American Railroads

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    • Railroads Past and Present
    • By: H. Roger Grant
    • Narrated by: Todd Barsness
    • Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 26-04-13
    • 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: 07-05-19
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
    • 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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    • 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: 01-05-13
    • Language: English
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    • 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: 11-08-22
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 30 ratings
    • One morning, Anders wakes to find that his skin has turned dark, his reflection a stranger to him....

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    • The Road to Freedom
    • By: Catherine Clinton
    • Narrated by: Shayna Small
    • Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
    • Release date: 24-01-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 20 ratings
    • 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 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: 29-09-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • 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 Last Tracks of the Underground Railroad
    • By: Jacqueline Tobin, Hettie Jones
    • Narrated by: Richard Allen
    • Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
    • Release date: 13-08-10
    • 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 Hidden History of the Underground Railroad
    • By: Eric Foner
    • Narrated by: J. D. Jackson
    • Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 19-01-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • The dramatic story of fugitive slaves and the antislavery activists who defied the law to help them reach freedom....

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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: 16-12-13
    • 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 Epic Story of the Underground Railroad, America's First Civil Rights Movement
    • By: Fergus Bordewich
    • Narrated by: Peter J. Fernandez
    • Length: 19 hrs and 31 mins
    • Release date: 07-06-16
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • An important book of epic scope on America's first racially integrated, religiously inspired movement for change....

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    • By: Kevin Baker
    • Narrated by: Kevin Baker
    • Length: 22 hrs and 25 mins
    • Release date: 06-04-06
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • They came by boat from a starving land, and by the Underground Railroad from Southern chains, seeking refuge in a crowded, filthy corner of hell at the bottom of a great metropolis....

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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: 26-09-23
    • 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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    • 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: 03-12-23
    • 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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    • Girl Survive, Book 4: An Underground Railroad Survival Story
    • By: Nikki Shannon Smith
    • Narrated by: Lisa Reneé Pitts
    • Series: Girl Survive
    • Length: 1 hr and 58 mins
    • Release date: 27-02-24
    • Language: English
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    • Twelve-year-old Ann understands there is only one thing to be grateful for as a slave: having her family together. But when the master falls into debt, he plans to sell both Ann and her younger brother to two different owners....

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