Civil War Presidents

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    • The War of the Presidents
    • By: Nigel Hamilton
    • Narrated by: Rick Adamson
    • Length: 32 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 11-05-24
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • From a renowned biographer comes the greatest untold story of the Civil War: how two American presidents faced off as the fate of the nation hung in the balance—and how Abraham Lincoln came to embrace emancipation as the last, best chance to save the Union.

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    • A Biography
    • By: William E. Gienapp
    • Narrated by: L.J. Ganser
    • Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 10-23-18
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 50 ratings
    • In Abraham Lincoln and Civil War America, William Gienapp provides an up-to-date and vibrant biography of the most revered figure in United States history. While the heart of the book focuses on the Civil War, Gienapp begins with a finely etched portrait of Lincoln's early life....

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    • And How to Stop Them
    • By: Barbara F. Walter
    • Narrated by: Beth Hicks
    • Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 01-11-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,122 ratings
    • A leading political scientist examines the dramatic rise in violent extremism around the globe and sounds the alarm on the increasing likelihood of a second civil war in the United States....

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    • A Military History
    • By: John Keegan
    • Narrated by: Robin Sachs
    • Length: 16 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 11-06-09
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 349 ratings
    • For the past half century, John Keegan, the greatest military historian of our time, has been returning to the scenes of America’s most bloody and wrenching war to ponder its lingering conundrums: the continuation of fighting for four years between such vastly mismatched sides....

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    • A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War
    • By: Thomas J. Dilorenzo
    • Narrated by: Charles Constant
    • Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 11-07-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 522 ratings
    • But what if most everything you knew about Lincoln were false? What if, instead of an American hero who sought to free the slaves, Lincoln were in fact a calculating politician....

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    • John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracies
    • By: Michael Kauffman
    • Narrated by: Nelson Runger
    • Length: 21 hrs and 58 mins
    • Release date: 07-12-12
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 111 ratings
    • In American Brutus, popular historian Michael W. Kauffman delivers a history that reads more like a best-selling novel....

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    • By: Jean Edward Smith
    • Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright
    • Length: 29 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 09-10-19
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 144 ratings
    • In this comprehensive biography, Jean Edward Smith reconciles conflicting assessments of Grant's life, arguing that Grant is greatly underrated as a president....

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    • Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery
    • By: Eric Foner
    • Narrated by: Norman Dietz
    • Length: 18 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 10-05-10
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 520 ratings
    • In this landmark work of deep scholarship and insight, Eric Foner gives us the definitive history of Abraham Lincoln and the end of slavery in America.....

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    • On the Front Lines of the Republican Civil War and the Rise of President Trump
    • By: Tim Alberta
    • Narrated by: Jason Culp
    • Length: 26 hrs and 23 mins
    • Release date: 07-16-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,164 ratings
    • The 2016 election was a watershed for the United States. But, as Tim Alberta explains in American Carnage, to understand Trump’s victory is to view him not as the creator of this era of polarization and bruising partisanship, but rather as its most manifest consequence....

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    • Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle
    • By: Jon Meacham
    • Narrated by: Jon Meacham
    • Length: 17 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 10-18-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2,416 ratings
    • Hated and hailed, excoriated and revered, Abraham Lincoln was at the pinnacle of American power when secessionists gave no quarter in a clash of visions bound up with money, race, identity, and faith. In him we can see the possibilities of the presidency as well as its limitations....

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    • A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
    • By: Erik Larson
    • Narrated by: Will Patton, Erik Larson
    • Length: 17 hrs and 18 mins
    • Release date: 04-30-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,098 ratings
    • The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of the Civil War—a simmering crisis that finally tore a deeply divided nation in two....

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    • By: Ron Chernow
    • Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
    • Length: 48 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 10-10-17
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 13,079 ratings
    • Pulitzer Prize winner Ron Chernow returns with a sweeping and dramatic portrait of one of our most compelling generals and presidents, Ulysses S. Grant....

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    • By: Michael Burlingame
    • Narrated by: Sean Pratt
    • Length: 53 hrs and 45 mins
    • Release date: 02-18-16
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 208 ratings
    • In volume 2, Burlingame examines Lincoln's presidency and the trials of the Civil War. He supplies fascinating details on the crisis over Fort Sumter....

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    • The Shocking Assassination That Changed America Forever
    • By: Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard
    • Narrated by: Bill O'Reilly
    • Series: The Killing Series (O'Reilly and Dugard)
    • Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 09-27-11
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 11,034 ratings
    • A riveting historical narrative of the heart-stopping events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and the first work of history from mega best-selling author Bill O'Reilly....

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    • Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About the Civil War
    • By: Steve Sheinkin
    • Narrated by: Vikas Adam, Steve Sheinkin
    • Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 08-10-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 11 ratings
    • New York Times best-selling author and Newbery Honor-recipient Steve Sheinkin gives young listeners the causes and curses that divided America into Union and Confederate nations....

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    • The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland
    • By: Troy Senik
    • Narrated by: Pete Simonelli, Troy Senik
    • Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 09-20-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 218 ratings
    • A Man of Iron explores the remarkable life and extraordinary career of Grover Cleveland—one of America’s most unusual presidents and the only one to serve two non-consecutive terms....

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    • The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
    • By: Doris Kearns Goodwin
    • Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
    • Length: 41 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 05-17-11
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 10,975 ratings
    • On May 18, 1860, William H. Seward, Salmon P. Chase, Edward Bates, and Abraham Lincoln waited in their hometowns for the results from the Republican National Convention....

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    • A Presidential Life
    • By: James McPherson
    • Narrated by: John McDonough
    • Length: 1 hr and 55 mins
    • Release date: 01-22-09
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 91 ratings
    • In this compelling biography, McPherson follows Abraham Lincoln from his early frontier days to his turbulent years in the White House....

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    • A Life of Ulysses S. Grant
    • By: Ronald C. White
    • Narrated by: Arthur Morey
    • Length: 27 hrs and 35 mins
    • Release date: 10-04-16
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 3,454 ratings
    • The dramatic story of one of America's greatest and most misunderstood military leaders and presidents, this is a major new interpretation of Ulysses S. Grant....

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    • A Military History
    • By: John Keegan
    • Narrated by: Robin Sachs
    • Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 10-20-09
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 58 ratings
    • For the past half century, John Keegan, the greatest military historian of our time, has been returning to the scenes of America’s most bloody and wrenching war to ponder its lingering conundrums: the continuation of fighting for four years between such vastly mismatched sides....

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