American Railroad History

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    • The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900
    • Auteur(s): H. W. Brands
    • Narrateur(s): Robertson Dean
    • Durée: 23 h et 29 min
    • Date de publication: 2010-10-12
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 2 out of 5 stars 2 évaluations
    • In a grand-scale narrative history, the bestselling author of two finalists for the Pulitzer Prize now captures the decades when capitalism was at its most unbridled and a few breathtakingly wealthy businessmen utterly transformed America from an agrarian economy to a world power....

    Prix courant: 34,96$ ou 1 crédit

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    • The Astonishing Odyssey of Five Boys Along the Reverse Underground Railroad
    • Auteur(s): Richard Bell
    • Narrateur(s): Leon Nixon
    • Durée: 7 h et 20 min
    • Date de publication: 2019-10-15
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • A gripping and true story about five boys who were kidnapped in the North and smuggled into slavery in the Deep South - and their daring attempt to escape and bring their captors to justice, reminiscent of Twelve Years A Slave and Never Caught....

    Prix courant: 19,42$ ou 1 crédit

    Prix réduit: 19,42$ ou 1 crédit

    • The History and Legacy of the Southern Routes to Freedom for American Slaves
    • Auteur(s): Charles River Editors
    • Narrateur(s): KC Wayman
    • Durée: 1 h et 47 min
    • Date de publication: 2022-09-15
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • The Underground Railroad is one of the most taught topics to young schoolchildren, and every American is familiar with the idea of fugitive slaves escaping to Canada and the North with the help of determined abolitionists and even former escaped slaves like Harriet Tubman....

    Prix courant: 7,02$ ou 1 crédit

    Prix réduit: 7,02$ ou 1 crédit

    • A Captivating Guide to the Network of Routes, Places, and People in the United States That Helped Free African Americans During the Nineteenth Century
    • Auteur(s): Captivating History
    • Narrateur(s): Jason Zenobia
    • Durée: 3 h et 14 min
    • Date de publication: 2021-02-19
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4 out of 5 stars 1 évaluation
    • If you want to discover the captivating history of the Underground Railroad, then pay attention...The Underground Railroad wasn’t underground. Nor was it a railroad. It was, however, an awe-inspiring piece of history, and one that speaks of hope even today....

    Prix courant: 18,74$ ou 1 crédit

    Prix réduit: 18,74$ ou 1 crédit

    • African American Women on the American Railroad
    • Auteur(s): Miriam Thaggert
    • Narrateur(s): Madeline McCray
    • Durée: 8 h et 19 min
    • Date de publication: 2023-09-26
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • Miriam Thaggert illuminates the stories of African American women as passengers and as workers on the nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century railroad....

    Prix courant: 22,26$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Railroads, Steel & Big Business | US Industrial Revolution | 6th Grade History | Children's American History
    • Auteur(s): Baby Professor
    • Narrateur(s): Carmyn Block
    • Série: Children's American History
    • Durée: 14 min
    • Date de publication: 2022-02-04
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • The period of the Industrial Revolution was marked with railroads, steel, and big businesses. There were factories and machines working to build a more concrete nation. But the Industrial Revolution also led to outbreaks of violence between owners and workers in factories....

    Prix courant: 4,95$ ou 1 crédit

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    • The 1867 Train Wreck That Shocked the Nation and Transformed American Railroads
    • Auteur(s): Charity Vogel
    • Narrateur(s): J.M. Ross
    • Durée: 9 h et 30 min
    • Date de publication: 2013-12-16
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4 out of 5 stars 1 évaluation
    • On December 18, 1867, the Buffalo and Erie Railroad's eastbound New York Express derailed as it approached the high truss bridge over Big Sister Creek....

    Prix courant: 26,40$ ou 1 crédit

    Prix réduit: 26,40$ ou 1 crédit

    • The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad
    • Auteur(s): Eric Foner
    • Narrateur(s): J. D. Jackson
    • Durée: 9 h et 3 min
    • Date de publication: 2015-01-19
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • The dramatic story of fugitive slaves and the antislavery activists who defied the law to help them reach freedom....

    Prix courant: 27,83$ ou 1 crédit

    Prix réduit: 27,83$ ou 1 crédit

    • The Life of William Still, Father of the Underground Railroad
    • Auteur(s): Andrew K. Diemer
    • Narrateur(s): Cary Hite
    • Durée: 12 h et 20 min
    • Date de publication: 2022-11-01
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • Born free in 1821 to two parents who had been enslaved, William Still was drawn to anti-slavery work from a young age. Hired as a clerk at the Anti-Slavery office in Philadelphia after teaching himself to read and write, he began directly assisting enslaved people....

    Prix courant: 26,22$ ou 1 crédit

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    • The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad, 1863 - 1869
    • Auteur(s): Stephen E. Ambrose
    • Narrateur(s): Jeffrey DeMunn
    • Durée: 7 h et 6 min
    • Date de publication: 2010-04-15
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • In this account of an unprecedented feat of engineering, vision, and courage, Stephen E. Ambrose offers an historical successor to his universally acclaimed Undaunted Courage....

    Prix courant: 19,42$ ou 1 crédit

    Prix réduit: 19,42$ ou 1 crédit

    • Railroads Past and Present
    • Auteur(s): H. Roger Grant
    • Narrateur(s): Neil Holmes
    • Durée: 10 h et 9 min
    • Date de publication: 2021-01-06
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 évaluation
    • Transportation is the unsung hero in America's story. Stagecoaches, waterways, canals, railways, busses, and airplanes revolutionized much more than just the way people got around; they transformed the economic, political, and social aspects of everyday life....

    Prix courant: 31,26$ ou 1 crédit

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    • A Captivating Guide to an American Abolitionist Who Became the Most Famous Conductor of the Underground Railroad
    • Auteur(s): Captivating History
    • Narrateur(s): Jason Zenobia
    • Durée: 3 h
    • Date de publication: 2020-06-16
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • Harriet Tubman was known as a “conductor” on the Underground Railroad. But this wasn’t a railroad that carried trains and freight but rather human lives that were desperately seeking freedom....

    Prix courant: 18,74$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Love Stories from the Underground Railroad
    • Auteur(s): Betty DeRamus
    • Narrateur(s): Richard Poe
    • Durée: 8 h et 4 min
    • Date de publication: 2008-10-23
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • Uplifting and occasionally heartbreaking stories of love from the time of slavery in the American south....

    Prix courant: 22,26$ ou 1 crédit

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    • The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America
    • Auteur(s): Candacy Taylor
    • Narrateur(s): Lisa Reneé Pitts
    • Durée: 9 h et 30 min
    • Date de publication: 2020-09-29
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • The first book to explore the historical role and residual impact of the Green Book, a travel guide for Black motorists....

    Prix courant: 22,26$ ou 1 crédit

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    • The Underground Railroad in Washington County, Pennsylvania
    • Auteur(s): W. Thomas Mainwaring
    • Narrateur(s): Jay Webb
    • Durée: 8 h et 13 min
    • Date de publication: 2020-10-02
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • In Abandoned Tracks, W. Thomas Mainwaring bridges the gap between scholarly and popular perceptions of the Underground Railroad. Historians have long recognized that many aspects of the Underground Railroad have been mythologized by emotion, memory, time, and wishful thinking....

    Prix courant: 25,00$ ou 1 crédit

    Prix réduit: 25,00$ ou 1 crédit

    • The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America
    • Auteur(s): Candacy Taylor
    • Narrateur(s): Lisa Reneé Pitts
    • Durée: 6 h et 16 min
    • Date de publication: 2022-03-22
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • Overground Railroad chronicles the history of the Green Book. For years, it was dangerous for African Americans to travel in the United States. Because of segregation, Black travelers couldn't eat, sleep, or even get gas at most white-owned businesses....

    Prix courant: 17,81$ ou 1 crédit

    Prix réduit: 17,81$ ou 1 crédit

    • The History of America's Most Famous Railroad Company and Its Role in the Transcontinental Railroad
    • Auteur(s): Charles River Editors
    • Narrateur(s): Jim D Johnston
    • Durée: 2 h
    • Date de publication: 2019-02-20
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • The Lewis and Clark Expedition, notwithstanding its merits as a feat of exploration, was also the first tentative claim on the vast interior and the western seaboard of North America by the United States....

    Prix courant: 8,71$ ou 1 crédit

    Prix réduit: 8,71$ ou 1 crédit

    • Girl Survive, Book 4: An Underground Railroad Survival Story
    • Auteur(s): Nikki Shannon Smith
    • Narrateur(s): Lisa Reneé Pitts
    • Série: Girl Survive
    • Durée: 1 h et 58 min
    • Date de publication: 2024-02-27
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • Twelve-year-old Ann understands there is only one thing to be grateful for as a slave: having her family together. But when the master falls into debt, he plans to sell both Ann and her younger brother to two different owners....

    Prix courant: 10,01$ ou 1 crédit

    Prix réduit: 10,01$ ou 1 crédit