American Railroad History

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    • How the North Used the Telegraph, Railroads, Surveillance Balloons, Ironclads, High-Powered Weapons, and More to Win the Civil War
    • Written by: Thomas B. Allen, Roger MacBride Allen
    • Narrated by: Fred Sullivan
    • Length: 4 hrs and 9 mins
    • Release date: 2013-05-01
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • Thomas B. Allen’s expertise in military history and strategy is combined with Roger MacBride Allen’s knowledge of technology to reveal a lesser known yet fascinating side of the 16th president....

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    • A Captivating Guide to the Routes, Places, and People That Helped Free African Americans During the Nineteenth Century and the Life of Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman
    • Written by: Captivating History
    • Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
    • Length: 6 hrs and 16 mins
    • Release date: 2021-03-05
    • Language: English
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    • If you want to discover the captivating history of the Underground Railroad and Harriet Tubman, then pay attention....

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    • The Road to Freedom
    • Written by: Catherine Clinton
    • Narrated by: Shayna Small
    • Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
    • Release date: 2017-01-24
    • Language: English
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    • Celebrated for her courageous exploits as a conductor on the Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman has entered history as one of 19th-century America's most enduring and important figures....

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    • Railroads Past and Present
    • Written by: H. Roger Grant
    • Narrated by: Todd Barsness
    • Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 2013-04-26
    • Language: English
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    • In this social history of the impact of railroads on American life, H. Roger Grant concentrates on the railroad's "golden age," 1830-1930....

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    • A Social and Cultural History
    • Written by: Aaron W. Marrs
    • Narrated by: Danny Campbell
    • Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
    • Release date: 2024-06-25
    • Language: English
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    • In the first half of the nineteenth century, transportation in the United States underwent an extraordinary transformation. In The American Transportation Revolution, Aaron W. Marrs explores the cultural influence of steamboats and railroads, which fascinated Americans across the country.

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    • The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad
    • Written by: Gordon H. Chang
    • Narrated by: David Shih
    • Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
    • Release date: 2019-05-07
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • A groundbreaking, breathtaking history of the Chinese workers who built the Transcontinental Railroad, helping to forge modern America only to disappear into the shadows of history until now....

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    • A Lost Tale of the Underground Railroad
    • Written by: Karolyn Smardz Frost
    • Narrated by: Karen Chilton
    • Length: 14 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 2008-02-29
    • Language: English
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    • Acclaimed archeologist and historian Karolyn Smardz Frost painstakingly resurrects Thornton and Lucie Blackburn⿿s perilous 1830s journey from Kentucky slavery to Canadian freedom....

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    • Girl Survive, Book 4: An Underground Railroad Survival Story
    • Written by: Nikki Shannon Smith
    • Narrated by: Lisa Reneé Pitts
    • Series: Girl Survive
    • Length: 1 hr and 58 mins
    • Release date: 2024-02-27
    • Language: English
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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....

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    • The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869
    • Written by: Stephen E. Ambrose
    • Narrated by: Jeffrey DeMunn
    • Length: 15 hrs and 37 mins
    • Release date: 2000-09-07
    • Language: English
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    • Nothing Like It in the World is the story of the men who built the transcontinental railroad. In Ambrose's hands, this enterprise comes to life....

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    • The History and Legacy of the First Rail Line Spanning the United States
    • Written by: Charles River Editors
    • Narrated by: Bob Neufeld
    • Length: 1 hr and 28 mins
    • Release date: 2015-04-02
    • Language: English
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    • The Transcontinental Railroad, laid across the United States during the 1860s, remains the very epitome of contradiction....

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    • History Smashers
    • Written by: Kate Messner, Gwendolyn Hooks
    • Narrated by: Reginald James
    • Series: History Smashers
    • Length: 2 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 2022-05-17
    • Language: English
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    • Before the Civil War, there was a crack team of abolitionists who used quilts and signal lanterns to guide enslaved people to freedom. RIGHT? WRONG! The truth is, the Underground Railroad wasn't very organized, and most freedom seekers were on their own....

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    • The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900
    • Written by: H. W. Brands
    • Narrated by: Robertson Dean
    • Length: 23 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 2010-10-12
    • Language: English
    • 2 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • 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....

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    • A Captivating Guide to the Network of Routes, Places, and People in the United States That Helped Free African Americans During the Nineteenth Century
    • Written by: Captivating History
    • Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
    • Length: 3 hrs and 14 mins
    • Release date: 2021-02-19
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • 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....

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    • African American Women on the American Railroad
    • Written by: Miriam Thaggert
    • Narrated by: Madeline McCray
    • Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
    • Release date: 2023-09-26
    • Language: English
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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....

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