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During the summer of 1776, a British incursion from Canada loomed. In response, citizen soldiers of the newly independent nation mounted a heroic defense. Patriots constructed a small fleet of gunboats on Lake Champlain in northern New York and confronted the Royal Navy in a desperate three-day battle near Valcour Island. Their effort surprised the arrogant British and forced the enemy to call off their invasion.
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5 out of 5 stars
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well written, well read story
- De wylie smith en 04-09-22
De: Jack Kelly
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The Indispensables
- The Diverse Soldier-Mariners Who Shaped the Country, Formed the Navy, and Rowed Washington Across the Delaware
- De: Patrick K. O'Donnell
- Narrado por: Will Damron
- Duración: 13 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 339
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On the stormy night of August 29, 1776, the Continental Army faced annihilation after losing the Battle of Brooklyn. The British had trapped George Washington’s army against the East River, and the fate of the Revolution rested upon the shoulders of the soldier-mariners from Marblehead, Massachusetts. Serving side-by-side in one of the country’s first diverse units, they pulled off an “American Dunkirk” and saved the army by navigating the treacherous waters of the river to Manhattan.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Great Content
- De Elizabeth en 06-13-21
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The Real Hornblower
- The Life and Times of Admiral Sir James Gordon
- De: Bryan Perrett
- Narrado por: Ron Bottitta
- Duración: 6 h y 56 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 41
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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In this thoroughly researched book the author argues convincingly that Forester's model was Adm. James Gordon, a flesh-and-blood hero of Nelson's navy. Gordon entered the Royal Navy as a semi-literate eleven-year-old and rose to become Admiral of the Fleet. He took part in major sea battles, frigate actions, single-ship duels, and operations far behind enemy lines. It was the fire of Gordon's ships against Fort McHenry that inspired the American national anthem.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Missing final chapter
- De Byron en 03-27-19
De: Bryan Perrett
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Cochrane
- The Real Master and Commander
- De: David Cordingly
- Narrado por: John Lee
- Duración: 13 h y 2 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 169
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 109
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 110
Nicknamed le loup des mers ("the sea wolf") by Napoleon, Thomas Cochrane was one of the most daring and successful naval heroes of all time. In this fascinating account of Cochrane's life, historian David Cordingly unearths startling new details about the real-life "Master and Commander", from his daring exploits against the French navy to his role in the liberation of Chile, Peru, and Brazil, and the shock exchange scandal that forced him out of England and almost ended his naval career.
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3 out of 5 stars
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There is a better book on Lord Cochrane
- De Mark G en 07-20-15
De: David Cordingly
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Struggle for Sea Power
- A Naval History of the American Revolution
- De: Sam Willis
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 15 h y 50 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 123
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 108
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 107
The American Revolution was a naval war of immense scope and variety, including no less than 22 navies fighting on five oceans - to say nothing of rivers and lakes. In no other war were so many large-scale fleet battles fought, one of which was the most strategically significant naval battle in all of British, French, and American history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic perspective on American Revolution
- De J. Mar en 04-20-21
De: Sam Willis
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The Greatest Fury
- The Battle of New Orleans and the Rebirth of America
- De: William C. Davis
- Narrado por: David H. Lawrence
- Duración: 18 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 32
From master historian William C. Davis, the definitive story of the Battle of New Orleans, the fight that decided the ultimate fate not only of the War of 1812 but the future course of the fledgling American republic. It was a battle that could not be won. Outnumbered farmers, merchants, backwoodsmen, smugglers, slaves, and Choctaw Indians, many of them unarmed, were up against the cream of the British army, professional soldiers who had defeated the great Napoleon and set Washington, DC, ablaze.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Mispronounced names and locations
- De Mark en 06-02-22
De: William C. Davis
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Vicksburg
- Grant's Campaign That Broke the Confederacy
- De: Donald L. Miller
- Narrado por: Rick Adamson
- Duración: 21 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 282
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 240
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 239
Vicksburg, Mississippi, was the last stronghold of the Confederacy on the Mississippi River. It prevented the Union from using the river for shipping between the Union-controlled Midwest and New Orleans and the Gulf of Mexico. The Union navy tried to take Vicksburg, which sat on a high bluff overlooking the river, but couldn't do it. It took Grant's army and Admiral David Porter's navy to successfully invade Mississippi and lay siege to Vicksburg, forcing the city to surrender.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Revisionist & Biased & Redundant
- De DDSC en 05-26-21
De: Donald L. Miller
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Six Frigates
- De: Ian W. Toll
- Narrado por: Stephen Lang
- Duración: 7 h y 10 m
- Versión resumida
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,377
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1,130
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,128
Before the ink was dry on the U.S. Constitution, the establishment of a permanent military had become the most divisive issue facing the new government. Would a standing army be the thin end of dictatorship? Would a navy protect American commerce against the Mediterranean pirates, or drain the treasury and provoke hostilities with the great powers? The founders, particularly Jefferson, Madison, and Adams, debated these questions fiercely and switched sides more than once.
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3 out of 5 stars
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BE ADVISED THIS BOOK IS ABRIDGED
- De George Carpenter III en 09-11-08
De: Ian W. Toll
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The War for All the Oceans
- From Nelson at the Nile to Napoleon at Waterloo
- De: Roy Adkins, Lesley Adkins
- Narrado por: Patrick Lawlor
- Duración: 21 h y 59 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 142
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 80
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 82
Roy Adkins, with his wife, Lesley, returns to the Napoleonic War in The War for All the Oceans, a gripping account of the naval struggle that lasted from 1798 to 1815, a period marked at the beginning by Napoleon's seizing power and at the end by the War of 1812. In this vivid and visceral account, Adkins draws on eyewitness records to portray not only the battles but also the details of a sailor's life: shipwrecks, press-gangs, prostitutes, spies, and prisoners of war.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Good material, horrid narration
- De SC Visel en 01-03-08
De: Roy Adkins, y otros
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Nelson's Trafalgar
- The Battle That Changed the World
- De: Roy Adkins
- Narrado por: John Telfer
- Duración: 13 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 97
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 90
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 89
In the tradition of Antony Beevor's Stalingrad, Nelson's Trafalgar presents the definitive blow-by-blow account of the world's most famous naval battle, when the British Royal Navy, under Lord Horatio Nelson, dealt a decisive blow to the forces of Napoleon. The Battle of Trafalgar comes boldly to life in this definitive work that recreates those five momentous, earsplitting hours with unrivaled detail and intensity.
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1 out of 5 stars
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kiss me hardy!!!!
- De frank en 05-09-23
De: Roy Adkins
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Igniting the American Revolution
- 1773-1775
- De: Derek W. Beck
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis
- Duración: 11 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 348
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 307
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 305
Few Americans know that the Revolutionary War did not begin with the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, but over a year earlier, in April 1775. Now historian Derek Beck draws on previously unpublished documents to tell the full story of the war before American independence - from both sides. Spanning the years 1773 to 1776, this audiobook sweeps listeners from the Boston Tea Party to the halls of Parliament - where Ben Franklin was almost run out of England for pleading on behalf of the colonies.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Learned so much!
- De tracey68 en 10-15-17
De: Derek W. Beck
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War on the Waters
- The Union and Confederate Navies, 1861–1865
- De: James M. McPherson
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 8 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 380
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 339
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 338
Although previously undervalued for their strategic impact because they represented only a small percentage of total forces, the Union and Confederate navies were crucial to the outcome of the Civil War. In War on the Waters, James M. McPherson has crafted an enlightening, at times harrowing, and ultimately thrilling account of the war’s naval campaigns and their military leaders. McPherson recounts how the Union navy’s blockade of the Confederate coast, leaky as a sieve in the war’s early months, became increasingly effective as it choked off vital imports and exports.
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5 out of 5 stars
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From Offshore, This War Looks Completely Different
- De John en 04-30-21
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The Ghost Ships of Archangel
- The Arctic Voyage That Defied the Nazis
- De: William Geroux
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 10 h y 14 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 66
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 54
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 54
On the fourth of July, 1942, four Allied ships traversing the Arctic separated from their decimated convoy to head further north into the ice field of the North Pole, seeking safety from Nazi bombers and U-boats in the perilous white maze of ice floes, growlers, and giant bergs. Despite the risks, they had a better chance of survival than the rest of Convoy PQ-17, a fleet of 35 cargo ships carrying $1 billion worth of war supplies to the Soviet port of Archangel - the limited help Roosevelt and Churchill extended to Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin to maintain their fragile alliance.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A lot of chaff
- De J. Willson en 02-01-22
De: William Geroux
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Patriotic Fire
- Andrew Jackson and Jean Laffite at the Battle of New Orleans
- De: Winston Groom
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 10 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 198
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 145
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 147
This audio program has all the ingredients of a high-flying adventure story. Unbeknownst to the combatants, the War of 1812 has ended. But Andrew Jackson, a brave, charismatic American general, sick with dysentery and commanding a beleaguered garrison, leads a desperate struggle to hold on to New Orleans and to thwart the army that defeated Napoleon.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Great Book About A Fascinating Battle
- De David I. Williams en 05-12-13
De: Winston Groom
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Brilliant Beacons
- A History of the American Lighthouse
- De: Eric Jay Dolin
- Narrado por: Tom Perkins
- Duración: 14 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 41
Set against the backdrop of an expanding nation, Brilliant Beacons traces the evolution of America's lighthouse system, highlighting the political, military, and technological battles fought to illuminate the nation's hardscrabble coastlines.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book about Lighthouses
- De Anastasia en 04-25-21
De: Eric Jay Dolin
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Captain James Cook
- De: Rob Mundle
- Narrado por: Paul English
- Duración: 15 h y 27 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 140
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 123
Captain James Cook is one of the greatest maritime explorers of all time. Over three remarkable voyages of discovery into the Pacific in the latter part of the 18th century, Cook unravelled the oldest mystery surrounding the existence of Terra Australis Incognita - the Great South Land. He became the first explorer to circumnavigate New Zealand and establish that it was two main islands; discover the Hawaiian Islands for the British Empire; and left an enduring legacy.
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3 out of 5 stars
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High school history text?
- De peter en 08-31-22
De: Rob Mundle
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King Philip's War
- The History and Legacy of America's Forgotten Conflict
- De: Eric B. Schultz, Michael J. Tougias, Nathaniel Philbrick - foreword
- Narrado por: Tom Perkins
- Duración: 11 h y 58 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 53
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 43
At once an in-depth history of this pivotal war and a guide to the historical sites where the ambushes, raids, and battles took place, King Philip's War expands our understanding of American history and provides insight into the nature of colonial and ethnic wars in general. Through a careful reconstruction of events, including first-person accounts, and by providing information on the exact locations of more than 50 battles, King Philip's War is useful as well as informative.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Indian Good; White Man Bad
- De Gary M. Hale en 06-04-21
De: Eric B. Schultz, y otros
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