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All About US History Collection
- Narrated by: Highlights for Children
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
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Listen and relive exciting tales from Highlights, now on audio! Learn about life on a small farm during the Great Depression and about the battle that inspired Francis Scott Key to write “The Star-Spangled Banner”, along with other stories about US history.
Stories include: "1800" and "Froze to Death" by Lois Fuller Lewis, "A Brick to Cuddle Up To" by Barbara Cole, "Abraham Lincoln Has His Neck Shortened" by Harold Holzer, "Braving the Darkness" by Joann Walker, "Changing the Face of History" by Sonya Nichols Burton, "Flag Day" by Cecily Johnson, "How Cars Have Changed!" by Judy Reis, "Justice for All" by Lynn Rymarz, "Merci, America!" by Heather Bode, "One Thanksgiving or Two?" by Shannon Baker Moore, and more.
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