An important book of epic scope on America's first racially integrated, religiously inspired movement for change.
The true story of the Underground Railroad is much more morally complex and politically divisive than even the myths suggest. Against a backdrop of the country's westward expansion arose a clash of values that evolved into a fierce fight for nothing less than the country's soul.
Beginning six decades before the Civil War, freedom-seeking blacks and courageous whites worked together to save tens of thousands of lives, often at the risk of great physical danger to themselves. Not since the American Revolution had the country engaged in an act of such vast and profound civil disobedience that not only challenged prevailing mores but also subverted federal law.
Meticulously researched and uncommonly engaging, Bound for Canaan shows why it was the Underground Railroad and not the civil rights movement that gave birth to this country's first racially integrated, religiously inspired movement for social change.
Not Known
Peformed By : Full Cast Production
Appleseed Audio
Runtime : 1 hour
Categories : American Pre 1900
$12.95 $8.50
Listen as a full-cast tells us of Hiawatha's battle with Pearl Feather. More info...
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Abraham Lincoln
Peformed By : George Vafiadis
In Audio
Runtime : 2 hours 50 minutes
Categories : Royalty and Heads of State American Pre 1900 Biographical
$19.95
Speeches, Essays and other writings including 'The Gettysburg Address' and 'The Second Inaugural Address'. More info...
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Frederick Douglass
Peformed By : Pete Papageorge
In Audio
Runtime : 4 hours 40 minutes
Categories : Autobiography Historical American Pre 1900
$22.95 $15.50
The powerful story of a slave who became one of the most effective African-American leaders. More info...
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Wendy McElroy
Peformed By : Harry Reasoner, Peter Hackes, and Richard C. Hottelet
Blackstone Audio Inc
Runtime : 3 hours
Categories : Ancient Pre 1900 20th Century Social & Economic Knowledge & Learning
$12.95
Germany is historically one of the most important of all nations. Since emerging from its days as a Roman province, Germany (including Prussia) has had a central role in European affairs. It has re... More info...
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Martin Davies
Peformed By : David Schofield and Lally Schofield
Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks
Runtime : 2 hours
Categories : Pre 1900 Historical Thriller
$29.61 $14.25
Despite being the leading expert in his field, Fitz has never really fulfilled his potential, never written the great book on extinct species that everyone expected from him when he was setting out. More info...
Written By : Pete McCarthy
Narrated By : Pete McCarthy
Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks
Length : 2 hours
Type : Autobiography Biographical Travel
Price : $16.75
The audio of the million-selling book - Pete McCarthy's hilarious journey in search of his Irish roots.
McCarthy's tale of his hilarious trip around Ireland has gained thousands of fans all over the world.
Pete was born in Warrington to an Irish mother and an English father and spent happy summer holidays in Cork. Years later, reflecting on the many places he has visited as a travel broadcaster, Pete admits that he feels more at home in Ireland than anywhere. To find out whether this is due to rose-coloured spectacles or to a deeper tie with the country of his ancestors, Pete sets off on a trip around Ireland and discovers that it has changed in surprising ways.
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