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The Murder of Jim Fisk for the Love of Josie Mansfield
- A Tragedy of the Gilded Age
- Written by: H. W. Brands
- Narrated by: Richard McGonagle
- Length: 4 hrs and 56 mins
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Even before he was shot dead on the stairway of the tony Grand Central Hotel in 1872, financier James “Jubilee Jim” Fisk, Jr., was a notorious New York City figure. From his audacious attempt to corner the gold market in 1869 to his battle for control of the geographically crucial Erie Railroad, Fisk was a flamboyant exemplar of a new financial era marked by volatile fortunes and unprecedented greed and corruption. But it was his scandalously open affair with a showgirl named Josie Mansfield that ultimately led to his demise.
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The Murder of Jim Fisk for the Love of Josie Mansfield
- A Tragedy of the Gilded Age
- Narrated by: Richard McGonagle
- Length: 4 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 2011-05-31
- Language: English
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The Modern Scholar
- Masters of Enterprise: American Business History and the People Who Made it
- Written by: Professor H. W. Brands
- Narrated by: Professor H. W. Brands
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
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In this course, we'll examine the lives and careers of successful men and women who seized the opportunities offered by the vibrant and open economy that has ensued. We'll examine how each of these individuals found the necessary resources - both economic and personal - to achieve greatness in the business arena. In doing so, we hope not only to arrive at a better understanding of American business history in general, but also to commune with its greatest visionaries - its Masters of Enterprise.
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The Modern Scholar
- Masters of Enterprise: American Business History and the People Who Made it
- Narrated by: Professor H. W. Brands
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 2008-11-24
- Language: English
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The Heartbreak of Aaron Burr
- Written by: H. W. Brands
- Narrated by: Chris Sorensen
- Length: 5 hrs and 8 mins
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One of the nation’s most respected historians and a two-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, H.W. Brands has the rare gift of investing historical narrative with unmatched verve and insight. The Heartbreak of Aaron Burr sheds light on the life of the third vice president of the United States, a man who is perhaps best known for killing Alexander Hamilton in a duel.
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The Heartbreak of Aaron Burr
- Narrated by: Chris Sorensen
- Length: 5 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 2012-05-16
- Language: English
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Andrew Jackson
- His Life and Times
- Written by: H. W. Brands
- Narrated by: Chuck Montgomery
- Length: 8 hrs and 1 min
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The most famous American of his time, Andrew Jackson is a seminal figure in American history. The first "common man" to rise to the presidency, Jackson embodied the spirit and the vision of the emerging American nation; the term "Jacksonian democracy" is embedded in our national lexicon. With the sweep, passion, and attention to detail that made The First American a Pulitzer Prize finalist, historian H.W. Brands shapes a historical narrative that's as fast-paced and compelling as the best fiction.
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Andrew Jackson
- His Life and Times
- Narrated by: Chuck Montgomery
- Length: 8 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 2005-09-30
- Language: English
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Lone Star Nation
- How a Ragged Army of Courageous Volunteers Won the Battle for Texas Independence
- Written by: H. W. Brands
- Narrated by: Chuck Montgomery
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
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Lone Star Nation is the gripping story of Texas' precarious journey to statehood, from its early colonization in the 1820s to the shocking massacres of Texas loyalists at the Alamo and Goliad by the Mexican army, from its rough-and-tumble years as a land overrun by the Comanches to its day of liberation as an upstart republic.
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Lone Star Nation
- How a Ragged Army of Courageous Volunteers Won the Battle for Texas Independence
- Narrated by: Chuck Montgomery
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 2004-02-12
- Language: English
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The Age of Gold
- The California Gold Rush and the New American Dream
- Written by: H. W. Brands
- Narrated by: Brian Mancinelli
- Length: 6 hrs
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When gold was first discovered on the American River above Sutter's Fort in January 1848, California was sparsely populated frontier territory not yet ceded to the United States from Mexixo. The discovery triggered a massive influx as hundreds of thousands of people scrambled to California in search of riches, braving dangerous journeys across the Pacific, around Cape Horn, and through the Isthmus of Panama, as well as across America's vast, unsettled wilderness. Cities sprang up overnight, in response to the demand for supplies and services of all kinds.
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The Age of Gold
- The California Gold Rush and the New American Dream
- Narrated by: Brian Mancinelli
- Length: 6 hrs
- Release date: 2002-11-27
- Language: English
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Woodrow Wilson
- Written by: H. W. Brands
- Narrated by: Richard Rohan
- Length: 4 hrs and 7 mins
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The product of Wilson's efforts — his vision of the United States as a nation uniquely suited for moral leadership by virtue of its democratic tradition — is a view of foreign policy that is still in place today. Brands provides great insight into the celebrated president and "man of words."
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Woodrow Wilson
- Narrated by: Richard Rohan
- Series: American Presidents, Book 28
- Length: 4 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 2003-08-29
- Language: English
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Traitor to His Class
- The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- Written by: H.W. Brands
- Narrated by: Patrick Egan
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
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A sweeping, magisterial biography of the man generally considered the greatest president of the 20th century, admired by Democrats and Republicans alike. Traitor to His Class sheds new light on FDR's formative years, his remarkable willingness to champion the concerns of the poor and disenfranchised, his combination of political genius, firm leadership, and matchless diplomacy in saving democracy in America during the Great Depression and the American cause of freedom in World War II.
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Traitor to His Class
- The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- Narrated by: Patrick Egan
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 2008-11-04
- Language: English
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