To America
- Author: Stephen E. Ambrose
- Narrator: Henry Strozier
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster
- Duration: 9:41:30
Synopsis
Completed shortly before Ambrose's untimely death, To America is a very personal look at our nation's history through the eyes of one of the twentieth century's most influential historians.
Ambrose roams the country's history, praising the men and women who made it exceptional. He considers Jefferson and Washington, who were progressive thinkers (while living a contradiction as slaveholders), and celebrates Lincoln and Roosevelt. He recounts Andrew Jackson's stunning defeat of a superior British force in the battle of New Orleans with a ragtag army in the War of 1812. He brings to life Lewis and Clark's grueling journey across the wilderness and the building of the railroad that joined the nation coast to coast. Taking swings at political correctness, as well as his own early biases, Ambrose grapples with the country's historic sins of racism; its ill treatment of Native Americans; and its tragic errors such as the war in Vietnam, which he ardently opposed. He contrasts the modern presidencies of Eisenhower, Kennedy, Nixon, and Johnson. He considers women's and civil rights, immigration, philanthropy, and nation building. Most powerfully, in this final volume, Ambrose offers an accolade to the historian's mighty calling.
Chapters
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ToAmerica 001 IN
Duration: 07min -
ToAmerica 002 C001
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ToAmerica 003 C002
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ToAmerica 004 C003
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ToAmerica 005 C004
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ToAmerica 006 C005
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ToAmerica 007 C006
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ToAmerica 008 C007
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ToAmerica 009 C008
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ToAmerica 010 C009
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ToAmerica 011 C010
Duration: 51min -
ToAmerica 012 C011
Duration: 39min -
ToAmerica 013 C012
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ToAmerica 014 C013
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ToAmerica 015 C014
Duration: 31min -
ToAmerica 016 C015
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ToAmerica 017 C016
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ToAmerica 018 C017
Duration: 31min -
ToAmerica 019 C018
Duration: 22min -
ToAmerica 020 C019
Duration: 14min