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The Last Dollar Princess
- A Young Heiress's Quest for Independence in Gilded Age America and George V's Coronation Year England
- By: Linda Bennett Pennell
- Narrated by: Ally Lane
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
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It must be said. Scandal follows her family like an ever-faithful hound. No matter how hard they kick it away, it comes slinking around time-after-time....
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Disappointing
- By KB on 06-21-23
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The Last Dollar Princess
- A Young Heiress's Quest for Independence in Gilded Age America and George V's Coronation Year England
- Narrated by: Ally Lane
- Series: An American Heiress, Book 1
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 06-16-23
- Language: English
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It must be said. Scandal follows her family like an ever-faithful hound. No matter how hard they kick it away, it comes slinking around time-after-time....
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The Gilded Age
- A History from Beginning to End
- By: Hourly History
- Narrated by: Matthew J. Chandler-Smith
- Length: 1 hr and 6 mins
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The period from 1870 to 1900 in the US has become known as the Gilded Age, during which America was transformed almost beyond recognition....
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A Decent Simplified Overview if One Can Listen Only
- By Frank Donnelly on 10-14-19
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The Gilded Age
- A History from Beginning to End
- Narrated by: Matthew J. Chandler-Smith
- Length: 1 hr and 6 mins
- Release date: 03-06-19
- Language: English
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The period from 1870 to 1900 in the US has become known as the Gilded Age, during which America was transformed almost beyond recognition....
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Clarence Darrow
- Attorney for the Damned
- By: John A. Farrell
- Narrated by: Danny Campbell
- Length: 20 hrs and 54 mins
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Clarence Darrow is the lawyer every law school student dreams of being: on the side of right, loved by many women, played by Spencer Tracy in Inherit the Wind.....
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The Champion of the poor
- By Jean on 09-12-12
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Clarence Darrow
- Attorney for the Damned
- Narrated by: Danny Campbell
- Length: 20 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 03-06-12
- Language: English
- Clarence Darrow is the lawyer every law school student dreams of being: on the side of right, loved by many women, played by Spencer Tracy in Inherit the Wind.....
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1889: The Boomer Movement, the Land Run, and Early Oklahoma City
- By: Michael J. Hightower
- Narrated by: Douglas R Pratt
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
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Hightower frames his story within the larger history of Old Oklahoma, beginning in Indian Territory, where displaced tribes and freedmen, wealthy cattlemen, and prospective homesteaders became embroiled in disputes over public land and federal government policies....
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A must read for any Oklahoma resident.
- By Dooderwear on 03-11-22
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1889: The Boomer Movement, the Land Run, and Early Oklahoma City
- Narrated by: Douglas R Pratt
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 04-30-19
- Language: English
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Hightower frames his story within the larger history of Old Oklahoma, beginning in Indian Territory, where displaced tribes and freedmen, wealthy cattlemen, and prospective homesteaders became embroiled in disputes over public land and federal government policies....
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Iron Empires
- Robber Barons, Railroads, and the Making of Modern America
- By: Michael Hiltzik
- Narrated by: Nicholas Tecoksy
- Length: 14 hrs and 57 mins
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In 1869, when the final spike was driven into the Transcontinental Railroad, few were prepared for its seismic aftershocks. Once a hodgepodge of short, squabbling lines, America's railways soon exploded into a titanic industry helmed by a pageant of speculators, crooks, and visionaries....
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History doesn't get any better
- By Philo on 02-06-21
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Iron Empires
- Robber Barons, Railroads, and the Making of Modern America
- Narrated by: Nicholas Tecoksy
- Length: 14 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 08-11-20
- Language: English
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In 1869, when the final spike was driven into the Transcontinental Railroad, few were prepared for its seismic aftershocks. Once a hodgepodge of short, squabbling lines, America's railways soon exploded into a titanic industry helmed by a pageant of speculators, crooks, and visionaries....
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Taming the Octopus
- The Long Battle for the Soul of the Corporation
- By: Kyle Edward Williams
- Narrated by: Jon Vertullo
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
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The untold story of how efforts to hold big business accountable changed American capitalism.
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Informative and gripping
- By Emily Williams on 05-09-24
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Taming the Octopus
- The Long Battle for the Soul of the Corporation
- Narrated by: Jon Vertullo
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 02-20-24
- Language: English
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The untold story of how efforts to hold big business accountable changed American capitalism.
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The Shanghai Secret
- The Tidewater Chronicles, Book 1
- By: Vanessa Lind
- Narrated by: Kathleen Strecker
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
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In the Gilded Age boomtown of Astoria, Oregon, Jo sets out to prove herself as a girl reporter. Following the trail of a missing maid, she finds her newspaper’s publisher dead. Left in charge of the paper, she discovers danger is a lot closer than she thinks....
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Enchanting story with engaging narrative
- By JAR on 07-27-23
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The Shanghai Secret
- The Tidewater Chronicles, Book 1
- Narrated by: Kathleen Strecker
- Series: Tidewater Chronicles, Book 1
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 07-12-23
- Language: English
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In the Gilded Age boomtown of Astoria, Oregon, Jo sets out to prove herself as a girl reporter. Following the trail of a missing maid, she finds her newspaper’s publisher dead. Left in charge of the paper, she discovers danger is a lot closer than she thinks....
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The Fall of White City
- Revised 2020 Edition (Gilded Age Chicago Mysteries, Book 1)
- By: N.S. Wikarski
- Narrated by: Lucinda Gainey
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
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Chicago in the 1890s is the fastest growing metropolis in America. An eccentric heiress and a cub reporter find themselves repeatedly drawn into the hidden world of intrigue and murder that lurks within the shadows of the White City....
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Chicago 1893: Hull House " White City" Murder
- By E.Snurd on 08-14-22
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The Fall of White City
- Revised 2020 Edition (Gilded Age Chicago Mysteries, Book 1)
- Narrated by: Lucinda Gainey
- Series: Gilded Age Chicago Mystery, Book 1
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 02-01-21
- Language: English
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Chicago in the 1890s is the fastest growing metropolis in America. An eccentric heiress and a cub reporter find themselves repeatedly drawn into the hidden world of intrigue and murder that lurks within the shadows of the White City....
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The Beneficiary
- Fortune, Misfortune, and the Story of My Father
- By: Janny Scott
- Narrated by: Janny Scott
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
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A parable for the new age of inequality: part family history, part detective story, part history of a vanishing class, and a vividly compelling exploration of the degree to which an inheritance - financial, cultural, genetic - conspired in one person's self-destruction....
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Buy A Hard Copy
- By NFox on 06-08-19
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The Beneficiary
- Fortune, Misfortune, and the Story of My Father
- Narrated by: Janny Scott
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 04-16-19
- Language: English
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A parable for the new age of inequality: part family history, part detective story, part history of a vanishing class, and a vividly compelling exploration of the degree to which an inheritance - financial, cultural, genetic - conspired in one person's self-destruction....
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The Murder of Jim Fisk for the Love of Josie Mansfield
- A Tragedy of the Gilded Age
- 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....
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Dull and lifeless
- By Jon Weimer on 07-29-11
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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: 05-31-11
- Language: English
- 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....
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The Age of Reform
- By: Richard Hofstadter
- Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright
- Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
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This work is a landmark in American political thought. Preeminent Richard Hofstadter examines the passion for progress and reform that colored the entire period from 1890 to 1940 with startling and stimulating results....
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Still timely after all these years
- By Jonah on 04-11-24
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The Age of Reform
- Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright
- Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 10-30-18
- Language: English
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This work is a landmark in American political thought. Preeminent Richard Hofstadter examines the passion for progress and reform that colored the entire period from 1890 to 1940 with startling and stimulating results....
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All the Great Prizes
- The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt
- By: John Taliaferro
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 22 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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John Taliaferro’s brilliant biography captures the extraordinary life of Hay, one of the most amazing figures in American history, and restores him to his rightful place....
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Almost a Five Star
- By Lulu on 12-22-14
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All the Great Prizes
- The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 22 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 07-12-13
- Language: English
- John Taliaferro’s brilliant biography captures the extraordinary life of Hay, one of the most amazing figures in American history, and restores him to his rightful place....
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Flight of the WASP
- The Rise, Fall, and Future of America's Original Ruling Class
- By: Michael Gross
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 17 hrs and 13 mins
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For decades, writers have proclaimed the diminishment of the White Anglo-Saxon Protestants, who for generations were the dominant socio-cultural-political force in America....
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way too long
- By Marietta Whittlesey, M.S. on 05-17-24
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Flight of the WASP
- The Rise, Fall, and Future of America's Original Ruling Class
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 17 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 02-27-24
- Language: English
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For decades, writers have proclaimed the diminishment of the White Anglo-Saxon Protestants, who for generations were the dominant socio-cultural-political force in America....
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Fraud
- An American History from Barnum to Madoff
- By: Edward J. Balleisen
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 19 hrs and 27 mins
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The United States has always proved an inviting home for boosters, sharp dealers, and outright swindlers....
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Encyclopedic; a bit dry in tone, but informative
- By Philo on 04-10-17
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Fraud
- An American History from Barnum to Madoff
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 19 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 02-01-17
- Language: English
- The United States has always proved an inviting home for boosters, sharp dealers, and outright swindlers....
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Greed in the Gilded Age
- The Brilliant Con of Cassie Chadwick
- By: William Elliott Hazelgrove
- Narrated by: Cindy Piller
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
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"Millionaire" had just entered the American lexicon and Cassie Chadwick was front page news, becoming a media sensation before mass media, even eclipsing President Roosevelt’s inauguration....
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People have always taken advantage of weaknesses
- By Marsha L. Woerner on 12-15-22
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Greed in the Gilded Age
- The Brilliant Con of Cassie Chadwick
- Narrated by: Cindy Piller
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 03-17-22
- Language: English
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"Millionaire" had just entered the American lexicon and Cassie Chadwick was front page news, becoming a media sensation before mass media, even eclipsing President Roosevelt’s inauguration....
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Meet You in Hell
- Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership that Transformed America
- By: Les Standiford
- Narrated by: John H. Mayer
- Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins
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Here is history that reads like fiction: the riveting story of two founding fathers of American industry, Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick, and the bloody steelworkers' strike that transformed....
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an extended journalistic tour
- By D. Littman on 06-08-05
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Meet You in Hell
- Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership that Transformed America
- Narrated by: John H. Mayer
- Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 05-27-05
- Language: English
- Here is history that reads like fiction: the riveting story of two founding fathers of American industry, Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick, and the bloody steelworkers' strike that transformed....
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Lone Star
- A History of Texas and the Texans
- By: T. R. Fehrenbach
- Narrated by: John McLain
- Length: 39 hrs and 17 mins
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Here is a must-listen history of the Lone Star State, together with an insider's look at the people, politics, and events that have shaped Texas from the beginning right up to our days....
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Top -10
- By JNW on 03-29-18
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Lone Star
- A History of Texas and the Texans
- Narrated by: John McLain
- Length: 39 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 03-20-18
- Language: English
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Here is a must-listen history of the Lone Star State, together with an insider's look at the people, politics, and events that have shaped Texas from the beginning right up to our days....
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The Irish Americans
- A History
- By: Jay P. Dolan
- Narrated by: Jim McCabe
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
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Jay Dolan of Notre Dame University is one of America’s most acclaimed scholars of immigration and ethnic history....
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Should have been great
- By Heather on 04-25-14
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The Irish Americans
- A History
- Narrated by: Jim McCabe
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 03-05-13
- Language: English
- Jay Dolan of Notre Dame University is one of America’s most acclaimed scholars of immigration and ethnic history....
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The Last American Aristocrat
- The Brilliant Life and Improbable Education of Henry Adams
- By: David S. Brown
- Narrated by: Jacques Roy
- Length: 14 hrs
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A “marvelous … compelling” (The New York Times Book Review) biography of literary icon Henry Adams - one of America’s most prominent writers and intellectuals, who witnessed and contributed to the United States’ dramatic transition from a colonial society to a modern nation....
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outstanding book, highly recommend it
- By D. Littman on 02-19-21
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The Last American Aristocrat
- The Brilliant Life and Improbable Education of Henry Adams
- Narrated by: Jacques Roy
- Length: 14 hrs
- Release date: 11-24-20
- Language: English
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A “marvelous … compelling” (The New York Times Book Review) biography of literary icon Henry Adams - one of America’s most prominent writers and intellectuals, who witnessed and contributed to the United States’ dramatic transition from a colonial society to a modern nation....
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From Generosity to Justice
- A New Gospel of Wealth
- By: Darren Walker
- Narrated by: Darren Walker, Andre Blake, Heather Alicia Sims
- Length: 5 hrs and 27 mins
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In From Generosity to Justice: A New Gospel of Wealth, Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation, articulates a bold vision for philanthropy in the twenty-first century....
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Justice must (include) US.
- By Anonymous User on 04-25-23
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From Generosity to Justice
- A New Gospel of Wealth
- Narrated by: Darren Walker, Andre Blake, Heather Alicia Sims
- Length: 5 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 03-28-23
- Language: English
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In From Generosity to Justice: A New Gospel of Wealth, Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation, articulates a bold vision for philanthropy in the twenty-first century....
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