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Fraud
- An American History from Barnum to Madoff
- By: Edward J. Balleisen
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 19 hrs and 27 mins
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The United States has always proved an inviting home for boosters, sharp dealers, and outright swindlers....
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Encyclopedic; a bit dry in tone, but informative
- By Philo on 04-10-17
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Fraud
- An American History from Barnum to Madoff
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 19 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 02-01-17
- Language: English
- The United States has always proved an inviting home for boosters, sharp dealers, and outright swindlers....
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The Big Oyster
- History on the Half Shell
- By: Mark Kurlansky
- Narrated by: Tom Stechschulte
- Length: 5 hrs and 2 mins
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Before New York City was the Big Apple, it could have been called the Big Oyster. Now award-winning author Mark Kurlansky tells the remarkable story of New York by following the trajectory of one of its most fascinating inhabitants–the oyster....
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Fantastic book
- By Tom on 01-15-22
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The Big Oyster
- History on the Half Shell
- Narrated by: Tom Stechschulte
- Length: 5 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 04-12-06
- Language: English
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Before New York City was the Big Apple, it could have been called the Big Oyster. Now award-winning author Mark Kurlansky tells the remarkable story of New York by following the trajectory of one of its most fascinating inhabitants–the oyster....
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The Fall of White City
- Revised 2020 Edition (Gilded Age Chicago Mysteries, Book 1)
- By: N.S. Wikarski
- Narrated by: Lucinda Gainey
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Chicago in the 1890s is the fastest growing metropolis in America. An eccentric heiress and a cub reporter find themselves repeatedly drawn into the hidden world of intrigue and murder that lurks within the shadows of the White City....
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Chicago 1893: Hull House " White City" Murder
- By E.Snurd on 08-14-22
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The Fall of White City
- Revised 2020 Edition (Gilded Age Chicago Mysteries, Book 1)
- Narrated by: Lucinda Gainey
- Series: Gilded Age Chicago Mystery, Book 1
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 02-01-21
- Language: English
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Chicago in the 1890s is the fastest growing metropolis in America. An eccentric heiress and a cub reporter find themselves repeatedly drawn into the hidden world of intrigue and murder that lurks within the shadows of the White City....
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Business Tycoon Biographies
- Andrew Carnegie, John D Rockefeller, & Henry Clay Frick: The Story of America’s Oil and Steel Founding Fathers
- By: Richard Milton
- Narrated by: John Harrison Gass
- Length: 4 hrs and 5 mins
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You are one click away from discovering the biographies of America’s oil and steel founding fathers, Andrew Carnegie, John D Rockefeller, and Henry Clay Frick, that led to the Gilded Age....
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Business Tycoon Biographies
- Andrew Carnegie, John D Rockefeller, & Henry Clay Frick: The Story of America’s Oil and Steel Founding Fathers
- Narrated by: John Harrison Gass
- Length: 4 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 02-24-21
- Language: English
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You are one click away from discovering the biographies of America’s oil and steel founding fathers, Andrew Carnegie, John D Rockefeller, and Henry Clay Frick, that led to the Gilded Age....
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Steel Drivin' Man
- John Henry, the Untold Story of an American Legend
- By: Scott Reynolds Nelson
- Narrated by: Panama Jackson
- Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
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In Steel Drivin' Man, Scott Reynolds Nelson recounts the true story of the man behind the iconic American hero, telling the poignant tale of a young Virginia convict who died working on one of the most dangerous enterprises of the time: the first rail route through the Appalachian Mountains....
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Steele Driving Man History
- By Anonymous User on 10-14-23
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Steel Drivin' Man
- John Henry, the Untold Story of an American Legend
- Narrated by: Panama Jackson
- Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 08-23-23
- Language: English
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In Steel Drivin' Man, Scott Reynolds Nelson recounts the true story of the man behind the iconic American hero, telling the poignant tale of a young Virginia convict who died working on one of the most dangerous enterprises of the time: the first rail route through the Appalachian Mountains....
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Barons
- By: J. E. Dyer
- Narrated by: T. W. Ashworth
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
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Five families with an American dream. One railroad to span a nation. Empires will rise. Relationships will crumble. Collis Huntington, the last living member of the Associates, now wants to set the record straight....
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harsh realities
- By B.McGrath on 01-02-21
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Barons
- Narrated by: T. W. Ashworth
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 10-29-20
- Language: English
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Five families with an American dream. One railroad to span a nation. Empires will rise. Relationships will crumble. Collis Huntington, the last living member of the Associates, now wants to set the record straight....
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Queen of the Con
- From a Spiritualist to the Carnegie Imposter (True Crime History)
- By: Thomas Crowl
- Narrated by: Chaz Allen
- Length: 12 hrs and 16 mins
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Queen of the Con tells the true story of Cassie Chadwick, a successful swindler and “one of the top 10 imposters of all time”, according to TIME magazine....
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Boring.
- By Kristen McGill on 12-20-23
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Queen of the Con
- From a Spiritualist to the Carnegie Imposter (True Crime History)
- Narrated by: Chaz Allen
- Length: 12 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 07-27-22
- Language: English
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Queen of the Con tells the true story of Cassie Chadwick, a successful swindler and “one of the top 10 imposters of all time”, according to TIME magazine....
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The Sum of Our Dreams
- A Concise History of America
- By: Louis P. Masur
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 16 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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In The Sum of Our Dreams, Louis P. Masur offers a sweeping yet compact history of America from its beginnings to the current moment....
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Excellent
- By Tad Davis on 06-11-21
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The Sum of Our Dreams
- A Concise History of America
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 16 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 11-03-20
- Language: English
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In The Sum of Our Dreams, Louis P. Masur offers a sweeping yet compact history of America from its beginnings to the current moment....
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The House That Sugarcane Built: The Lousiana Burguieres
- By: Donna McGee Onebane
- Narrated by: Peter Bierma
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
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When 27-year-old Parisian immigrant Eugène D. Burguières landed at the Port of New Orleans in 1831, one of the oldest Louisiana dynasties began....
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The House That Sugarcane Built: The Lousiana Burguieres
- Narrated by: Peter Bierma
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 10-06-15
- Language: English
- When 27-year-old Parisian immigrant Eugène D. Burguières landed at the Port of New Orleans in 1831, one of the oldest Louisiana dynasties began....
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The Struggle for America's Promise
- Equal Opportunity at the Dawn of Corporate Capital
- By: Claire Goldstene
- Narrated by: Janina Edwards
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
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Goldstene uses a biographical approach to focus on key figures along a spectrum of political belief as they struggled to reconcile the inherent contradictions of equal opportunity....
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The Struggle for America's Promise
- Equal Opportunity at the Dawn of Corporate Capital
- Narrated by: Janina Edwards
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 11-20-14
- Language: English
- Goldstene uses a biographical approach to focus on key figures along a spectrum of political belief as they struggled to reconcile the inherent contradictions of equal opportunity....
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American History
- An Enthralling Overview of Major Events that Shaped the United States of America
- By: Billy Wellman
- Narrated by: Jay Herbert
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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For those who are interested in learning about America, this is a great introductory audiobook. It should whet your appetite to learn more....
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Biased view of American History!
- By Thomas Witt on 12-21-23
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American History
- An Enthralling Overview of Major Events that Shaped the United States of America
- Narrated by: Jay Herbert
- Series: U.S. History, Book 1
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 07-20-23
- Language: English
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For those who are interested in learning about America, this is a great introductory audiobook. It should whet your appetite to learn more....
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The Gilded Age
- By: Mark Twain
- Narrated by: Nathan Osgood
- Length: 17 hrs and 43 mins
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One of the first major American novels to satirize the political milieu of Washington, and the wild speculation schemes that exploded across the nation in the years that followed the Civil War, The Gilded Age gave this remarkable era its name....
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The Gilded Age
- Narrated by: Nathan Osgood
- Length: 17 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 08-03-23
- Language: English
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One of the first major American novels to satirize the political milieu of Washington, and the wild speculation schemes that exploded across the nation in the years that followed the Civil War, The Gilded Age gave this remarkable era its name....
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Declaring His Genius
- Oscar Wilde in North America
- By: Roy Morris Jr.
- Narrated by: Christa Lewis
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
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A chronicle of his sensational eleven-month speaking tour of America, Declaring His Genius offers an indelible portrait of both Oscar Wilde and the Gilded Age....
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How Oscar Got His Groove
- By Michael on 06-24-14
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Declaring His Genius
- Oscar Wilde in North America
- Narrated by: Christa Lewis
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 10-22-13
- Language: English
- A chronicle of his sensational eleven-month speaking tour of America, Declaring His Genius offers an indelible portrait of both Oscar Wilde and the Gilded Age....
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The Long Gilded Age
- American Capitalism and the Lessons of a New World Order
- By: Leon Fink
- Narrated by: Ralph Morocco
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
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From the end of the 19th century through the first decades of the 20th, the United States experienced unprecedented structural change....
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Great book, terrrrible reader
- By Melanie Winters on 06-23-16
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The Long Gilded Age
- American Capitalism and the Lessons of a New World Order
- Narrated by: Ralph Morocco
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 02-26-16
- Language: English
- From the end of the 19th century through the first decades of the 20th, the United States experienced unprecedented structural change....
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The Rose Man of Sing Sing
- A True Tale of Life, Murder, and Redemption in the Age of Yellow Journalism
- By: James McGrath Morris
- Narrated by: John H. Mayer
- Length: 16 hrs and 35 mins
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Charles E. Chapin, the notorious editor-tyrant of the New York Evening World, made headlines himself after murdering his wife of 39 years....
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The Rose Man of Sing Sing
- A True Tale of Life, Murder, and Redemption in the Age of Yellow Journalism
- Narrated by: John H. Mayer
- Length: 16 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 12-29-09
- Language: English
- Charles E. Chapin, the notorious editor-tyrant of the New York Evening World, made headlines himself after murdering his wife of 39 years....
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Charles E. Hires and the Drink That Wowed a Nation
- The Life and Times of a Philadelphia Entrepreneur
- By: Bill Double
- Narrated by: Scott Carrico
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
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Introduced at the 1876 Centennial Exposition and powered by an historic advertising campaign, Hires Root Beer - launched 10 years before Coca-Cola - blazed the trail for development of the American soft drink industry. Its inventor, Charles Elmer Hires....
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Much more than a biography
- By Lunada Bay Lady on 09-11-21
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Charles E. Hires and the Drink That Wowed a Nation
- The Life and Times of a Philadelphia Entrepreneur
- Narrated by: Scott Carrico
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 06-04-19
- Language: English
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Introduced at the 1876 Centennial Exposition and powered by an historic advertising campaign, Hires Root Beer - launched 10 years before Coca-Cola - blazed the trail for development of the American soft drink industry. Its inventor, Charles Elmer Hires....
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Reform in the Progressive Era
- By: Ryan Webb
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 10 mins
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In the final decades of the 19th century, America experienced rapid industrial growth, corporate mergers, an influx of immigrants and a rise in ...
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Reform in the Progressive Era
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 10 mins
- Release date: 04-30-24
- Language: English
- In the final decades of the 19th century, America experienced rapid industrial growth, corporate mergers, an influx of immigrants and a rise in ...
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Upton Sinclair
- A Study in Social Protest
- By: Floyd Dell
- Narrated by: Peter Lerman
- Length: 5 hrs and 2 mins
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This insightful and unsparing biography of Sinclair was written by Dell when Sinclair was 48 years old and in mid career. The spectacular success of The Jungle was behind him, and he had already become a world famous celebrity writer....
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Well done! interesting perspective.
- By OpenTheBooks&Listen on 01-27-23
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Upton Sinclair
- A Study in Social Protest
- Narrated by: Peter Lerman
- Length: 5 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 01-20-23
- Language: English
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This insightful and unsparing biography of Sinclair was written by Dell when Sinclair was 48 years old and in mid career. The spectacular success of The Jungle was behind him, and he had already become a world famous celebrity writer....
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Taboo
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Kate Nulgrew
- Length: 3 hrs
- Release date: 06-19-09
- Language: English
- Plunge into the glamour and fame, dark secrets and sordid lives of 3 high rollers living in Hollywood's gilded age....
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Shrouded in Thought Revised 2020 Edition
- Gilded Age Chicago Mysteries, Book 2
- By: N. S. Wikarski
- Narrated by: Ann Russek
- Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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For the two amateur sleuths, a random drowning becomes intertwined with labor riots, a national railroad strike, a medium who speaks to the dead, a blackmailer, and a murderer intent on covering his tracks by any means necessary....
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Shrouded in Thought Revised 2020 Edition
- Gilded Age Chicago Mysteries, Book 2
- Narrated by: Ann Russek
- Series: Gilded Age Chicago Mystery, Book 2
- Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 01-13-21
- Language: English
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For the two amateur sleuths, a random drowning becomes intertwined with labor riots, a national railroad strike, a medium who speaks to the dead, a blackmailer, and a murderer intent on covering his tracks by any means necessary....
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