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100 Turning Points in American History audiobook

  • By: Alan Axelrod
  • Narrator: Richard Ferrone
  • Category: General, History, United States
  • Length: 13 hours 44 minutes
  • Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
  • Publish date: January 01, 2022
  • Language: English
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100 Turning Points in American History Audiobook Summary

Arnold J. Toynbee, the most famous professional historian of the twentieth century, is widely quoted as having declared that “History is just one damn thing after another.” This book argues that history is not about “things” at all but is all about turning points–the decisions, acts, innovations, errors, ideas, successes, and failures on which the shape of a nation’s life–our lives–depends. It presents the one hundred points at which America’s path decisively turned on its way to where we find ourselves today.

Columbus arrives in the New World

The first slaves arrive in America

Independence is declared

Female suffragists meet in Seneca Falls

Fort Sumter falls

A transcontinental railroad is completed

Edison lights his first electric lamp

FDR offers a “New Deal”

The B-29 Enola Gay drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima

Neil Armstrong sets foot on the moon

President Nixon creates the EPA

9/11, Obama, Sandy Hook, Russian election “meddling,” and the Age of Trump

These and many more are the crucial “plot points” in our grand national story, and bestselling historian Alan Axelrod presents them here.

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100 Turning Points in American History Audiobook Narrator

Richard Ferrone is the narrator of 100 Turning Points in American History audiobook that was written by Alan Axelrod

Richard Ferrone has recorded over 150 audiobooks including thrillers, romances, science fiction, and inspirational novels. He has earned an Audie Award and four Audie nominations, including Best Solo Male Narrator of 2003. Ferrone was also recognized as an AudioFile “Voice of the Last Century” and more recently a “Rising and Shining Star.” He’s been credited with 12 AudioFile Earphones awards, including the 2011 Best Voice in Mystery and Suspense as well as the 2009 Best Voice in Science Fiction and Fantasy. A science fiction fan, Ferrone narrated Kim Stanley Robinson’s Mars trilogy. He’s also narrated works by James Patterson, Walter Mosley, John Sandford, Eric Van Lustbader, and Stuart Woods.

About the Author(s) of 100 Turning Points in American History

Alan Axelrod is the author of 100 Turning Points in American History

100 Turning Points in American History Full Details

Narrator Richard Ferrone
Length 13 hours 44 minutes
Author Alan Axelrod
Category
Publisher Blackstone Publishing
Release date April 20, 2024
ISBN 9798212192538

Subjects

The publisher of the 100 Turning Points in American History is Blackstone Publishing. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is General, History, United States

Additional info

The publisher of the 100 Turning Points in American History is Blackstone Publishing. The imprint is Blackstone Publishing. It is supplied by Blackstone Publishing. The ISBN-13 is 9798212192538.

Global Availability

This book is only available in the United States.

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