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Dodge City
- Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and the Wickedest Town in the American West
- De: Tom Clavin
- Narrado por: John Bedford Lloyd
- Duración: 13 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 994
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 893
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 890
Dodge City, Kansas, is a place of legend. The town that started as a small military site exploded with the coming of the railroad, cattle drives, eager miners, settlers, and various entrepreneurs passing through to populate the expanding West. Before long Dodge City's streets were lined with saloons and brothels, and its populace was thick with gunmen, horse thieves, and desperadoes of every sort. By the 1870s, Dodge City was known as the most violent and turbulent town in the West.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The Real Life Story of Dodge City
- De Jean en 03-26-17
De: Tom Clavin
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The Apache Wars
- The Hunt for Geronimo, the Apache Kid, and the Captive Boy Who Started the Longest War in American History
- De: Paul Andrew Hutton
- Narrado por: Jonathan Yen
- Duración: 17 h y 50 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 690
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 617
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 618
They called him Mickey Free. His kidnapping started the longest war in American history, and both sides - the Apaches and the white invaders - blamed him for it. A mixed-blood warrior who moved uneasily between the worlds of the Apaches and the American soldiers, he was never trusted by either but desperately needed by both. He was the only man Geronimo ever feared. He played a pivotal role in this long war for the desert Southwest from its beginning in 1861 until its end in 1890 with his pursuit of the renegade scout Apache Kid.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Ruined by the Narrator
- De Amazon Customer en 02-22-17
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Billy the Kid
- The Endless Ride
- De: Michael Wallis
- Narrado por: Todd McLaren
- Duración: 9 h y 5 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 251
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 185
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 187
Award-winning historian Michael Wallis has spent several years re-creating the rich, anecdotal saga of Billy the Kid (1859-1881), a deeply mythologized young man who became a legend in his own time and yet remains an enigma to this day. With the Gilded Age in full swing and the Industrial Revolution reshaping the American landscape, "the Kid", who was gunned down by Sheriff Pat Garrett in the New Mexico Territory at the age of 21, became a new breed of celebrity outlaw.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing
- De MJTCPA en 07-30-11
De: Michael Wallis
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Into the Bright Sunshine
- Young Hubert Humphrey and the Fight for Civil Rights (Pivotal Moments in American History Series)
- De: Samuel G. Freedman
- Narrado por: Mike Lenz
- Duración: 17 h y 9 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 7
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Narración:3 out of 5 stars 6
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 6
During one sweltering week in July 1948, the Democratic Party gathered in Philadelphia for its national convention. The most pressing and controversial issue facing the delegates was not whom to nominate for president—the incumbent, Harry Truman, was the presumptive candidate—but whether the Democrats would finally embrace the cause of civil rights and embed it in their official platform. On the convention's final day, Hubert Humphrey, the relatively obscure mayor of the midsized city of Minneapolis, ascended the podium.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Important history for today’s generation
- De Nancy M en 09-29-23
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West Like Lightning
- The Brief, Legendary Ride of the Pony Express
- De: Jim DeFelice
- Narrado por: John Pruden
- Duración: 8 h y 48 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 75
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 66
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 66
The thrilling narrative history of one of the most enduring icons of the American West, the Pony Express, from the number-one New York Times bestselling co-author of American Sniper - an exciting tale of daring young men pushing limits to the extremes across the vast, rugged, and unsettled American West.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Picture of Wild West Life and the Pony
- De Pierre C. en 08-07-18
De: Jim DeFelice
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
- An Indian History of the American West
- De: Dee Brown
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 14 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5,426
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 4,686
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,672
Dee Brown's eloquent, meticulously documented account of the systematic destruction of the American Indian during the second half of the 19th century uses council records, autobiographies, and firsthand descriptions. Brown allows great chiefs and warriors of the Dakota, Ute, Sioux, Cheyenne, and other tribes to tell us in their own words of the battles, massacres, and broken treaties that finally left them demoralized and defeated.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Easy to Listen To, Difficult to Hear About
- De J.B. en 04-12-16
De: Dee Brown
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Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Patriots
- De: Bill O'Reilly, David Fisher
- Narrado por: Holter Graham, Bill O'Reilly
- Duración: 9 h y 51 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,652
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,328
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,321
The must-have companion to Bill O'Reilly's historical docudrama Legends and Lies: The Patriots, an exciting and eye-opening look at the Revolutionary War through the lives of its leaders. The American Revolution was neither inevitable nor a unanimous cause. It pitted neighbors against each other as loyalists and colonial rebels faced off for their lives and futures. These were the times that tried men's souls: No one was on stable ground, and few could be trusted.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Couldn't stop listening!
- De Erin en 08-05-16
De: Bill O'Reilly, y otros
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Blood and Thunder
- An Epic of the American West
- De: Hampton Sides
- Narrado por: Don Leslie
- Duración: 20 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,011
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,435
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,423
In the summer of 1846, the Army of the West marched through Santa Fe, en route to invade and occupy the Western territories claimed by Mexico. Fueled by the new ideology of “Manifest Destiny,” this land grab would lead to a decades-long battle between the United States and the Navajos, the fiercely resistant rulers of a huge swath of mountainous desert wilderness.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Publisher's summary does not do it justice
- De Eric en 02-07-11
De: Hampton Sides
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Thunder in the Mountains
- Chief Joseph, Oliver Otis Howard, and the Nez Perce War
- De: Daniel Sharfstein
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 18 h y 3 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 191
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 174
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 173
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: helping millions of former slaves claim the rights of citizens. He was energized by the belief that abolition and Reconstruction, the country's great struggles for liberty and equality, were God's plan for himself and the nation.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Interesting but lenghty.
- De Tristan en 05-10-18
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Daniel Boone
- The Life and Legend of an American Pioneer
- De: John Mack Faragher
- Narrado por: Tom Parker
- Duración: 12 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,037
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 918
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 914
In the first and most reliable biography of Daniel Boone in more than 50 years, award-winning historian Faragher brilliantly portrays America's famous frontier hero while illuminating the American hero-making process itself. Drawing from popular narrative, the public record, scraps of documentation from Boone's own hand, and a treasure trove of reminiscences gathered by nineteenth-century antiquarians, Faragher uses the methods of new social history to create a portrait of the man and the times he helped shape.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Excellent book for history readers
- De James P Carter en 11-11-13
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The Heart of Everything That Is
- The Untold Story of Red Cloud, An American Legend
- De: Bob Drury, Tom Clavin
- Narrado por: George Newbern
- Duración: 12 h y 5 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,766
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,553
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,544
The great Oglala Sioux chief Red Cloud was the only Plains Indian to defeat the United States Army in a war, forcing the American government to sue for peace in a conflict named for him. At the peak of their chief’s powers, the Sioux could claim control of one-fifth of the contiguous United States. But unlike Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, or Geronimo, the fog of history has left Red Cloud strangely obscured. Now, thanks to painstaking research by two award-winning authors, his incredible story can finally be told.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The Irresistable Force Paradox: Manifest Destiny
- De Mel en 11-10-13
De: Bob Drury, y otros
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Massacre at Mountain Meadows
- De: Ronald W Walker, Richard E Turley, Glen M Leonard
- Narrado por: Bill Dewees
- Duración: 10 h y 40 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 133
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 88
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 90
On September 11, 1857, a band of Mormon militia, under a flag of truce, lured unarmed members of a party of emigrants from their fortified encampment and, with their Paiute allies, killed them. More than 120 men, women, and children perished in the slaughter.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Slow to get started - not fully balanced.
- De Chris en 02-28-10
De: Ronald W Walker, y otros
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The Captured
- A True Story of Abduction by Indians on the Texas Frontier
- De: Scott Zesch
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 10 h y 34 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,523
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,273
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,273
On New Year's Day in 1870, 10-year-old Adolph Korn was kidnapped by an Apache raiding party. Traded to Comanches, he thrived in the rough nomadic existence, quickly becoming one of the tribe's fiercest warriors. Forcibly returned to his parents after three years, Korn never adjusted to life in white society. He spent his last years living in a cave, all but forgotten by his family. That is, until Scott Zesch stumbled upon his great-great-great-uncle's grave. Determined to understand how such a "good boy" could have become Indianized so completely, Zesch traveled across the West.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A taste of real life on the prairies of the west.
- De Philell72 en 10-04-12
De: Scott Zesch
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Frontiersman: Daniel Boone and the Making of America
- Southern Biography Series
- De: Meredith Mason Brown
- Narrado por: Todd Barsness
- Duración: 13 h y 58 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 64
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 57
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 57
Meredith Mason Brown traces Daniel Boone's life from his Pennsylvania childhood to his experiences in the militia and his rise as an unexcelled woodsman, explorer, and backcountry leader. In the process, we meet the authentic Boone: he didn't wear coonskin caps; he read and wrote better than many frontiersmen; he was not the first to settle Kentucky; he took no pleasure in killing Indians. At once a loner and a leader, a Quaker who became a skilled frontier fighter, Boone is a study in contradictions.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good history- robotic reading
- De Joey en 07-29-15
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Jedediah Smith
- No Ordinary Mountain Man
- De: Barton H. Barbour
- Narrado por: Douglas R Pratt
- Duración: 10 h y 7 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 446
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 379
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Mountain man and fur trader Jedediah Smith casts a heroic shadow. He was the first Anglo-American to travel overland to California via the Southwest, and he roamed through more of the West than anyone else of his era. His adventures quickly became the stuff of legend. Using new information and sifting fact from folklore, Barton H. Barbour now offers a fresh look at this dynamic figure.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Narrator could use a pronunciation guide
- De Ralph M. Vaga en 03-16-20
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The Last Outlaws
- The Lives and Legends of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
- De: Thom Hatch
- Narrado por: James C. Lewis
- Duración: 9 h y 52 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 75
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 65
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 65
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - as leaders of the Wild Bunch, they planned and executed the most daring bank and train robberies of the day, with a professionalism never before seen by authorities. For several years at the end of the 1890s, the two friends, along with a revolving cast who made up their band of thieves, eluded local law enforcement and bounty hunters, all while stealing from the rich bankers and eastern railroad corporations who exploited western land. The close calls were many, but Butch and Sundance always managed to escape to rob again another day - that is, until they rode headlong into the 20th century.
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5 out of 5 stars
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EXELLENT LISTENING<br />
- De Warren Taylor en 08-13-17
De: Thom Hatch
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Theodore Roosevelt in the Badlands
- A Young Politician's Quest for Recovery in the American West
- De: Roger L. Di Silvestro
- Narrado por: Tristan Morris
- Duración: 9 h y 54 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 66
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 56
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 57
Theodore Roosevelt in the Badlands chronicles the turbulent years Roosevelt spent as a rancher in the Badlands of Dakota Territory, following the sudden deaths on February 14, 1884, of his wife, two days after giving birth, and of his mother. Grief-stricken - and driven by doubts about his career after failed attempts as a reformer fighting political corruption -the young, Harvard-educated New York politician left his infant daughter in his sister's care and went to live on a Badlands ranch he had bought a year earlier.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Outstanding
- De Buyce Consulting en 04-26-15