Author: Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall
Series: The This Country of Ours Series
Narrator: David Thorn, Bobbie Frohman
Unabridged: 6 hr 29 min
Format: Digital Audiobook
Publisher: Findaway
Published: 01/01/2004
Genre: Children & Young Adults Nonfiction - History - United States
This series, in seven parts, tells the story of America from the earliest founding through the days of Woodrow Wilson the Great War (World War I). Part 7 continues the series with the development of the United States under the Presidents from Washington to Wilson.1. Washington First in War, First in Peace2. Adams - How He Kept Peace with France3. Jefferson - How the Territory of the United States Was Doubled4. Jefferson - How the Door into the Far West Was Opened5. Jefferson-About an American Who Wanted to Be a King6. Madison - The Shooting Star and the Prophet7. Madison - War with Great Britain8. Monroe - The First Whispers of a Storm - Monroe's Famous Doctrine9. Adams - The Tariff of Abominations10. Jackson - "Liberty and Union, Now and Forever" - Van Buren - Hard Times11. Harrison - The Hero of Tippecanoe12. Tyler - Florida Becomes a State13. Polk - How Much Land was Added to the United States14. Polk - The Finding of Gold15. Taylor - Union or Disunion16. Fillmore - The Underground Railroad17. Pierce - The Story of "Bleeding Kansas"18. Buchanan - The Story of the Mormons19. Buchanan - The First Shots20. Lincoln - From Bull Run to Fort Donelson21. Lincoln - The Story of the First Battle between Ironclads22. Lincoln - Thru Battle of Shiloh and the Taking of New Orleans23. Lincoln - The Slaves are made Free24. Lincoln - Chancellorsville - the Death of Stonewall Jackson25. Lincoln - The Battle of Gettysburg26. Lincoln - Grant's Campaign - Sheridan's Ride27. Lincoln - Sherman's March to the Sea - Lincoln Re-elected President28. Lincoln - The End of the War - The President's Death29. Johnson - How the President Was Impeached30. Grant - A Peaceful Victory31. Hayes - Garfield - Arthur32. Cleveland - Harrison - Cleveland33. Mc Kinley - War and Sudden Death34. Roosevelt - Taft35. Wilson - Troubles with Mexico36. Wilson - The Great War
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