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Audiobook Review: Wildest of the Wild West

by HistoryNet staff3/19/20215/6/2021

New Mexico journalist Howard Bryan authored these true tales of figures from that state’s Las Vegas, available here as an audio book

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Audiobook Review – Reagan: An American Journey

by Ryan Paul Winn1/27/20201/27/2020

Plumbing the well of the 40th president’s relationships, author Bob Spitz explains the Great Communicator’s life though the people he encountered.

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Audiobook Review – The Moralist: Woodrow Wilson and the World He Made

by Ryan Winn Winn1/21/20201/21/2020

Patricia O’Toole compellingly explains how a moralizing outlook drove Woodrow Wilson’s presidency, from WWI to handling domestic politics.

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Audiobook Review: When the Irish Invaded Canada by Christopher Klein

by Ryan Winn10/29/201910/29/2019

Christopher Klein recounts how Civil War veterans blustered themselves into believing that kidnapping Canada would impel Britain to free Ireland

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Audiobook Review: ‘Big Fella’ Shows Babe Ruth’s Rise as Legend

by Ryan Paul Winn9/18/201910/29/2019

Biographer Jane Leavy explores Babe Ruth’s transformation from disposable child to baseball’s most valuable player and legend

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Audiobook Review | Camelot’s End: Kennedy Versus Carter and the Fight That Broke the Democratic Party

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Author Jon Ward shows how Carter and Kennedy let their individual ambitions shred their party rather than allow the other to lead it

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Audiobook Review | Nikola Tesla: The Father of Modern Technology

by Ryan Paul Winn8/2/20197/26/2019

Richard Munson recounts the life of this idiosyncratic genius inventor whose pioneering work transformed the twentieth century.

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Audiobook Review | How America’s Most Favorite Sandwich Got Its Start

by Ryan Paul Winn7/25/20197/26/2019

A history of the hamburger—its conception, its various incarnations and how it transformed the American dining experience

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Audiobook Review | The Guitar-Pioneering Rivalry that Shaped Rock ’n’ Roll

by Ryan Paul Winn6/26/20196/26/2019

Before Leo Fender and Les Paul were names on headstocks, they were tinkerers who produced the most influential musical instruments of the twentieth century

Musical creatives Rodgers (left) and Hammerstein (right), here observingauditions at the St. James Theatre in 1948, created some of the most popular musicals of the 20th century. (Library of Congress)
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Audiobook Review| How Rodgers and Hammerstein Revolutionized the Musical

by Ryan Paul Winn6/7/20196/7/2019

The music-making duo helped redefine theater and the American Broadway musical

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