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California Gold Rush and the Coming of the Civil War, The
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California Gold Rush and the Coming of the Civil War, The

Author : Leonard L. Richards
Performed By : Jeff Riggenbach
Published By - Blackstone Audio Inc
Duration : 10 hours
Type : Military
Download Price : $19.95
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"Richards, a leading historian of nineteenth-century America, superbly
illuminates gold-rush California."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

In this revelatory study, award-winning historian Leonard L. Richards outlines the links
between the Gold Rush and the Civil War.

Richards explains how Southerners envisioned California as a new market for slaves
for digging for gold, schemed to tie California to the South via railroad, and imagined
splitting off the state's southern half for a slave state. We see how the Gold Rush
influenced other regional and national squabbles, and we meet renegade New York
Democrat David Broderick, who became a force in San Francisco politics in 1849,
and his archrival, William Gwin, a major Mississippi slaveholder. Richards recounts
the political battles alongside the fiery California feuds, duels, and, perhaps, outright
murders as the state came shockingly close to being divided in two.

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One Soldier's Story

One Soldier's Story

Author : Bob Dole
Performed By : Paul Hecht and Cynthia Darlowe
Published By - Harper Collins US
Duration : 6 hours
Type : Autobiography
Military
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Author : Various
Performed By : Full Cast Production
Published By - Appleseed Audio
Duration : 2 hours
Type : American
Pre 1900
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No Room for Error

No Room for Error

Author : John T Carney and Benjamin F Schemmer
Performed By : Barrett Whitener
Published By - Listen & Live
Duration : 4 hours 30 minutes
Type : Military
Military
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Author : Various
Performed By : Full Cast Production
Published By - Listen & Live
Duration : 6 hours
Type : Dramatizations
American
Pre 1900
Military
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