Download NPR American Chronicles: The Civil War AudioBook Free

NPR catches the battlefield action, the non-public struggles, and the moral dilemmas of the warfare that pitted sibling against sibling (and sometimes sister) and friend against friend. This revealing collection of Civil War experiences features gripping record, expert commentary, and unforgettable voices:

• Shelby Foote displays on the southern point of view
• E.L. Doctorow discusses Sherman along with the March
• Sam Waterston executes the Gettysburg Address
• Hal Holbrook honors Iowa in the Civil Conflict
• Susan Stamberg reports from Lincoln's summer months retreat
• Wayne McPherson travels Gettysburg's hallowed earth
• Tony Horwitz explores the world of Civil Conflict reenactors

Plus appointments to battlefields at Manassas, Antietam, Gettysburg, and much more. Contents:

• "Introduction" by Neal Conan
• "Manassas/Bull Run"
• "Historian Shelby Foote"
• "Geraldine Brooks' Civil Conflict March"
• "History of 'Dixie'"
• "Confederates in the Attic"
• "Antietam"
• "Looking at the Emancipation Proclamation"
• "Gettysburg's Hallowed Surface"
• "Old Military Friends, Divided At Gettysburg"
• "Gettysburg Eyewitness"
• "Gettysburg Address Read by Sam Waterston"
• "Henry Fleming, Reluctantly Using the Red Badge"
• "Girl Fought Just like a Man for Flexibility"
• "Civil Conflict Reporters"
• "Historians Search for Civil Conflict Relics"
• "Civil Conflict Relics Tempt Thieves"
• "Living Background at Lincoln's Summer Retreat"
• "E.L. Doctorow on Sherman along with the March"
• "April 1865"
• "Letters from Civil Conflict Era Tell the Price of Freedom"
• "Iowa in the Civil Conflict"
• "What It Means to become Free"
• "The Civil Conflict Still Stirs the Southern Soul"
• "Union Soldier Comes Home"
• "Appomattox"
• "At Ford's Theater, Lincoln's Death Revisited"
• "O Captain! My Captain!"
• "'Struggle Hymn of the Republic', the Other National Anthem"

The NPR North american Chronicles series explores the historical occurrences that continue to resonate inside our lives. Expert commentary and unforgettable stories create vibrant audio portraits of history's biggest people and occurrences, analyzed in multi-faceted and moving details.