Bestsellers
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The Civil War: A Narrative, Vol. 2
- Fredericksburg to Meridian
- Written by: Shelby Foote
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 52 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall29
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Performance24
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Story24
The Civil War: A Narrative, Vol. 2 continues one of the most remarkable works of history ever fashioned. Focusing on the pivotal year of 1863....
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- By Amazon Customer on 2022-12-09
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Nathan Bedford Forrest
- A Biography
- Written by: Jack Hurst
- Narrated by: Jeff Riggenbach
- Length: 16 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance0
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Story0
He was a fierce and controversial Civil War officer, an unschooled but brilliant cavalryman, an epic figure in America's most celebrated war....
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The Civil War: A Narrative, Volume I, Fort Sumter to Perryville
- Written by: Shelby Foote
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 42 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall45
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Performance36
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Story36
The Civil War: A Narrative, Volume 1 begins one of the most remarkable works of history ever fashioned. All the great battles are here, of course, from Bull Run through Shiloh....
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Comprehensive narrative for involved listeners
- By Matt on 2017-10-16
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Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant
- Written by: Ulysses S. Grant
- Narrated by: Robin Field
- Length: 29 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall11
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Performance9
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Story9
Among the autobiographies of great military figures, Ulysses S. Grant’s is certainly one of the finest, and it is arguably the most notable literary achievement of any American president....
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Grandpa Simpson Narrator
- By Zyn ski on 2018-09-11
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Robert E. Lee
- A Life
- Written by: Allen C. Guelzo
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Length: 22 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4
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Performance3
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Story3
A WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR From the award-winning historian and best-selling author of Gettysburg comes the definitive biography of Robert E. Lee. An intimate look at the Confederate general in all his complexity—his hypocrisy and courage, his inner turmoil and outward...
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Rebel Yell
- The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson
- Written by: S. C. Gwynne
- Narrated by: Cotter Smith
- Length: 24 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall50
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Performance48
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Story48
Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the epic New York Times bestselling account of how Civil War general Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson became a great and tragic national hero. Stonewall Jackson has long been a figure of legend and romance. As much as any person in the...
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Civil War historians must read
- By Mark on 2020-08-04
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The Civil War: A Narrative, Vol. 2
- Fredericksburg to Meridian
- Written by: Shelby Foote
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 52 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall29
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Performance24
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Story24
The Civil War: A Narrative, Vol. 2 continues one of the most remarkable works of history ever fashioned. Focusing on the pivotal year of 1863....
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Bigger picture
- By Amazon Customer on 2022-12-09
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Nathan Bedford Forrest
- A Biography
- Written by: Jack Hurst
- Narrated by: Jeff Riggenbach
- Length: 16 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance0
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Story0
He was a fierce and controversial Civil War officer, an unschooled but brilliant cavalryman, an epic figure in America's most celebrated war....
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The Civil War: A Narrative, Volume I, Fort Sumter to Perryville
- Written by: Shelby Foote
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 42 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall45
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Performance36
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Story36
The Civil War: A Narrative, Volume 1 begins one of the most remarkable works of history ever fashioned. All the great battles are here, of course, from Bull Run through Shiloh....
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Comprehensive narrative for involved listeners
- By Matt on 2017-10-16
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Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant
- Written by: Ulysses S. Grant
- Narrated by: Robin Field
- Length: 29 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall11
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Performance9
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Story9
Among the autobiographies of great military figures, Ulysses S. Grant’s is certainly one of the finest, and it is arguably the most notable literary achievement of any American president....
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Grandpa Simpson Narrator
- By Zyn ski on 2018-09-11
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Robert E. Lee
- A Life
- Written by: Allen C. Guelzo
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Length: 22 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4
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Performance3
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Story3
A WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR From the award-winning historian and best-selling author of Gettysburg comes the definitive biography of Robert E. Lee. An intimate look at the Confederate general in all his complexity—his hypocrisy and courage, his inner turmoil and outward...
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Rebel Yell
- The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson
- Written by: S. C. Gwynne
- Narrated by: Cotter Smith
- Length: 24 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall50
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Performance48
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Story48
Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the epic New York Times bestselling account of how Civil War general Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson became a great and tragic national hero. Stonewall Jackson has long been a figure of legend and romance. As much as any person in the...
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Civil War historians must read
- By Mark on 2020-08-04
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Grant
- Written by: Ron Chernow
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
- Length: 48 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall129
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Performance108
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Story108
The #1 New York Times bestseller and New York Times Book Review 10 Best Books of 2017 “Eminently readable but thick with import . . . Grant hits like a Mack truck of knowledge.” —Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic Pulitzer Prize winner Ron Chernow returns with a sweeping and dramatic...
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A thoroughly moving story
- By Anonymous on 2019-11-23
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Grant Moves South
- Written by: Bruce Catton
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
- Length: 17 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Performance1
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Story1
A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian's acclaimed Civil War history of the controversial Union commander whose battlefield brilliance ensured the downfall of the Confederacy....
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William Tecumseh Sherman
- In the Service of My Country: A Life
- Written by: James Lee McDonough
- Narrated by: David Drummond
- Length: 28 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall7
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Performance7
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Story7
General Sherman's 1864 burning of Atlanta solidified his legacy as a ruthless leader. Yet Sherman proved far more complex than his legendary military tactics reveal....
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For Cause and Comrades
- Why Men Fought in the Civil War
- Written by: James M. McPherson
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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James McPherson draws on more than 25,000 letters and nearly 250 private diaries from men on both sides. For Cause and Comrades lets these soldiers tell their own stories in their own words to create an account that is both deeply moving and far truer than most books on war....
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Hearts Touched by Fire
- The Best of Battles and Leaders of the Civil War
- Written by: Harold Holzer
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett, Traber Burns, Robin Field, and others
- Length: 50 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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In July 1883, just a few days after the 20th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, a group of editors at the Century magazine engaged in a lively argument....
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The Civil War: A Narrative, Vol. 3
- Red River to Appomattox
- Written by: Shelby Foote
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 58 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall29
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Performance20
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Story20
In The Civil War: A Narrative, Vol. 3, Shelby Foote follows the events of the war from 1862 through 1864, discussing the strategies of both the North and the South....
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Did not disappoint.
- By Shaun George on 2023-08-22
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Custer
- Written by: Larry McMurtry
- Narrated by: Henry Strozier
- Length: 2 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Pulitzer Prize winner Larry McMurtry crafts works synonymous with the grandeur and beauty of the American West....
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Grant Takes Command
- Written by: Bruce Catton
- Narrated by: Kevin T. Collins
- Length: 25 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4
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Performance2
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Story3
A thrilling account of the final years of the War Between the States and the great general who led the Union to victory....
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American Ulysses
- A Life of Ulysses S. Grant
- Written by: Ronald C. White
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 27 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall11
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Performance9
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Story9
The dramatic story of one of America's greatest and most misunderstood military leaders and presidents, this is a major new interpretation of Ulysses S. Grant....
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Thunder in the Mountains
- Chief Joseph, Oliver Otis Howard, and the Nez Perce War
- Written by: Daniel Sharfstein
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 18 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5
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Performance4
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Story4
Oliver Otis Howard thought he was a man of destiny. Chosen to lead the Freedmen's Bureau after the Civil War, the Union Army general was entrusted with the era's most crucial task....
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Incredible listening
- By Buffy Saunders on 2019-06-02
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Midnight on the Potomac
- The Last Year of the Civil War, the Lincoln Assassination, and the Rebirth of America
- Written by: Scott Ellsworth
- Narrated by: Scott Ellsworth
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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From the author of The Ground Breaking, longlisted for the National Book Award, comes a riveting saga of the last year of the Civil War—and a revealing new account of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln Told with a page-turning pace, New York Times bestselling author and historian Scott...
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Lincoln vs. Davis
- The War of the Presidents
- Written by: Nigel Hamilton
- Narrated by: Rick Adamson
- Length: 32 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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From a renowned biographer comes the greatest untold story of the Civil War: how two American presidents faced off as the fate of the nation hung in the balance—and how Abraham Lincoln came to embrace emancipation as the last, best chance to save the Union. Of all the books written on...
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Bust Hell Wide Open
- The Life of Nathan Bedford Forrest
- Written by: Samuel W. Mitcham Jr.
- Narrated by: Dan John Miller
- Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall9
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Performance9
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Story9
An intimate biography of Nathan Bedford Forrest, arguably the most interesting figure to emerge from the Civil War - widely admired as a military genius....
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Great insights
- By Robert on 2024-06-01
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Co. Aytch
- The Classic Memoir of the Civil War by a Confederate Soldier
- Written by: Sam R. Watkins
- Narrated by: Pat Bottino
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall10
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Performance9
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Story9
Co. Aytch is the work of a natural storyteller who balances the horror of war with his irrepressible sense of humor and his sharp eye for the lighter side of battle....
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First Hand Account
- By Anonymous on 2024-09-30
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On Great Fields
- The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
- Written by: Ronald C. White
- Narrated by: Ronald C. White
- Length: 14 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance1
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Story1
From the New York Times bestselling author of A. Lincoln and American Ulysses comes the dramatic and definitive biography of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, the history-altering professor turned Civil War hero. “A vital and vivid portrait of an unlikely military hero who played a key role in the...
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Sherman
- Soldier, Realist, American
- Written by: B.H. Liddell Hart
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 17 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3
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Performance3
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Story3
A biography of William T. Sherman by the military theorist and author of Scipio Africanus: Greater Than Napoleon....
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Meade at Gettysburg
- A Study in Command
- Written by: Kent Masterson Brown
- Narrated by: Shawn Compton
- Length: 14 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Performance2
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Story2
Although he took command of the Army of the Potomac only three days before the first shots were fired at Gettysburg, Union general George G. Meade guided his forces to victory in the Civil War's most pivotal battle. Commentators often dismiss Meade....
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Excellent book
- By Amazon Customer on 2023-05-31
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Clouds of Glory
- The Life and Legend of Robert E. Lee
- Written by: Michael Korda
- Narrated by: Jack Garrett
- Length: 32 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall6
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Performance6
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Story6
New York Times Bestseller ""Lively, approachable, and captivating. Like Lee himself, everything about Clouds of Glory is on a grand scale."" —Boston Globe Michael Korda, the acclaimed biographer of Ulysses S. Grant and the bestsellers Ike and Hero, offers a brilliant, balanced, single-volume...
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Robert E Lee
- By Brian Hogan on 2022-02-27
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Grant
- Written by: Jean Edward Smith
- Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright
- Length: 29 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3
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Performance3
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Story2
In this comprehensive biography, Jean Edward Smith reconciles conflicting assessments of Grant's life, arguing that Grant is greatly underrated as a president....
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Company Aytch
- A Side Show of the Big Show
- Written by: Sam Watkins
- Narrated by: Dan Calhoun
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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This book is considered to be the best account of the Civil War ever written from the Confederate point of view....
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R. E. Lee: Volume One
- Written by: Douglas Southall Freeman
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 23 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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R. E. Lee by Douglas Southall Freeman was the recipient of the 1935 Pulitzer Prize for Literature....
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The Man Who Saved the Union
- Ulysses Grant in War and Peace
- Written by: H. W. Brands
- Narrated by: Stephen Hoye
- Length: 27 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance1
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From New York Times bestselling author H. W. Brands, a masterful biography of the Civil War general and two-term president who saved the Union twice, on the battlefield and in the White House, holding the country together at two critical turning points in our history. Ulysses Grant rose from...
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Fierce Patriot
- The Tangled Lives of William Tecumseh Sherman
- Written by: Robert O'Connell
- Narrated by: Andrew Garman
- Length: 15 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance1
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With a unique, witty, and conversational voice historian Robert O'Connell breaks down the often paradoxical, easily caricatured character of General William T. Sherman....
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Serving the Republic
- Memoirs of the Civil and Military Life of Nelson A. Miles
- Written by: Nelson A. Miles
- Narrated by: Joel Allen
- Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Nelson Appleton Miles (1839 - 1925) was an American military general. From 1895 to 1903, he served as the last commanding general of the United States Army before the office was abolished....