To America

  • Author: Stephen E. Ambrose
  • Narrator: Henry Strozier
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster
  • Duration: 9:41:30
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Synopsis

Completed shortly before Ambrose's untimely death, To America is a very personal look at our nation's history through the eyes of one of the twentieth century's most influential historians.

Ambrose roams the country's history, praising the men and women who made it exceptional. He considers Jefferson and Washington, who were progressive thinkers (while living a contradiction as slaveholders), and celebrates Lincoln and Roosevelt. He recounts Andrew Jackson's stunning defeat of a superior British force in the battle of New Orleans with a ragtag army in the War of 1812. He brings to life Lewis and Clark's grueling journey across the wilderness and the building of the railroad that joined the nation coast to coast. Taking swings at political correctness, as well as his own early biases, Ambrose grapples with the country's historic sins of racism; its ill treatment of Native Americans; and its tragic errors such as the war in Vietnam, which he ardently opposed. He contrasts the modern presidencies of Eisenhower, Kennedy, Nixon, and Johnson. He considers women's and civil rights, immigration, philanthropy, and nation building. Most powerfully, in this final volume, Ambrose offers an accolade to the historian's mighty calling.

Chapters

  • ToAmerica 001 IN

    Duration: 07min
  • ToAmerica 002 C001

    Duration: 32min
  • ToAmerica 003 C002

    Duration: 28min
  • ToAmerica 004 C003

    Duration: 37min
  • ToAmerica 005 C004

    Duration: 36min
  • ToAmerica 006 C005

    Duration: 40min
  • ToAmerica 007 C006

    Duration: 42min
  • ToAmerica 008 C007

    Duration: 18min
  • ToAmerica 009 C008

    Duration: 34min
  • ToAmerica 010 C009

    Duration: 21min
  • ToAmerica 011 C010

    Duration: 51min
  • ToAmerica 012 C011

    Duration: 39min
  • ToAmerica 013 C012

    Duration: 17min
  • ToAmerica 014 C013

    Duration: 30min
  • ToAmerica 015 C014

    Duration: 31min
  • ToAmerica 016 C015

    Duration: 24min
  • ToAmerica 017 C016

    Duration: 17min
  • ToAmerica 018 C017

    Duration: 31min
  • ToAmerica 019 C018

    Duration: 22min
  • ToAmerica 020 C019

    Duration: 14min
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