Bestsellers
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Against Constitutional Originalism
- A Historical Critique
- By: Jonathan Gienapp
- Narrated by: Josh Innerst
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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In this comprehensive and novel critique of originalism, Jonathan Gienapp targets originalists' unspoken assumptions about the Constitution and its history.
By: Jonathan Gienapp
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The Innocent Man
- Murder and Injustice in a Small Town
- By: John Grisham
- Narrated by: Craig Wasson
- Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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John Grisham’s first work of nonfiction: a true crime story that will terrify anyone who believes in the presumption of innocence....
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Wake up people...
- By Michael H. Wagner on 10-14-09
By: John Grisham
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The Originalism Trap
- How Extremists Stole the Constitution and How We the People Can Take It Back
- By: Madiba K. Dennie
- Narrated by: Madiba K. Dennie
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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A rallying cry for a more just approach to the law that bolsters social justice movements by throwing out originalism—the theory that judges should interpret the Constitution exactly as conservatives say the Founders meant it....
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A ray of hope in a bleak time
- By Emily S. Lakdawalla on 09-20-24
By: Madiba K. Dennie
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Keeping the Faith
- God, Democracy, and the Trial That Riveted a Nation
- By: Brenda Wineapple
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
- Length: 12 hrs and 50 mins
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The dramatic story of the 1925 Scopes trial, which captivated the nation and exposed profound divisions in America that still resonate today—divisions over the meaning of freedom, religion, education, censorship, and civil liberties in a democracy.
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A retelling but with more detail
- By WH Griesar on 09-14-24
By: Brenda Wineapple
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The Sewing Girl's Tale
- A Story of Crime and Consequences in Revolutionary America
- By: John Wood Sweet
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
- Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
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On a moonless night in the summer of 1793 a crime was committed in the back room of a New York brothel—the kind of crime that even victims usually kept secret. Instead, seventeen-year-old seamstress Lanah Sawyer did what virtually no one in US history had done before....
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Great for history buffs!
- By LibertyHillbilly on 02-09-23
By: John Wood Sweet
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Enemies
- A History of the FBI
- By: Tim Weiner
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 18 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Enemies is the first definitive history of the FBI’s secret intelligence operations....
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Good book, just not for me
- By a on 11-12-12
By: Tim Weiner
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Against Constitutional Originalism
- A Historical Critique
- By: Jonathan Gienapp
- Narrated by: Josh Innerst
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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In this comprehensive and novel critique of originalism, Jonathan Gienapp targets originalists' unspoken assumptions about the Constitution and its history.
By: Jonathan Gienapp
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The Innocent Man
- Murder and Injustice in a Small Town
- By: John Grisham
- Narrated by: Craig Wasson
- Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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John Grisham’s first work of nonfiction: a true crime story that will terrify anyone who believes in the presumption of innocence....
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Wake up people...
- By Michael H. Wagner on 10-14-09
By: John Grisham
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The Originalism Trap
- How Extremists Stole the Constitution and How We the People Can Take It Back
- By: Madiba K. Dennie
- Narrated by: Madiba K. Dennie
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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A rallying cry for a more just approach to the law that bolsters social justice movements by throwing out originalism—the theory that judges should interpret the Constitution exactly as conservatives say the Founders meant it....
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A ray of hope in a bleak time
- By Emily S. Lakdawalla on 09-20-24
By: Madiba K. Dennie
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Keeping the Faith
- God, Democracy, and the Trial That Riveted a Nation
- By: Brenda Wineapple
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
- Length: 12 hrs and 50 mins
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The dramatic story of the 1925 Scopes trial, which captivated the nation and exposed profound divisions in America that still resonate today—divisions over the meaning of freedom, religion, education, censorship, and civil liberties in a democracy.
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A retelling but with more detail
- By WH Griesar on 09-14-24
By: Brenda Wineapple
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The Sewing Girl's Tale
- A Story of Crime and Consequences in Revolutionary America
- By: John Wood Sweet
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
- Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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On a moonless night in the summer of 1793 a crime was committed in the back room of a New York brothel—the kind of crime that even victims usually kept secret. Instead, seventeen-year-old seamstress Lanah Sawyer did what virtually no one in US history had done before....
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Great for history buffs!
- By LibertyHillbilly on 02-09-23
By: John Wood Sweet
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Enemies
- A History of the FBI
- By: Tim Weiner
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 18 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Enemies is the first definitive history of the FBI’s secret intelligence operations....
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Good book, just not for me
- By a on 11-12-12
By: Tim Weiner
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Devil in the Grove
- Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America
- By: Gilbert King
- Narrated by: Peter Francis James
- Length: 17 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. The story of Thurgood Marshall's defense - depsite death threats and KKK intimidation - of four Black youths falsely accused of rape....
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the fight for civil rights
- By Jean on 01-17-14
By: Gilbert King
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John Adams Under Fire
- The Founding Father's Fight for Justice in the Boston Massacre Murder Trial
- By: Dan Abrams, David Fisher
- Narrated by: Dan Abrams, Roger Wayne
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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An eye-opening story of America on the edge of revolution, revealing the life of young John Adams and his key role in the trial of the Boston Massacre....
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Fascinating
- By Jean on 04-23-20
By: Dan Abrams, and others
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Jim Crow's Pink Slip
- The Untold Story of Black Principal and Teacher Leadership
- By: Leslie T. Fenwick
- Narrated by: Deanna Anthony
- Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1954, the Supreme Court's Brown decision ended segregated schooling in the United States, but regrettably, as documented in congressional testimony and transcripts, it also ended the careers of a generation of highly qualified and credentialed Black teachers and principals....
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JCPS
- By Charles J. Jones on 02-25-24
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The Constitution of the United States, Bill of Rights, Declaration of Independence and Founding Father Biographies
- George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin and More
- By: CSA Publishing, Founding Fathers
- Narrated by: Roberto Scarlato
- Length: 3 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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How much do you know about the Constitution of the United States or even about those brave men who are considered Founding Fathers? Sure, you may have been forced to read the Declaration of Independence in elementary school but do you even remember its intent? Listen to find out more….
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A Complete American Collection
- By Jackie Harwood on 08-14-22
By: CSA Publishing, and others
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A Storm of Witchcraft
- The Salem Trials and the American Experience
- By: Emerson W. Baker
- Narrated by: Marc Vietor
- Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Beginning in January 1692, Salem Village in colonial Massachusetts witnessed the largest and most lethal outbreak of witchcraft in early America....
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Wow....riveting and tragic
- By TeamDowager on 10-23-15
By: Emerson W. Baker
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The Words That Made Us
- America's Constitutional Conversation, 1760-1840
- By: Akhil Reed Amar
- Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi
- Length: 27 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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In The Words That Made Us, Akhil Reed Amar unites history and law in a vivid narrative of the biggest constitutional questions early Americans confronted, and he expertly assesses the answers they offered....
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And the words that made Us
- By Anonymous User on 10-17-22
By: Akhil Reed Amar
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Summer for the Gods
- The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate over Science and Religion
- By: Edward J. Larson
- Narrated by: Brian Troxell
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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In the summer of 1925, the sleepy hamlet of Dayton, Tennessee, became the setting for one of the 20th century's most contentious dramas: the Scopes trial....
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A little biased toward evolution
- By Medina Family on 02-19-20
By: Edward J. Larson
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Gideon's Trumpet
- How One Man, a Poor Prisoner, Took His Case to the Supreme Court - and Changed the Law of the United States
- By: Anthony Lewis
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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A history of the landmark case of Clarence Earl Gideon's fight for the right to legal counsel....
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best book on the subject
- By J.B. Price on 06-12-18
By: Anthony Lewis
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Servants of the Damned
- Giant Law Firms, Donald Trump, and the Corruption of Justice
- By: David Enrich
- Narrated by: Will Collyer
- Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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In his acclaimed #1 bestseller Dark Towers, David Enrich presented the never-before-told saga of how Deutsche Bank became the global face of financial recklessness and criminality....
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Best book of its kind by far
- By Kathleen on 12-19-22
By: David Enrich
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The Great Divorce
- A Nineteenth-Century Mother's Extraordinary Fight Against Her Husband, the Shakers, and Her Times
- By: Ilyon Woo
- Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1814, Eunice Chapman came home to discover that her three children had been carried off by her estranged husband. He had taken them, she learned, to live among the Shakers....
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A classic
- By My Profile Name on 06-21-21
By: Ilyon Woo
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The Second Creation
- Fixing the American Constitution in the Founding Era
- By: Jonathan Gienapp
- Narrated by: Kristoffer Tabori
- Length: 20 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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A stunning revision of our founding document’s evolving history that forces us to confront anew the question that animated the founders so long ago: What is our Constitution? Listen to find out more....
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Infuriating Narration
- By David Paquette on 11-02-22
By: Jonathan Gienapp
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A Well-Regulated Militia
- The Founding Fathers and the Origins of Gun Control in America
- By: Saul Cornell
- Narrated by: Kevin T. Collins
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Americans are deeply divided over the Second Amendment. Some passionately assert that the Amendment protects an individual's right to own guns. Others, that it does no more than protect the right of states to maintain militias....
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historically rich
- By Alexus Nelson on 12-13-19
By: Saul Cornell
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The Rule of Laws
- A 4,000-Year Quest to Order the World
- By: Fernanda Pirie
- Narrated by: Ana Clements
- Length: 16 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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From ancient Mesopotamia to today, the epic story of how humans have used laws to forge civilizations....
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Wonderful journey along the long road of the rule of law.
- By Daniel on 09-27-23
By: Fernanda Pirie
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Memory and Authority
- The Uses of History in Constitutional Interpretation
- By: Jack M. Balkin
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Length: 11 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Jack M. Balkin argues that fights over constitutional interpretation are often fights over collective memory. Balkin shows how lawyers and judges channel history through standard forms of legal argument that shape how they use history and even what they see in history.
By: Jack M. Balkin
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American Heiress
- The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst
- By: Jeffrey Toobin
- Narrated by: Paul Michael
- Length: 15 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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On February 4, 1974, Patty Hearst, a sophomore in college and heiress to the Hearst family fortune, was kidnapped by a ragtag group of self-styled revolutionaries calling itself the Symbionese Liberation Army....
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Privilege calling privilege privileged
- By Kelley on 08-05-16
By: Jeffrey Toobin
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Engineering Eden
- The True Story of a Violent Death, a Trial, and the Fight over Controlling Nature
- By: Jordan Fisher Smith
- Narrated by: Traber Burns
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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The fascinating story of the century-long attempt to control nature in the American wilderness, as told through the prism of a tragic death at Yellowstone....
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Riveting true story, well performed
- By Kerry Cox on 04-07-20
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We the Corporations
- How American Businesses Won Their Civil Rights
- By: Adam Winkler
- Narrated by: William Hughes
- Length: 14 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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In this groundbreaking portrait of corporate seizure of political power, We the Corporations reveals how American businesses transformed the Constitution to serve the ends of capital....
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Many books in one, supporting vast insight
- By Philo on 04-03-18
By: Adam Winkler
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The Run of His Life
- The People v. O.J. Simpson
- By: Jeffrey Toobin
- Narrated by: Stephen Bel Davies
- Length: 18 hrs and 46 mins
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The definitive account of the O. J. Simpson trial, The Run of His Life is a prodigious feat of reporting....
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Fear and Loathing in Los Angeles
- By Cynthia on 05-24-16
By: Jeffrey Toobin
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Lincoln's Last Trial: The Murder Case That Propelled Him to the Presidency
- By: Dan Abrams, David Fisher
- Narrated by: Adam Verner, Dan Abrams
- Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins
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At the end of the summer of 1859, 22-year-old Peachy Quinn Harrison went on trial for murder in Springfield, Illinois. Abraham Lincoln was hired to defend him....
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Great Courtroom Drama
- By Jean on 04-26-19
By: Dan Abrams, and others
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The Court v. The Voters
- The Troubling Story of How the Supreme Court Has Undermined Voting Rights
- By: Joshua A. Douglas
- Narrated by: Chris Baetens
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
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In The Court v. The Voters, law professor Josh Douglas takes us behind the scenes of significant cases in voting rights—some surprising and unknown and some familiar—to investigate the historic crossroads that have changed our elections, and therefore the nation, irrevocably....
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Listen to this!
- By LAMA on 08-04-24
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The Nuremberg Trials
- The Nazis and Their Crimes Against Humanity
- By: Paul Roland
- Narrated by: Dugald Bruce Lockhart
- Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins
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The Nuremberg Trials were the most important criminal proceedings ever held. They established the principle that individuals will always be held responsible for their actions under international law....
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Historically Inaccurate
- By Susan Kuebler on 04-23-21
By: Paul Roland
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The Injustice System
- A Murder in Miami and a Trial Gone Wrong
- By: Clive Stafford Smith
- Narrated by: Jonathan Cowley
- Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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A man accused of a murder he didn't commit languishes on death row. A crusading lawyer is determined to free him. This powerful book reads like a compelling legal thriller with one crucial difference....
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- Sandra Day O'Connor
- By: Evan Thomas
- Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
- Length: 16 hrs and 33 mins
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The intimate, inspiring, and authoritative biography of Sandra Day O’Connor, America’s first female Supreme Court justice, drawing on exclusive interviews and first-time access to Justice O’Connor’s archives....
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Remarkable woman, well served in this book.
- By KathrynVB on 04-05-19
By: Evan Thomas
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The Day Freedom Died
- The Colfax Massacre, the Supreme Court, and the Betrayal of Reconstruction
- By: Charles Lane
- Narrated by: Jim Bond
- Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins
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America after the Civil War was a land of shattered promises and entrenched hatreds....
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A Story That Had to Be Told
- By pablo on 07-07-17
By: Charles Lane