white man's cause and blacks were passive recipients of liberty; that the South seceded primarily to protect states' rights, not slavery; and that the North fought the Civil War primarily to end the subjugation of African Americans. By putting these misunderstandings aside, this book reveals what actually transpired in the fight for human rights during this critical era. Carden's inclusion of a cogent preface and epilogue assures that Freedom's Delay will find a significant place in the literature of American slavery and freedom.

Critic Reviews:

"Freedom's Delay is really the first effort to bring together in one volume the entire history of the formal struggle to end slavery in the United States." (Joanne Melish, author of Disowning Slavery: Gradual Emancipation and 'Race' in New England, 1789 - 1860)

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Title: American Presidents

Author: IntroBooks

Narrator: Andrea Giordani

Format: Unabridged

Length: 40 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-02-16

Publisher: IntroBooks

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

The foundations of the republic of the United States is a much-discussed historical subject mired with dynamic emotional elements and rhetoric. It is indeed one of the epic episodes not just of the foundation of the great nation we see today, but also of the evolution of democracy in the world.

The history of the United States is the history of its elected presidents, without whom the country would still be a mish-mash of several territories, native tribes and colonial possessions. America's war against colonialism would act as a catalyst of nationalism for several countries in the decades to come after the official surrender of the British at Yorktown in 1783. The War of American Independence was led by George Washington, the first President and one of the most influential chief executives in American history. The country's gradual rise and triumph as the leading international power in the 20th century, still observed today, is a legacy left by leading presidents like Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson, and Franklin Roosevelt among many others, followed by their staff and individuals who coordinated in making a country known today as United States of America.

There is a brief discussion of the American constitution following from the events relating to the great war of independence, the legacy left behind by George Washington and his first cabinet, up to the onset of the Civil War, the bloodiest indigenous conflict the US has ever faced. The legendary guidance showed by Franklin Roosevelt during the Second World War and the charismatic leadership of the late John F. Kennedy are some of the ending topics, concluding finally with the legacy left by modern presidents such as Bill Clinton and Barack Obama.

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Title: Dwight D. Eisenhower

Author: Richard V. Damms

Narrator: Sean Runnette

Format: Unabridged

Length: 35 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-19-16

Publisher: Audible Studios

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

Dwight D. Eisenhower earned public acclaim during World War II as supreme commander of Allied forces in Europe. The first Republican since Herbert Hoover to occupy the White House, Ike planned to hold the line against further expansion of federal powers. He worked assiduously to avoid being dragged into the school desegregation issue, believing in a gradualist approach to eliminating racial discrimination. Eisenhower helped steer the Supreme Court toward a middle-ground with all deliberate speed approach in Brown v. Board of Education II and hoped to allow states and local communities to work out the desegregation issue themselves. When the governor of Arkansas refused to allow black children to attend public school in Little Rock, however, Eisenhower was forced to send in National Guard troops to restore order. In the end, Eisenhowers commitment to gradualism, albeit well-intentioned, allowed those dedicated to preserving segregation to advance their agenda, ushering in the period of violence and civil rights protests that would plague the nation in the 1960s.