NPR American Chronicles: The Civil War

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Nonfiction: Public Radio / American History / Civil War

Unabridged 3 hour(s)
Publication date: 03/22/2011

An Audie® Award Finalist
An AudioFile Best Audiobooks of the Year Selection

NPR; hosted by Neal Conan

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Audio CD ISBN:	9781611742534
Digital Download ISBN:	9781611742541

Summary

A new series from NPR launches with a collection of stories on the Civil War.

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Product Description

NPR captures the battlefield action, the personal struggles, and the moral dilemmas of the war that pitted brother against brother (and sometimes sister) and friend against friend. This revealing collection of Civil War stories features gripping history, expert commentary, and unforgettable voices.

Contents:

Introduction by Neal Conan
Manassas/Bull Run
Historian Shelby Foote
Geraldine Brooks’ Civil War March
History of “Dixie”
Confederates in the Attic
Antietam
Viewing the Emancipation Proclamation
Gettysburg’s Hallowed Ground
Old Army Friends, Divided At Gettysburg
Gettysburg Eyewitness
Gettysburg Address Read by Sam Waterston
Henry Fleming, Reluctantly Wearing the Red Badge
Woman Fought Like a Man for Freedom
Civil War Reporters
Historians Search for Civil War Relics
Civil War Relics Tempt Thieves
Living History at Lincoln’s Summer Retreat
E.L. Doctorow on Sherman and The March
April 1865
Letters from Civil War Era Tell the Price of Freedom
Iowa in the Civil War
What It Means to Be Free
The Civil War Still Stirs the Southern Soul
Union Soldier Comes Home
Appomattox
At Ford’s Theatre, Lincoln’s Death Revisited
“O Captain! My Captain!”
“Battle Hymn of the Republic,” the Other National Anthem

Reviews/Praise

“The episodes are uniformly engaging and create a ‘you-are-there’ atmosphere.”
—AudioFile [Earphones Award winner]

Author Bio

Internationally acclaimed, NPR produces and distributes programming that reaches a combined audience of 26.4 million listeners weekly, and, unlike other media, NPR’s audience continues to grow. NPR member organizations operate 784 stations, and another 117 public radio stations also present NPR programs, for a total of more than 900 stations nationwide that broadcast NPR programming.