American History Biographies

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    • The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
    • By: Chris Kyle, Scott McEwan, Jim DeFelice
    • Narrated by: John Pruden
    • Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
    • Release date: 03-01-2012
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 608 ratings
    • He is the deadliest American sniper ever, called “the devil” by the enemies he hunted and “the legend” by his Navy SEAL brothers....

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    • The Story of the Captivity and Life of a Texan Among the Indians
    • By: Herman Lehmann
    • Narrated by: John McLain
    • Length: 5 hrs and 16 mins
    • Release date: 27-11-2018
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 28 ratings
    • As a young child, Herman Lehmann was captured by a band of plundering Apache Indians and remained with them for nine years. This is his dramatic and unique story....

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    • The Chilling True Story of America's Most Sadistic Killer
    • By: Stephen G. Michaud
    • Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
    • Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
    • Release date: 14-04-2020
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 21 ratings
    • Authorities opened the door on one man's hidden life...only to discover a house of horrors....

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    • By: Ulysses S. Grant
    • Narrated by: Robin Field
    • Length: 29 hrs and 34 mins
    • Release date: 17-11-2010
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 13 ratings
    • Among the autobiographies of great military figures, Ulysses S. Grant’s is certainly one of the finest, and it is arguably the most notable literary achievement of any American president....

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    • An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance
    • By: Ron Chernow
    • Narrated by: Robertson Dean
    • Length: 34 hrs and 37 mins
    • Release date: 30-12-2012
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 55 ratings
    • Winner of the National Book Award and now considered a classic, The House of Morgan is the most ambitious history ever written about an American banking dynasty....

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    • Stories from an American Fighter Pilot in World War II
    • By: James E. Brown
    • Narrated by: Bob Souer
    • Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 13-03-2018
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 18 ratings
    • On his 19th birthday, James E. Brown tries to fake to his flight instructor that he has flown before. On his 21st birthday, Brown's on his way home after logging 85 missions in a P-47 fighter over Italy, France, and Germany. Brown's stories surrounding his training and combat experiences....

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    • By: Jean Edward Smith
    • Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright
    • Length: 29 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 10-09-2019
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 6 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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    • By: Booker T. Washington
    • Narrated by: Noah Waterman
    • Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
    • Release date: 21-06-2001
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 38 ratings
    • Booker T. Washington fought his way out of slavery to become an educator, statesman, political shaper and proponent of the "do it yourself" idea....

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    • In the Service of My Country: A Life
    • By: James Lee McDonough
    • Narrated by: David Drummond
    • Length: 28 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 27-12-2015
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 14 ratings
    • General Sherman's 1864 burning of Atlanta solidified his legacy as a ruthless leader. Yet Sherman proved far more complex than his legendary military tactics reveal....

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    • An American Paratrooper's Memoir of D-Day and the Fall of the Third Reich
    • By: David Kenyon Webster
    • Narrated by: Alan Sklar
    • Length: 17 hrs and 57 mins
    • Release date: 28-10-2014
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 13 ratings
    • David Kenyon Webster's memoir is a clear-eyed, emotionally charged chronicle of youth, camaraderie, and the chaos of war....

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    • A Whopper of a Story on Life and Leadership
    • By: Jim McLamore
    • Narrated by: BJ Harrison
    • Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 14-04-2020
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 9 ratings
    • A rags-to-$9-billion-riches story. A crash course in Burger King history and fast food in America, The Burger King is McLamore's candid and conversational memoir. Written before his death in 1996, he talks of his life, the birth of the Whopper, and the rise of Burger King....

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    • The True Story of an American Paratrooper in World War II
    • By: Marcus A. Nannini
    • Narrated by: Shawn Compton
    • Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
    • Release date: 29-10-2019
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • When Metcalfe boarded the C-47 which would drop him at Groesbeek Heights, just outside of Nijmegen, Holland, he was handed a box of twelve dozen condoms by an overconfident British lieutenant. He was to be among the first to jump into what should have been a picture-book meadow....

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    • By: G. K. Chesterton
    • Narrated by: Fred Williams
    • Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins
    • Release date: 14-12-2006
    • Language: English
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    • Orthodoxy is Chesterton's great apologia for the Christian faith, which was prompted by a serious attack in 1903 against Christianity by well-known newspaper editor Robert Blatchford....

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    • His Own Story: The Autobiography of a Great Patriot Warrior
    • By: S. M. Barrett
    • Narrated by: Pat Bottino
    • Length: 3 hrs and 34 mins
    • Release date: 17-03-2008
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
    • Here is one of the most extraordinary and invaluable documents in the annals of Native American history: the authentic testament of a remarkable "war shaman"....

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    • The True Story of an American Ranger at War in Afghanistan and Iraq
    • By: Nicholas Moore, Mir Bahmanyar
    • Narrated by: John Pruden
    • Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins
    • Release date: 19-03-2019
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
    • Sweeping from frozen mountaintops to dusty city streets, and everything in between, this is the gripping and deeply personal account of an elite Ranger who nearly lost his life "leading the way" in America's secretive global wars....

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    • The Life and Times of the Mississippi Masters Who Revolutionized American Music
    • By: Ted Gioia
    • Narrated by: Chris Abernathy
    • Length: 17 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 16-03-2021
    • Language: English
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    • Tracing the history of the Delta blues from the field hollers and plantation music of the 19th century to the exploits of modern-day musicians in the Delta tradition, Delta Blues tells the full story of this timeless and unforgettable music....

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    • The Incredible True Story of an American WWII Bomber Commander and the Copilot Ordered to Kill Him
    • By: Stephen Frater
    • Narrated by: Pete Larkin
    • Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
    • Release date: 29-03-2012
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 9 ratings
    • Hell Above Earth tells an unforgettable story of two World War II American bomber pilots who forged an unexpected but enduring bond in the flak-filled skies over Nazi Germany....

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