Building America

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    • The Life of Benjamin Henry Latrobe
    • Written by: Jean H. Baker
    • Narrated by: Laural Merlington
    • Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
    • Release date: 2020-04-28
    • Language: English
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    • An English emigre who became America's first professional architect, Benjamin Henry Latrobe put his stamp on the built landscape of the new republic. Latrobe contributed to such iconic structures as the south wing of the US Capitol building, the White House, and the Navy Yard....

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    • The Disney Brothers, C. V. Wood, and the Making of the Great American Theme Park
    • Written by: Todd James Pierce
    • Narrated by: Al Kessel
    • Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
    • Release date: 2019-04-09
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • While the success of Disneyland is largely credited to Walt and Roy Disney, there was a third, mostly forgotten dynamo instrumental to the development of the park: fast-talking Texan C. V. Wood. Here is the never-before-told, full story of "the happiest place on earth"....

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    • The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
    • Written by: David McCullough
    • Narrated by: Nelson Runger
    • Length: 27 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 2012-05-15
    • Language: English
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    • This monumental book tells the enthralling story of one of the greatest accomplishments in our nation's history, the building of what was then the longest suspension bridge in the world.....

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    • The Epic Creation of the American West, 1846-1847
    • Written by: Winston Groom
    • Narrated by: Grover Gardner
    • Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 2022-06-28
    • Language: English
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    • In June 1846, General Stephen Watts Kearny rode out of Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, with two thousand soldiers, bound for California. At the time, the nation was hell-bent on expansion. After Mexico declared war on the United States, Kearny’s Army of the West was sent out....

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    • Written by: Susan Yoder Ackerman
    • Narrated by: Maria Pendolino
    • Length: 5 mins
    • Release date: 2024-09-26
    • Language: English
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    • Colette writes to her cousin, Philip, in the United States about the development of the Statue of Liberty.

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    • A Historic Race to the Sky and the Making of a City
    • Written by: Neal Bascomb
    • Narrated by: Richard M. Davidson
    • Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 2005-03-14
    • Language: English
    • 3 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • This riveting, true account of the 1929 race to build New York City's tallest skyscraper evokes the glory of an exciting time long past....

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    • The Lives and Deaths of History's Greatest Buildings
    • Written by: James Crawford
    • Narrated by: John Lee
    • Length: 20 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 2017-03-07
    • Language: English
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    • Buildings are more like us than we realize. They can be born into wealth or poverty, enjoying every privilege or struggling to make ends meet....

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    • The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
    • Written by: David McCullough
    • Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
    • Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 2004-08-05
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • First published in 1972, The Great Bridge is the classic account of one of the greatest engineering feats of all time: the building of the Brooklyn Bridge....

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    • Building the Erie Canal and the American Empire
    • Written by: Gerard Koeppel
    • Narrated by: Dennis Stone
    • Length: 17 hrs and 20 mins
    • Release date: 2010-01-22
    • Language: English
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    • Conceived in the early 1800s and completed in 1825, the Erie Canal was the boldest and biggest American engineering project of its century, with enduring political, social, and economic effects....

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    • The Value of the Enslaved, from Womb to Grave, in the Building of a Nation
    • Written by: Daina Ramey Berry
    • Narrated by: Pippa Vos
    • Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
    • Release date: 2024-08-01
    • Language: English
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    • In life and in death, slaves were commodities, their monetary value assigned based on their age, gender, health, and the demands of the market. The Price for Their Pound of Flesh is the first book to explore the economic value of enslaved people through every phase of their lives....

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    • The Building of America, 1735-1817
    • Written by: Myron Magnet
    • Narrated by: Myron Magnet
    • Length: 20 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 2014-02-03
    • Language: English
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    • Why the American Revolution, of all the great revolutions, was the only enduring success....

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    • Up from Slavery, Character Building, The Atlanta Compromise, The Awakening of the Negro, The Case of the Negro, The Future of the American Negro, & Industrial Education for the Negro
    • Written by: Booker T. Washington
    • Narrated by: Museum Audiobooks cast
    • Series: The Complete Booker T. Washington Collection, Book The Complete Booker T. Washington Collection
    • Length: 19 hrs and 18 mins
    • Release date: 2020-09-11
    • Language: English
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    • Booker Taliaferro Washington (1856-1915) was an educator, author, intellectual and orator, who founded Tuskegee University in 1881. Between 1890 and 1915, Washington was the most prominent leader in the African American community....

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    • Written by: Booker T. Washington
    • Narrated by: Rodney Louis Tompkins
    • Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
    • Release date: 2020-08-26
    • Language: English
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    • Character Building (1902) is a collection of talks on self-development given to students and faculty at the Tuskegee Institute, of which he was leader. The author stresses the importance of developing oneself for life-long success....

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    • The Life and Buildings of America's Most Famous Architect
    • Written by: Charles River Editors
    • Narrated by: Kenneth Ray
    • Length: 1 hr and 23 mins
    • Release date: 2017-05-06
    • Language: English
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    • Perhaps America's most innovative and prolific architect, the works of Frank Lloyd Wright are almost too vast and diverse to list....

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    • Bite Sized Interviews with Successful B&B's on Building a Brand That Lasts (America's Best Bed and Breakfast)
    • Written by: Jon Nelsen
    • Narrated by: Corbin Byers
    • Series: America's Best Bed and Breakfast, Book 1
    • Length: 3 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 2022-08-01
    • Language: English
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    • We interview everyone, from huge B&Bs to small mom-and-pop B&Bs—the bespoke inns that have been around for decades and B&Bs that are new and making a big splash....

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    • Building the Republic
    • Written by: David Barton, Tim Barton
    • Narrated by: David Fluitt
    • Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins
    • Release date: 2024-04-11
    • Language: English
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    • America's Constitutional Republic is like no other. Most Americans recognize the names George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison, but few can tell you their stories—much less that of James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, or Andrew Jackson.

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