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A Dusty Tomes Audio BookIn Cooperation with Spoken Realms European Background of American History by Edward Potts Cheyney, Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania. Volume 1 of 27 in The American Nation: A History published by Harper Brothers (1904—1918). Edited by Albert Bushnell Hart, Professor of History at Harvard University. Editor's Introduction to the Series: That a new history of the United States is needed, extending from the discovery down to the present time hardly needs statement. No such comprehensive work by a competent writer is now in existence. Individual writers have treated only limited chronological fields. Meantime, there is a rapid increase of published sources and of serviceable monographs based on material hitherto unused. On the one side, there is a necessity for an intelligent summarizing of the present knowledge of American history by trained specialists; on the other hand, there is a need for a complete work, written in untechnical style, which shall serve for the instruction and the entertainment of the general reader. Editor's Introduction to Volume One: This first volume of the series supplies a needed link between the history of Europe and the history of early America; for whether it came through a Spanish, French, English, Dutch, or Swedish medium, or through the later immigrants from Germany, from Italy, and from the Slavic countries, the American conception of society and of government was originally derived from the European. Hence the importance at the outset of knowing what that civilization was at the time of colonization.

A Dusty Tomes Audio BookIn Cooperation with Spoken RealmsEuropean Background of American History by Edward Potts Cheyney, Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania. Volume 2 of 27 in The American Nation: A History published by Harper Brothers (1904–1918). Edited by Albert Bushnell Hart, Professor of History at Harvard University. In the Editor Introduction to the Series: That a new history of the United States is needed, extending from the discovery down to the present time hardly needs a statement. No such comprehensive work by a competent writer is now in existence. Individual writers have treated only limited chronological fields. Meantime there, is a rapid increase of published sources and of serviceable monographs based on material hitherto unused. On the one side, there is a necessity for an intelligent summarizing of the present knowledge of American history by trained specialists; on the other hand, there is a need for a complete work, written in untechnical style, which shall serve for the instruction and the entertainment of the general reader. From the Editor's Introduction to Volume Two: Having the first volume of this series discussed the events, the national developments, and the institutions which preceded the colonization of America, the next step is to describe the land and the people of America as they were found by the Europeans. This volume, therefore, is intended once and for all to set forth the physical conditions of colonization; for within twenty-five years after the discovery, the Spaniards began to penetrate into the interior of North America and encounter the obstacles of rivers and mountains and the sterner opposition of native tribes.Thus, upon a subject described and discussed since the earliest contact between the white and native races, the author has been able to throw a concentrated light, under which the physical basis is seen to furnish a reaction for the native peoples; and these peoples stand out as substantially one, a race-prepared from the beginning to assert itself in the history of America. AUTHOR'S PREFACE: The present work is an attempt to describe, as fully as the limits of the book will permit, those features of North America and its native inhabitants which have been of greatest significance in the history of the United States. For the physical features of the continent, numerous trustworthy works are available; for the fauna and flora, there are various general treatises of value; while for the aborigines there is not a single comprehensive book of a satisfactory character. This lack has long been a source of embarrassment to students of American ethnology, and for that reason, the chief emphasis in the following pages is laid upon the distribution and the culture of the Indians.It is my hope, however, that the book may prove of some service as an introduction to the study of American ethnology as well as to that of American history. I. General Physiography of North America (1500–1900)II. Waterways, Portages, Trails, and Mountain-Passes (1500–1800)III. Timber and Agricultural Products of North America (1500–1900)IV. Animal Life of North America (1500–1900)V. Antiquity of Man in North America VI. Classification and Distribution of the American Indians (1500–1900)VII. The Eskimo and the North Pacific Indians (1500–1900)VIII. Indians of the Northern Interior and of the Lower Pacific Coast (1800–1900)IX. The Indians of the Great Plains (1700–1900)X. Northern Tribes of the Eastern Woodlands (1600–1900)XI. Southern Tribes of the Eastern Woodlands (1600–1900)XII. Indian Tribes of the Southwest and of Mexico (1500–1900)XIII. Social Organization of the Indians (1500–1900)XIV. Indian Houses, House Life, and Food Quest (1500–1900)XV. Indian Industrial Life and Warfare (1500–1900)XVI. Indian Religion, Mythology, and Art (1500–1900)XVII. Character and Future of the Indians (1904)XVIII. Critical Essay on Authorities "His most d

A Dusty Tomes Audio BookIn Cooperation with Spoken Realms Volume 3 of 27 in The American Nation: A History published by Harper Brothers (1904—1918). Edited by Albert Bushnell Hart, Professor of History at Harvard University. Editor's Introduction to the Series: That a new history of the United States is needed, extending from the discovery down to the present time hardly needs a statement. No such comprehensive work by a competent writer is now in existence. Individual writers have treated only limited chronological fields. Meantime, there is a rapid increase of published sources and of serviceable monographs based on material hitherto unused. On the one side, there is a necessity for an intelligent summarizing of the present knowledge of American history by trained specialists; on the other hand, there is a need for a complete work, written in untechnical style, which shall serve for the instruction and the entertainment of the general reader. From the Editor's Introduction to Volume Three: This volume begins with the detailed narrative of the founding and development of the communities now included within the United States of America, and the story necessarily goes back to the discovery of the American islands and continents. Professor Bourne in his earlier chapters summarizes and restates, with many original conclusions, the controverted points with regard to the discovery of America. From the Author's Preface: It has been my design in preparing this volume to accomplish two objects, so far as was practicable within the limits imposed by the conditions of the series to which it belongs. The first object was to provide an account, succinct and readable, and abreast of present scholarship, of the discovery and exploration of the New World. The second part of my plan is to present an outline sketch of the Spanish colonial system and of the first stage of the transmission of European culture to America.

A Dusty Tomes Audio BookIn Cooperation with Spoken Realms England in America, 1580–1652 by Lyon Gardiner Tyler, President of William and Mary College Narrated by Joseph Tabler Volume 4 of 27 in The American Nation: A History published by Harper Brothers (1904–1918). Edited by Albert Bushnell Hart, Professor of History at Harvard University. Editor's Introduction to the Series: That a new history of the United States is needed, extending from the discovery down to the present time, hardly needs a statement. No such comprehensive work by a competent writer is now in existence. Individual writers have treated only limited chronological fields. Meantime there, is a rapid increase of published sources and of serviceable monographs based on material hitherto unused. On the one side there is a necessity for an intelligent summarizing of the present knowledge of American history by trained specialists; on the other hand there is need of a complete work, written in untechnical style, which shall serve for the instruction and the entertainment of the general reader. Editor's Introduction to Volume Four: This volume begins a detailed story of the English settlement, and its title indicates the conception of the author that during the first half-century the American colonies were simply outlying portions of the English nation, but that owing to disturbances culminating in civil war they had the opportunity to develop on lines not suggested by the home government. AUTHOR'S PREFACE: This book covers a period of a little more than three-quarters of a century. It begins with the first attempt at English colonization in America, in 1576, and ends with the year 1652, when the supremacy of Parliament was recognized throughout the English colonies. The most interesting period in the history of any country is the formative period; and through the mass of recently published original material on America the opportunity to tell its story well has been of late years greatly increased. In the preparation of this work I have endeavored to consult the original sources, and to admit secondary testimony only in matters of detail. I. Genesis of English Colonization (1492–1579)II. Gilbert and Raleigh Colonies (1583–1602)III. Founding of Virginia (1602–1608)IV. Gloom in Virginia (1608–1617)V. Transition of Virginia (1617–1640)VI. Social and Economic Conditions of Virginia (1634–1652)VII. Founding of Maryland (1632–1650)VIII. Contentions in Maryland (1633–1652)IX. Founding of Plymouth (1608–1630)X. Development of New Plymouth (1621–1643)XI. Genesis of Massachusetts (1628–1630)XII. Founding of Massachusetts (1630–1642)XIII. Religion and Government in Massachusetts (1631–1638)XIV. Narragansett and Connecticut Settlements (1635–1637)XV. Founding of Connecticut and New Haven (1637–1652)XVI. New Hampshire and Maine (1653–1658)XVII. Colonial Neighbors (1643–1652)XVIII. The New England Confederation (1643–1654)XIX. Early New England Life (1624–1652) "A landmark in the writing of US history by professional historians that would remain the standard in the field for decades thereafter."

A Dusty Tomes Audio BookIn Cooperation with Spoken Realms Colonial Self-Government, 1652—1689 by Charles McLean Andrews, Ph.D., Professor of History in Bryn Mawr College Narrated by Joseph Tabler Volume 5 of 27 in The American Nation: A History published by Harper Brothers (1904—1918). Edited by Albert Bushnell Hart, Professor of History at Harvard University. Editor's Introduction to the Series: That a new history of the United States is needed, extending from the discovery down to the present time, hardly needs a statement. No such comprehensive work by a competent writer is now in existence. Individual writers have treated only limited chronological fields. Meantime there, is a rapid increase of published sources and of serviceable monographs based on material hitherto unused. On the one side there is a necessity for an intelligent summarizing of the present knowledge of American history by trained specialists; on the other hand there is need of a complete work, written in untechnical style, which shall serve for the instruction and the entertainment of the general reader. Editor's Introduction to Volume Five: The importance of the volume in the American Nation series is that it includes colonies of the three types which persisted down to the Revolution-the crown colonies of Virginia and New York and New Hampshire; the proprietary colonies in the Jerseys, Pennsylvania and Delaware, Maryland, and the Carolinas; and the three New England charter colonies, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. On one side the volume emphasizes the variety of conditions and experiments in government. On the other side, it brings out that characteristic that gives the volume its name, the steady determination of the colonists in all three types of colonies to enjoy self-government in internal affairs. AUTHOR'S PREFACE: In consequence of this attempt to formulate and put in force a system of colonial management, trouble inevitably arose between the people and the royal and proprietary governors in New York and the southern colonies; and between New England and the crown. With a government in England endeavoring to shape a definite program of control, and a king on the throne who had no patience with the colonial demand for English liberties, it is little wonder that the era culminated in a series of exciting and dramatic episodes.

A Dusty Tomes Audio BookIn Cooperation with Spoken Realms Volume 6 of 27 in The American Nation: A History published by Harper Brothers (1904—1918). Edited by Albert Bushnell Hart, Professor of History at Harvard University. Editor's Introduction to the Series: That a new history of the United States is needed, extending from the discovery down to the present time hardly needs a statement. No such comprehensive work by a competent writer is now in existence. Individual writers have treated only limited chronological fields. Meantime, there is a rapid increase of published sources and of serviceable monographs based on material hitherto unused. On the one side, there is a necessity for an intelligent summarizing of the present knowledge of American history by trained specialists; on the other hand, there is a need for a complete work, written in untechnical style, which shall serve for the instruction and the entertainment of the general reader. From the Editor's Introduction to Volume Six: To the period between 1689 and 1740 has been applied the term "The Forgotten Half-Century." Most of the writers on colonial history in detail give special attention to the seventeenth century, the period of upbuilding; and general historians like Bancroft and Hildreth sweep rather lightly over the epoch between the English Revolution and the forerunners of the American Revolution. In distributing the parts of The American Nation, this period has been selected for special treatment, because within it are to be found the roots of many later institutions and experiences... Its theme is the essential difficulty of reconciling imperial control with the degree of local responsibility which had to be accorded to the colonists.

A Dusty Tomes Audio Book In Cooperation with Spoken Realms France in America, 1497—1763 by Reuben Gold Thwaites LL.D. Secretary of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin Narrated by Joseph Tabler Volume 7 of 27 in The American Nation: A History published by Harper Brothers (1904—1918). Edited by Albert Bushnell Hart, Professor of History at Harvard University. Editor's Introduction to the Series: That a new history of the United States is needed, extending from the discovery down to the present time, hardly needs a statement. No such comprehensive work by a competent writer is now in existence. Individual writers have treated only limited chronological fields. Meantime there is a rapid increase of published sources and of serviceable monographs based on material hitherto unused. On the one side there is a necessity for an intelligent summarizing of the present knowledge of American history by trained specialists; on the other hand there is need of a complete work, written in untechnical style, which shall serve for the instruction and the entertainment of the general reader. Editor's Introduction to Volume Seven: In laying out a series like The American Nation, one of the fundamental difficulties is to bring into its proper relations the French colonies and their influence on the British settlements. Beginning simultaneously with the earliest English colonization, the French colonies, except in Maine and Acadia, were during their whole history separated from the English by immense expanses of trackless forest. Hence it is not until well into the eighteenth century that the two parallel threads of neighborhood colonization are really intertwisted. It has seemed wise, therefore, to treat French colonization as a continuous episode...

A Dusty Tomes Audio BookIn Cooperation with Spoken Realms Preliminaries of the Revolution, 1763—1775 by George Eliot Howard, PhD, Professor of Institutional History at the University of Nebraska Volume 8 of 27 in The American Nation: A History published by Harper Brothers (1904—1918). Edited by Albert Bushnell Hart, Professor of History at Harvard University. In the Editor Introduction to the Series: That a new history of the United States is needed, extending from the discovery down to the present time hardly needs statement. No such comprehensive work by a competent writer is now in existence. Individual writers have treated only limited chronological fields. Meantime there, is a rapid increase of published sources and of serviceable monographs based on material hitherto unused. On the one side, there is a necessity for an intelligent summarizing of the present knowledge of American history by trained specialists; on the other hand, there is a need for a complete work, written in untechnical style, which shall serve for the instruction and the entertainment of the general reader. From the Editor's Introduction to Volume Eight: Few periods of American history have been more written upon than the decade preceding the Revolution. Nevertheless, there is still room for a brief volume on the subject; all the world knows that the Revolution really began almost fifteen years before its beginning, because of the efforts of the British government to give greater unity and stiffness to its colonial system, both as to government and as to trade with other nations; but the real motives underlying the uneasiness of the colonies still need enlightenment... fresh study of the evidence results in a clearer view of the difficulties of the imperial problem and brings out in sharper relief the reasons for the apparent paradox that the freest people then on earth insisted on and deserved a larger freedom. From the Author's Preface: The struggle between the English colonies and the parent state resulting in the recognition of a new and dominant nation in the western hemisphere is justly regarded as a revolution. Its preliminaries cover the twelve years between the peace of Paris in 1763 and the appeal to arms in 1775, but its causes are more remote. Up to the very beginning of hostilities, the colonists disclaimed any desire for independence; yet it seems clear to us that unconsciously they had long been preparing themselves for that event.

A Dusty Tomes Audio BookIn Cooperation with Spoken Realms The American Revolution, 1776—1783 by Claude Halstead Van Tyne, PhD, Assistance Professor of American History, University of Michigan Volume 9 of 27 in The American Nation: A History published by Harper Brothers (1904—1918). Edited by Albert Bushnell Hart, Professor of History at Harvard University From the Editor's Introduction to the Series: That a new history of the United States is needed, extending from the discovery down to the present time hardly needs statement. No such comprehensive work by a competent writer is now in existence. Individual writers have treated only limited chronological fields. Meantime there, is a rapid increase of published sources and of serviceable monographs based on material hitherto unused. On the one side, there is a necessity for an intelligent summarizing of the present knowledge of American history by trained specialists; on the other hand, there is a need for a complete work, written in untechnical style, which shall serve for the instruction and the entertainment of the general reader. From the Editor's Introduction to Volume Nine: No more difficult task can be found in the twenty-six volumes of The American Nation than to write a fresh and original account of the Revolution...The fundamental thought of this volume is that the Revolution was a close struggle, in which the Americans suffered from inexperience and from the difficulty of securing common action, and the British from ineptitude; that to a large degree it was also a civil war, in which the Tories in actual numbers were not far inferior to the patriots; that it was further a remarkable school of political science from which emerged trained statesmen, vigorous state governments, and a weak and ineffectual national government. The point of view of the author as to the relative origins of the states and the nation is his own; it is no part of the scheme of the series to adjust the conclusions of the individual writers to the editor's frame of mind.

A Dusty Tomes Audio BookIn Cooperation with Spoken Realms The Confederation and the Constitution, 1783–1789 by Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin, LLB, Professor of American History at the University of Michigan. 1936 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History for his book A Constitutional History of the United States. Narrated by Joseph Tabler Volume 10 of 27 in The American Nation: A History published by Harper Brothers (1904–1918) Edited by Albert Bushnell Hart, Professor of History at Harvard University From the Editor's Introduction to the Series: That a new history of the United States is needed, extending from the discovery down to the present time hardly needs statement. No such comprehensive work by a competent writer is now in existence. Individual writers have treated only limited chronological fields. Meantime there, is a rapid increase of published sources and of serviceable monographs based on material hitherto unused. On the one side, there is a necessity for an intelligent summarizing of the present knowledge of American history by trained specialists; on the other hand, there is a need of a complete work, written in untechnical style, which shall serve for the instruction and the entertainment of the general reader. From the Editor's Introduction to Volume Ten: To the years from 1783 to 1789, Fiske has given the name "The Critical Period of American History"; yet it seems doubtful whether it was really a time of such danger of national dissolution as people then and since have supposed. Certainly, the trend of this volume is to show a more orderly, logical, and inevitable march of events than has commonly been described. The special service of this volume is to bring out the relation of earlier experiences and forms of government to the final work of the convention. The Confederation is a preparatory stage, which, in the author's judgment, was more creditable to the men of that time than posterity has been willing to allow. It had viability in itself, and from its mistakes, the framers of the Constitution learned wisdom. Throughout the book attention is paid to the capacity and accomplishment of the American people, and to their working out of tried and familiar principles into a new and more effective combination. From the Author's Preface: No history of the American nation would be satisfactory which left in dim obscurity the tale of how the people in the years after the war-when beset with difficulties and troubled by a political order which was unsuited to their needs-proceeded "deliberately and peaceably, without fraud or surprise" to establish a national union and to adjust political powers in a complicated and elaborate system of government. … I have taken seriously the wish of the editor that the volumes should be based on original materials. Though I have been helped by many secondary writers, almost nothing is taken from them without verification in the sources; and in many cases the secondary writers are referred to because they contain the original material desired. Editor's IntroductionAuthor's PrefaceI. The End of the Revolution (1781–1782)II. The Treaty of Paris (1782–1784)III. The Problem of Imperial Organization (1775–1787)IV. Poverty and Peril (1781–1783)V. Commercial and Financial Conditions (1783–1786)VI. Diplomatic Relations (1783–1788)VII. Founding a Colonial System (1783–1787)VIII. Founding of New Commonwealths (1787–1788)IX. Paper Money (1781–1788)X. Shays's Rebellion (1786–1787)XI. Proposals to Alter the Articles of Confederation (1781–1786)XII. Plan for a National Government (1787)XIII. Shall the Confederation Be Patched Up? (1787)XIV. The Great Compromise (1787)XV. The Law of the Land (1787)XVI. Further Compromises and the Conclusion of the Convention's Work (1787)XVII. The Constitution before the People (1787–1788)XVIII. For Better or for Worse (1788) Audio cover picture: James Monroe Dusty Tomes Audio Books ar

A Dusty Tomes Audio BookIn Cooperation with Spoken Realms The Federalist System, 1789–1801 by John Spencer Bassett, PhD, Professor of History, Trinity College, NC Narrated by Joseph Tabler Volume 11 of 27 in The American Nation: A History published by Harper Brothers (1904–1918) Edited by Albert Bushnell Hart, Professor of History at Harvard University From the Editor's Introduction to the Series: That a new history of the United States is needed, extending from the discovery down to the present time hardly needs a statement. No such comprehensive work by a competent writer is now in existence. Individual writers have treated only limited chronological fields. Meantime there, is a rapid increase of published sources and of serviceable monographs based on material hitherto unused. On the one side, there is a necessity for an intelligent summarizing of the present knowledge of American history by trained specialists; on the other hand, there is a need for a complete work, written in an untechnical style, which shall serve for the instruction and the entertainment of the general reader.From the Editor's Introduction to Volume Eleven: Although the separate history of the commonwealths is, for the most part, merged into that of the nation, the national history grows steadily more complex … The special function of this volume in the American Nation series is to describe the foundations of the present American party system and its application to the extremely difficult problems of that time … In a single sentence, the province of the book is to show how, from 1789 to 1801, the American people faced a new Constitution, a new party system, and a new set of problems, yet contrived to make their government effective and transmit it unimpaired. From the Author's Preface: On its political side this volume treats three principal facts: the successful establishment of the government under the Constitution, the organization of the Republican party on the basis of popular government, and the steady adherence of the government to a policy of neutrality at a time when we were threatened with serious foreign complications. The first achievement was chiefly due to Hamilton, the second to Jefferson, and the third to Washington, first, and, after his presidency, to John Adams. To these cardinal features of the history of the time I have added some chapters on social and economic conditions … American self-government was never better justified than during the first three national administrations. Editor's IntroductionAuthor's PrefaceI. Launching the New Government (1789–1791)II. Hamilton's Financial System (1789–1791)III. Founding the Republican Party (1790–1792)IV. England and the Northwest (1789–1794)V. Spain and the Southwest (1789–1795)VI. Neutrality and the Mission of Genet (1793)VII. The Whiskey Insurrection (1793–1795)VIII. The Perplexing Problem of British Trade (1793–1796)IX. Washington as a Party President (1795–1797)X. The Republican Court (1789–1800)XI. The State of Society (1789–1800)XII. The First Victories of Anti-Slavery (1777–1804)XIII. Economic Conditions (1789–1800)XIV. Political Affairs Early in Adams's Administration (1797–1798)XV. The Quarrel with France (1796–1797)XVI. War or Peace (1797–1798)XVII. Alien and Sedition Acts (1797–1798)XVIII. Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions (1798–1800)XIX. Downfall of the Federalists (1798–1801) Audio cover picture: Alexander Hamilton Dusty Tomes Audio Books are public domain books retrieved from the ravages of time. Available for the first time in this format for your pleasure and consideration. "A landmark in the writing of US history."

A Dusty Tomes Audio BookIn Cooperation with Spoken Realms The Jeffersonian System, 1801–1811 by Edward Channing, PhD, Professor of History, Harvard University Narrated by Joseph Tabler Volume 12 of 27 in The American Nation: A History published by Harper Brothers (1904–1918). Edited by Albert Bushnell Hart, Professor of History at Harvard University From the Editor's Introduction to the Series: That a new history of the United States is needed, extending from the discovery down to the present time hardly needs a statement. No such comprehensive work by a competent writer is now in existence. Individual writers have treated only limited chronological fields. Meantime there, is a rapid increase of published sources and of serviceable monographs based on material hitherto unused. On the one side, there is a necessity for an intelligent summarizing of the present knowledge of American history by trained specialists; on the other hand, there is a need for a complete work, written in an untechnical style, which shall serve for the instruction and the entertainment of the general reader. "A rigid classification would demand these volumes be assigned to the class of historical writings designed for the general reader rather than for the special student. The books are not and do not pretend to be distinct contributions to the historical scholar's knowledge of the period traversed; yet the sane and impartial judgement displayed and the admirable sense of proportion evinced, together with the clear grasp and scholarly exposition of the subjects treated, make each a work that the special student cannot afford to neglect."-Marshall S. Brown in the American Historical Review, Oct. 1906 From the Editor's Introduction to Volume Twelve: The title of The Jeffersonian System, chosen for this volume, with the title of its predecessor, Bassett's Federalist System, suggests two rival, and in some respects opposed, groups of political principles and methods of carrying on both the federal and the state governments. Nevertheless, however different in point of view, the problems of Jefferson and Madison were, with the one great exception of the Louisiana purchase, substantially the same as those of Washington and Adams. The personality of Thomas Jefferson is in many ways the dominant note in the period from 1801 to 1811. From the Author's Preface: Jefferson's first administration has always had a great attraction for the writer of the present volume. At one time, indeed, he thought of making it the subject of a prolonged investigation. From that design, he was turned by the sight of some advanced sheets of Henry Adams's work on the early Republican administrations. In no way can the admiration for that notable book be better shown than by making it the foundation of the following sketch. In this place, therefore, a general reference is made to Henry Adams's masterpiece. Editor's IntroductionAuthor's PrefaceI. ORGANIZATION OF JEFFERSON'S ADMINISTRATION (1801–1805)II. REPUBLICAN REFORMATIONS (1801–1802)III. THE TRIPOLITAN WAR (1801–1804)IV. LA LOUISIANE (1684–1800)V. THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE (1801–1803)VI. THE ADMINISTRATION OF LOUISIANA (1803–1812)VII. THE EXPLORATION OF THE WEST (1803–1806)VIII. SLAVERY AND THE SLAVE-TRADE (1801–1808)IX. THE CHASE IMPEACHMENT (1804–1805)X. JOHN RANDOLPH AND THE YAZOO MEN (1801–1813)XI. THE END OF THE HARVEST SEASON (1803–1805)XII THE BURR EXPEDITION (1805–1807)XIII. FOREIGN RELATIONS (1805)XIV. THE CHESAPEAKE-LEOPARD AFFAIR (1801–1807)XV. THE BELLIGERENTS AND NEUTRAL COMMERCE (1801–1807)XVI. THE EMBARGO (1807–1808)XVII. JEFFERSON'S FAILURE AND FLIGHT (1808–1809)XVIII. INTERNATIONAL COMPLICATIONS (1809–1810)XIX. MADISON AND THE BELLIGERENTS (1810–1811)XX. APPROACH OF WAR (1809–1812) Audio cover picture - From the painting of Jefferson by Gilbert Stuart, owned by T. Jefferson Coolidge, Esq. Dusty Tomes Audio Books are public dom

A Dusty Tomes Audio BookIn Cooperation with Spoken Realms The Rise of American Nationality, 1811–1819 by Kendric Charles Babcock, PhD, President of the University of Arizona Narrated by Joseph Tabler Volume 13 of 27 in The American Nation: A History published by Harper Brothers (1904–1918). Edited by Albert Bushnell Hart, Professor of History at Harvard University From the Editor's Introduction to the Series: That a new history of the United States is needed, extending from the discovery down to the present time hardly needs a statement. No such comprehensive work by a competent writer is now in existence. Individual writers have treated only limited chronological fields. Meantime there, is a rapid increase of published sources and of serviceable monographs based on material hitherto unused. On the one side, there is a necessity for an intelligent summarizing of the present knowledge of American history by trained specialists; on the other hand, there is a need for a complete work, written in an untechnical style, which shall serve for the instruction and the entertainment of the general reader. Part of a review:"A rigid classification would demand these volumes be assigned to the class of historical writings designed for the general reader rather than for the special student. The books are not and do not pretend to be distinct contributions to the historical scholar's knowledge of the period traversed; yet the sane and impartial judgement displayed and the admirable sense of proportion evinced, together with the clear grasp and scholarly exposition of the subjects treated, make each a work that the special student cannot afford to neglect."-Marshall S. Brown in the American Historical Review, Oct. 1906. From the Editor's Introduction to Volume Thirteen: The author does not shrink from laying bare the mistakes of our fathers in the War of 1812: the ineptitude of the military administration; the violence of party opposition; the disgraceful defeats in most of the conflicts on land; but the helplessness of the war period is strongly contrasted, first, with the brilliance of the naval operations; second, with the growth of national pride and national consciousness when the war was over; and, third, with the new point of view of European nations towards the great American republic. From the Author's Preface: {In} the pages of this volume I have striven to show how the United States achieved its real emancipation from European domination and became a nation…The injunction to rely chiefly upon original materials has been cordially observed, even when it has necessitated reference to rare and obscure books. On the other hand, certain secondary works, such as Henry Adams's United States and Mahan's War of 1812 have such peculiar elements of strength that it would be folly for a writer of more general work to neglect them. Editor's IntroductionAuthor's PrefaceI. The Reign of Faction (1809–1811)II. Problems of the Southwest and Northwest (1810–1812)III. French Duplicity and English Stubbornness (1810–1812)IV. New Elements in Control (1811–1812)V. The Declaration of War (1812)VI. On to Canada (1812–1814)VII. The Naval War (1812–1814)VIII. The Southwest and the Centre (1813–1815)IX. New England and the War (1811–1815)X. Peace Negotiations (1813–1815)XI. The Results of the War (1815)XII. Party Divisions and Personalities (1815–1819)XIII. War Finance and the Second Bank (1816)XIV. The Tariff (1815–1818)XV. Westward Migration and Internal Improvements (1815–1819)XVI. Negotiations with England (1815–1818)XVII. Relations with Spain (1815–1821)XVIII. The Great Decisions of the Supreme Court (1816–1824) Audio cover picture - Daniel Webster. Dusty Tomes Audio Books are public domain books retrieved from the ravages of time. Available for the first time in this format for your pleasure and consideration. "A landmark in the writing of US history by professional hi

A Dusty Tomes Audio BookIn Cooperation with Spoken Realms Rise of the New West 1819—1829 by Frederick Jackson Turner, PhD Professor of American History at the University of Wisconsin. Narrated by Joseph Tabler. Volume 14 of 27 in The American Nation: A History From Original Sources by Associated Scholars published by Harper Brothers (1904—1918). Edited by Albert Bushnell Hart, Professor of History at Harvard University. In the Editor's Introduction to the Series: That a new history of the United States is needed, extending from the discovery down to the present time hardly needs a statement. No such comprehensive work by a competent writer is now in existence. Individual writers have treated only limited chronological fields. Meantime there, is a rapid increase of published sources and serviceable monographs based on material hitherto unused. On the one side, there is a necessity for an intelligent summarizing of the present knowledge of American history by trained specialists; on the other hand, there is a need for a complete work, written in an untechnical style, which shall serve for the instruction and the entertainment of the general reader. From the Editor's Introduction to Volume Fourteen: To describe such a movement and its effects. Professor Turner has the advantage to be a descendant of New Yorkers, of New England stock, but native to the west, and living alongside the most complete collection of materials upon the west which has ever been brought together-the Library of the Wisconsin State Historical Society. The aim of the volume is not to show the Rise of the New West as though it were a separate story, but to show how the nation found itself in the midst of questions involving the west, and how all parts of the Union were enriched and stimulated by the appearance of a new section. It opens up new vistas of historical study.

In the Editor's Introduction to the Series: That a new history of the United States is needed, extending from the discovery down to the present time hardly needs a statement. No such comprehensive work by a competent writer is now in existence. Individual writers have treated only limited chronological fields. Meantime there is a rapid increase of published sources and serviceable monographs based on material hitherto unused. On the one side, there is a necessity for an intelligent summarizing of the present knowledge of American history by trained specialists; on the other hand, there is a need for a complete work, written in an untechnical style, which shall serve for the instruction and the entertainment of the general reader. From the Editor's Introduction to Volume Fifteen: Hardly any year in American history so distinctly marks the transition from one era to another as 1829. The character of Andrew Jackson is so distinct and so aggressive that few writers upon the period can resist the temptation to group the events of his administration around his personality. This temptation Professor MacDonald has resisted. His conception of the period is that it witnessed the fruition of national policies, nearly all of which would have come up and would have divided the nation had there been no Andrew Jackson. At the same time, he shows how that dominant personality determined when and how most of the great questions should arise; and how Jackson hammered out a series of political principles that became the foundation of a new democratic party.

“Slavery and Abolition 1831—1841” by Albert Bushnell Hart, LLD. Professor of History at Harvard University. Published in 1906 by Harper and Brothers. This book is in the public domain. It is read 'as written.' “Volume 16 of 27 in The American Nation: A History from Original Sources by Associated Scholars” published by Harper Brothers (1904—1918). Edited by Albert Bushnell Hart, Professor of History at Harvard University. In the Editor's Introduction to the series: That a new history of the United States is needed, extending from the discovery down to the present time, hardly needs a statement. No such comprehensive work by a competent writer is now in existence. Individual writers have treated only limited chronological fields. Meantime there, is a rapid increase of published sources and of serviceable monographs based on material hitherto unused. On the one side, there is a necessity for an intelligent summarizing of the present knowledge of American history by trained specialists; on the other hand, there is a need for a complete work, written in an untechnical style, which shall serve the instruction and the entertainment of the general reader. From the Author's Preface: Except perhaps the struggle between patriots and tories at the outbreak of the Revolution, no controversy in the history of the United States has aroused such passion and led to such momentous results as that between the advocates and the opponents of slavery... The book has the double purpose of describing the conditions of slavery and the state of mind of those interested in it or against it, and at the same time recording the events which mark the anti-slavery agitation. It is hard for a son and grandson of abolitionists to approach so explosive a question with impartiality, but the book is intended to show that there was more than one side to the controversy and that both the milder form of opposition called antislavery, and the extremer form called abolition were confronted by practical difficulties which to many public-spirited and conscientious men seemed insurmountable.