The Dawn's Early Light
Failed to add items
Add to basket failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from Wish List failed.
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
The Dawn's Early Light
Buy Now for $27.99
No valid payment method on file.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
-
Narrated by:
-
Norman Dietz
-
By:
-
Walter Lord
About this listen
It took more than a revolution to win true independence: The story of the War of 1812, the United State's second war on England, by a New York Times best-selling historian.
At the dawn of the 19th century, the great powers of Western Europe treated the United States like a disobedient child. Great Britain blocked American trade, seized its vessels, and impressed its sailors to serve in the Royal Navy. America's complaints were ignored, and the humiliation continued until James Madison, the country's fourth president, declared a second war on Great Britain.
British forces would descend on the young United States, shattering its armies and burning its capital, but America rallied, and survived the conflict with its sovereignty intact. With stunning detail on land and naval battles, the role Native Americans played in the hostilities, and the larger backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars, this is the story of the turning points of this strange conflict, which inspired Francis Scott Key to write "The Star-Spangled Banner" and led to the Era of Good Feelings that all but erased partisan politics in America for almost a decade. It was in 1812 that America found its identity and first assumed its place on the world stage.
©1972 Walter Lord (P)2018 TantorCritic Reviews
"[Lord uses] a kind of literary pointillism, the arrangement of contrasting bits of fact and emotion in such a fashion that a vividly real impression of an event is conveyed to the reader." (New York Herald Tribune)
What listeners say about The Dawn's Early Light
Average Customer RatingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall2 out of 5 stars
-
Performance3 out of 5 stars
-
Story2 out of 5 stars
- Captain
- 15-06-2020
Not impressed
Narrator - I found Norman's pace and rhythm unnatural. It's tolerable but not enjoyable. It improved at 1.5x speed. A bit.
Perhaps this is an Audible-only issue:
I found the organization really poorly done. When dates are mentioned no year is mentioned. Multiple names are introduced and mentioned but no explanation for who they are or how they fit in and why they are important. Just as you get overwhelmed... MORE new names are mentioned.
Given how many names are floating around the author then goes on to say "he did x" or "he was.." and you ahve no idea WHO is being referred to. So frustrating!!!
The content has an ADHD feel. You jump all over the place. The structure for the story is barely clear but the author wastes time on frivolous details. I would have loved a much longer book with these extra details BUT only after a clear and solid structure was established. I want to know what year we're in every time a date is mentioned. I want a full name for every person - every time. I want that done consistently. I don't want to hear about a George suddenly. Who they hell is George? which one?
I feel tremendously frustrated with this book.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!