Get into the Fourth of July spirit with these 5 patriotic audiobooks.
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This Fourth of July, celebrate America’s birthday with a good audiobook! From historical fiction to nonfiction tales of America’s founding, these books will make you feel proud to be an American. So curl up with a cold glass of lemonade and one of these great reads. It’s time to get into the patriotic spirit, and if you’re looking for some good reads to help get you in the mood for America’s birthday, look no further. Celebrate America’s independence by checking out this list of 5 books to get you into the July 4th spirit. So get listening and Happy Fourth of July!
1 – The Constitution of the United States and The Declaration of Independence.
(Free with Audible Trial)
This audiobook contains all of the documents that make up the United States Constitution, including the Bill of Rights, the rest of the amendments, and the Declaration Of Independence. The articles and amendments are conveniently organized so that you can navigate directly to them.
2 – Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
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Each had energetically sought to become president during the turbulent 1850s as the conflict over slavery led inexorably to secession from the Union and civil war. It was the result of a man who had been forged by life events that made him stand out from his more privileged and accomplished peers. Abraham Lincoln won because he possessed an extraordinary ability to put his own feelings into the minds of others, to feel what they felt, to understand their motives, and to desire what they desired.
3 – Washington: A Life
(Free with Audible Trial)
Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow is an insightful biography of George Washington, the first president of the United States. With a breadth and a depth unmatched by any other single volume biography of George Washington, this crisply paces the reader through his troubled boyhood, his political life and his precocious feats in France and Indian wars.
4 – A People’s History of the United States
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For most of his life, historian and author Howard Zinn chronicled the history of America from the bottom up, focusing on the street, the workplace, and the home rather than on great men in high positions. In A People’s History of the United States, he covers the arrival of Christopher Columbus through President Clinton’s first terms, featuring insights into the most important events in US history.
4 – North and South
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Thus begins this brilliant book of American history, spanning three generations and chronicles the lives and loves of a great family dynasty. The Hazards and Mains are brought together by bonds of friendship and affection. Neither jealousy nor violence can break these bonds. Until a storm of events brings the cataclysm of War.
