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America's Hidden History: Untold Tales of the First Pilgrims, Fighting Women and Forgotten Founders Who Shaped a Nation (Audio CD) (Unabridged)
America's Hidden History Untold Tales of the First Pilgrims Fighting Women and Forgotten Founders Who Shaped a Nation - Audio CD - Unabridged Author:Kenneth C. Davis, Sam Freed (Narrator) Kenneth C. Davis presents a collection of extraordinary stories, each detailing an overlooked episode that shaped the nation's destiny and character. Davis's dramatic narratives set the record straight, busting myths and bringing to light little-known but fascinating facts from a time when the nation's fate hung in the balance. — Span... more »ning a period from the Spanish arrival in America to George Washington's inauguration in 1789, America's Hidden History explores these episodes, among others:
* The story of the first real Pilgrims in America, who were wine-making French Huguenots, not dour English Separatists
* The coming-of-age story of Queen Isabella, who suggested that Columbus pack the moving mess hall of pigs, which may have spread disease to many Native Americans
* The long, bloody relationship between the Puritans and Indians that runs counter to the idyllic scene of the Thanksgiving feast
* The little-known story of George Washington as a headstrong young soldier who committed a war crime, signed a confession, and started a war!
Unabridged: 6 Compact Discs, Running Time: 7.5 hours, Narrator: Sam Freed with an introduction read by the author.« less
Alicia C. (aliciagc) reviewed America's Hidden History: Untold Tales of the First Pilgrims, Fighting Women and Forgotten Founders Who Shaped a Nation (Audio CD) (Unabridged) on + 29 more book reviews
The reader was so monotone that I couldn't finish it. I really tried but it kept falling asleep.