As the individual perhaps most widely respected by the generation that founded the United States, Benjamin Franklin can fairly be described as the "Founding Godfather" of America.... ... Read More

ISBN:  0-76075-021-1
Author:  HW Brands

Listen to six half-hour dramas about one of the darkest periods for the First Amendment in American history: the Hollywood blacklist. From 1947 until his death in 1962... ... Read More

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Author:  Tony Kahn

On December 7, 1941, some 360 Japanese warplanes pulverized the American military base... ... Read More

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Author:  Franklin D Roosevelt

On January 16, 1991, on the eve of Operation Desert Storm, George Bush addressed American... ... Read More

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Author:  George Bush

On May 2, 1935, just months before his assassination, Governor Huey Long of Louisiana gave this address... ... Read More

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Author:  Huey Long

In 1895, two young men destined to make their mark on American life, Theodore Roosevelt and Henry Cabot Lodge, discovered they shared a common interest in.... ... Read More

ISBN:  0-7861-2473-3
Author:  Theodore Roosevelt ,  Henry Cabot Lodge

J. Edgar Hoover, director of the FBI for more than five decades, has left a profound and lasting legacy on this most celebrated institution. Only the few who were part of Hoover`s inner circle... ... Read More

ISBN:  0-7861-1011-2
Author:  Cartha D DeLoach

In 1903 there were only 150 miles of paved roads in the entire nation and most people had never seen a "horseless buggy"... ... Read More

ISBN:  0-7393-0635-9
Author:  Dayton Duncan ,  Ken Burns

Episode One: The House Un-American Activities Committee opens its stormy hearings into Communist influence in Hollywood, in October, 1947... ... Read More

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Author:  Tony Kahn

Episode Two: The Committee re-opens its hearings in early 1950 and calls Gordon Kahn as its first witness. Kahn flees the subpoena to Mexico, leaving... ... Read More

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Author:  Tony Kahn

In any great struggle, the movement should define the leader, not the leader the movement... ... Read More

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Author:  Clayborne Carson

Pulitzer Prize-winning Civil War historian James McPherson provides a historic tour through Gettysburg... ... Read More

ISBN:  0-7366-9415-3
Author:  James McPherson

Episode Three: Joined by his family, Gordon Kahn makes plans for an indefinite stay in the quiet, sunny town of Cuernavaca, Mexico. Back home, the "red scare"... ... Read More

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Author:  Tony Kahn

Episode Four: Gordon Kahn learns that his business partner, an FBI informer, has robbed him of his money. Blacklisted and bankrupt, Kahn suffers a heart attack... ... Read More

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Author:  Tony Kahn

The events that occurred at Gettysburg are etched into our collective memory... ... Read More

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Author:  James M McPherson