Founding Fathers

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    • The American Revolution and Its Discontents, 1773-1783
    • By: Joseph J. Ellis
    • Narrated by: Graham Winton
    • Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
    • Release date: 09-21-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 367 ratings
    • A culminating work on the American Founding by one of its leading historians, The Cause rethinks the American Revolution as we have known it....

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    • A Life
    • By: Tim McGrath
    • Narrated by: Arthur Morey
    • Length: 28 hrs and 54 mins
    • Release date: 05-05-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 312 ratings
    • The extraordinary life of James Monroe: Soldier, senator, diplomat, and the last Founding Father to hold the presidency, a man who helped transform 13 colonies into a vibrant and mighty republic....

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    • A Novel (Narratives of Empire, Book 1)
    • By: Gore Vidal
    • Narrated by: Grover Gardner
    • Series: Narratives of Empire, Book 1
    • Length: 21 hrs and 20 mins
    • Release date: 06-11-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 923 ratings
    • For listeners who can’t get enough of the hit Broadway musical Hamilton, Gore Vidal’s stunning novel about Aaron Burr, the man who killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel - and who served as a successful, if often feared, statesman of our fledgling nation....

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    • By: Walter Isaacson
    • Narrated by: Nelson Runger
    • Length: 24 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 04-07-11
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 8,659 ratings
    • Benjamin Franklin is the founding father who winks at us - an ambitious urban entrepreneur who rose up the social ladder, from leather-aproned shopkeeper to dining with kings....

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    • Genius, Partisan, President
    • By: Noah Feldman
    • Narrated by: John H. Mayer
    • Length: 34 hrs and 12 mins
    • Release date: 11-02-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 518 ratings
    • A sweeping reexamination of the Founding Father who transformed the United States in each of his political "lives"....

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    • And Four Who Tried to Save Her
    • By: Brion McClanahan
    • Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
    • Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 04-26-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 421 ratings
    • 9 Presidents Who Screwed Up America is a new look back at American history that unabashedly places blame for our nation's current problems on the backs of nine very flawed men....

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    • The Wonder of the Age
    • By: John Rhodehamel
    • Narrated by: Joe Barrett
    • Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
    • Release date: 02-21-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 79 ratings
    • Rhodehamel examines George Washington as a public figure, arguing that the man - who first achieved fame in his early twenties - is inextricably bound to his mythic status....

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    • By: Jon Meacham
    • Narrated by: Edward Herrmann, Jon Meacham
    • Length: 18 hrs and 46 mins
    • Release date: 11-13-12
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 6,600 ratings
    • In this magnificent biography, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Lion and Franklin and Winston brings vividly to life an extraordinary man and his remarkable times....

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    • By: Benjamin Franklin
    • Narrated by: Qarie Marshall
    • Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
    • Release date: 04-28-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,677 ratings
    • Left unfinished at the time of his death, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin has endured as one of the most well-known and influential autobiographies ever written....

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    • Architect of American Liberty
    • By: John B. Boles
    • Narrated by: Michael Johnson
    • Length: 24 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 04-25-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 249 ratings
    • From an eminent scholar of the American South, the first full-scale biography of Thomas Jefferson since 1970. Not since Merrill Peterson's Thomas Jefferson and the New Nation has a scholar attempted to write a comprehensive biography of the most complex Founding Father....

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    • The Founding Father Who Healed a Wounded Nation
    • By: Harlow Giles Unger
    • Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
    • Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
    • Release date: 09-11-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 120 ratings
    • A revealing biography of Dr. Benjamin Rush - fiery signer of the Declaration of Independence, prominent physician, ardent politician, zealous social reformer, passionate humanitarian, and dedicated educator....

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    • George Washington
    • By: Joseph J. Ellis
    • Narrated by: Nelson Runger
    • Length: 14 hrs and 33 mins
    • Release date: 11-03-04
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 918 ratings
    • From the French and Indian War to Mount Vernon, from the American Revolution to the presidency, Ellis delivers what will stand as the definitive biography of the greatest American icon....

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    • What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country
    • By: Thomas E. Ricks
    • Narrated by: James Lurie
    • Length: 11 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 11-10-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 669 ratings
    • The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist author offers a revelatory new book about the founding fathers, examining their educations and, in particular, their devotion to the ancient Greek and Roman classics—and how that influence would shape their ideals and the new American nation....

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    • The Fight to Secure America's Liberties
    • By: Carol Berkin
    • Narrated by: Pam Ward
    • Length: 5 hrs and 1 min
    • Release date: 05-05-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 15 ratings
    • By pulling back the curtain on the political, shortsighted, and self-interested intentions of the founding fathers in passing the Bill of Rights, Carol Berkin reveals the inherent weakness....

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    • By: Stacy Schiff
    • Narrated by: Jason Culp
    • Length: 14 hrs and 14 mins
    • Release date: 10-25-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 455 ratings
    • Stacy Schiff brings her masterful skill as historian and storyteller to the life of Samuel Adams, examining his transformation from the listless, failing son of a wealthy family into the tireless, silver-tongued revolutionary....

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    • Merchant King and American Patriot
    • By: Harlow Giles Unger
    • Narrated by: David Stifel
    • Length: 13 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 09-27-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 28 ratings
    • He was a rich, powerful aristocrat, a merchant king who loved English culture and fashion, and, above all, he was a loyal British subject with ambitions of a lordship in England. There simply was no doubt about it: John Hancock was the least likely man in Boston to start a rebellion....

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