American Railroads

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    • By: James McBride
    • Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
    • Length: 12 hrs and 21 mins
    • Release date: 08-08-2023
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 41 ratings
    • In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last thing they expected to find was a skeleton at the bottom of a well....

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    • Railroads Past and Present
    • By: H. Roger Grant
    • Narrated by: Todd Barsness
    • Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 26-04-2013
    • Language: English
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    • In this social history of the impact of railroads on American life, H. Roger Grant concentrates on the railroad's "golden age," 1830-1930....

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    • The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad
    • By: Gordon H. Chang
    • Narrated by: David Shih
    • Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
    • Release date: 07-05-2019
    • Language: English
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    • A groundbreaking, breathtaking history of the Chinese workers who built the Transcontinental Railroad, helping to forge modern America only to disappear into the shadows of history until now....

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    • A Social and Cultural History
    • By: Aaron W. Marrs
    • Narrated by: Danny Campbell
    • Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
    • Release date: 25-06-2024
    • Language: English
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    • In the first half of the nineteenth century, transportation in the United States underwent an extraordinary transformation. In The American Transportation Revolution, Aaron W. Marrs explores the cultural influence of steamboats and railroads, which fascinated Americans across the country.

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    • How the North Used the Telegraph, Railroads, Surveillance Balloons, Ironclads, High-Powered Weapons, and More to Win the Civil War
    • By: Thomas B. Allen, Roger MacBride Allen
    • Narrated by: Fred Sullivan
    • Length: 4 hrs and 9 mins
    • Release date: 01-05-2013
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • Thomas B. Allen’s expertise in military history and strategy is combined with Roger MacBride Allen’s knowledge of technology to reveal a lesser known yet fascinating side of the 16th president....

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    • By: Mohsin Hamid
    • Narrated by: Mohsin Hamid
    • Length: 3 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 11-08-2022
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 14 ratings
    • One morning, Anders wakes to find that his skin has turned dark, his reflection a stranger to him....

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    • The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America
    • By: Candacy Taylor
    • Narrated by: Lisa Reneé Pitts
    • Length: 6 hrs and 16 mins
    • Release date: 22-03-2022
    • Language: English
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    • Overground Railroad chronicles the history of the Green Book. For years, it was dangerous for African Americans to travel in the United States. Because of segregation, Black travelers couldn't eat, sleep, or even get gas at most white-owned businesses....

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    • The Story of the Underground Railroad
    • By: Steven Otfinoski
    • Narrated by: anonymous
    • Length: 1 hr and 14 mins
    • Release date: 23-02-2022
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • In an immersive, exciting narrative nonfiction format, this powerful book follows a selection of people who experienced the Underground Railroad....

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    • The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America
    • By: Candacy Taylor
    • Narrated by: Lisa Reneé Pitts
    • Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 29-09-2020
    • Language: English
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    • The first book to explore the historical role and residual impact of the Green Book, a travel guide for Black motorists....

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    • The 1867 Train Wreck That Shocked the Nation and Transformed American Railroads
    • By: Charity Vogel
    • Narrated by: J.M. Ross
    • Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 16-12-2013
    • Language: English
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    • On December 18, 1867, the Buffalo and Erie Railroad's eastbound New York Express derailed as it approached the high truss bridge over Big Sister Creek....

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    • The Road to Freedom
    • By: Catherine Clinton
    • Narrated by: Shayna Small
    • Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
    • Release date: 24-01-2017
    • Language: English
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    • Celebrated for her courageous exploits as a conductor on the Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman has entered history as one of 19th-century America's most enduring and important figures....

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    • The Last Tracks of the Underground Railroad
    • By: Jacqueline Tobin, Hettie Jones
    • Narrated by: Richard Allen
    • Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
    • Release date: 13-08-2010
    • Language: English
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    • The Underground Railroad was the passage to freedom for many slaves, but it was rife with dangers....

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    • The Rise and Fall of an American Railroad Legend
    • By: J. Daniel Jenkins
    • Narrated by: Patrick Gleason
    • Length: 1 hr and 33 mins
    • Release date: 03-12-2023
    • Language: English
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    • This is the story and celebration of the 75-year legacy of Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad’s No. 614 ‘Greenbrier’ Class J-3a, 4-8-4 steam locomotive....

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    • African American Women on the American Railroad
    • By: Miriam Thaggert
    • Narrated by: Madeline McCray
    • Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
    • Release date: 26-09-2023
    • Language: English
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    • Miriam Thaggert illuminates the stories of African American women as passengers and as workers on the nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century railroad....

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    • By: Jack Ford
    • Narrated by: Allyson Johnson
    • Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 07-08-2018
    • Language: English
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    • Two decades before the Civil War, a middle-class farmer named Samuel Maddox lies on his deathbed. Elsewhere in his Virginia home, a young woman named Kitty knows her life is about to change. She is one of the Maddox family's slaves - and Samuel's biological daughter....

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    • The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad
    • By: Eric Foner
    • Narrated by: J. D. Jackson
    • Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 19-01-2015
    • Language: English
    • 3 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • The dramatic story of fugitive slaves and the antislavery activists who defied the law to help them reach freedom....

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