The Men Who United the States

  • Autor: Simon Winchester
  • Narrador: Simon Winchester
  • Editora: HarperCollins USA
  • Duração: 13:34:46
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Sinopse

Simon Winchester, the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Atlantic and The Professor and the Madman, delivers his first book about America: a fascinating popular history that illuminates the men who toiled fearlessly to discover, connect, and bond the citizenry and geography of the U.S.A. from its beginnings.

How did America become “one nation, indivisible”? What unified a growing number of disparate states into the modern country we recognize today? To answer these questions, Winchester follows in the footsteps of America’s most essential explorers, thinkers, and innovators, such as Lewis and Clark and the leaders of the Great Surveys; the builders of the first transcontinental telegraph and the powerful civil engineer behind the Interstate Highway System. He treks vast swaths of territory, from Pittsburgh to Portland, Rochester to San Francisco, Seattle to Anchorage, introducing the fascinating people who played a pivotal role in creating today’s United States.

Throughout, he ponders whether the historic work of uniting the States has succeeded, and to what degree. Featuring 32 illustrations throughout the text, The Men Who United the States is a fresh look at the way in which the most powerful nation on earth came together.

Capítulos

  • 021 Off to See the Elephant

    Duração: 14min
  • 022 The West, Revealed

    Duração: 16min
  • 023 The Singular First Adventure of Kapurats

    Duração: 27min
  • 024 The Men Who Gave Us Yellowstone

    Duração: 18min
  • 025 Diamonds, Sex, and Race

    Duração: 41min
  • 026 PART III_ WHEN THE AMERICAN STORY TRAVELED BY WATER

    Duração: 14min
  • 027 The Streams Beyond the Hills

    Duração: 16min
  • 028 The Pivot and the Feather

    Duração: 13min
  • 029 The First Big Dig

    Duração: 16min
  • 030 The Wedded Waters of New York

    Duração: 34min
  • 031 The Linkman Cometh

    Duração: 15min
  • 032 That Ol_ Man River

    Duração: 29min
  • 033 PART IV_ WHEN THE AMERICAN STORY WAS FANNED BY FIRE

    Duração: 15min
  • 034 Rain, Steam, and Speed

    Duração: 06min
  • 035 The Annihilation of the In-Between

    Duração: 12min
  • 036 The Immortal Legacy of Crazy Judah

    Duração: 41min
  • 037 Major Eisenhower_s Epiphanic Expedition

    Duração: 26min
  • 038 The Colossus of Roads

    Duração: 25min
  • 039 And Then We Looked Up

    Duração: 08min
  • 040 The Twelve-Week Crossing

    Duração: 19min
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