The American Century; Volume III [ABRIDGED] [AUDIOBOOK] (Audio Cassette)

~ (Author), Gail Buckland (Contributor), Kevin Baker (Contributor)

Editorial Reviews

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First published as a lavishly illustrated coffee-table book, The American Century is a sweeping survey of the second 100 years of U.S. history as a republic18891989. It is an ambitious work that explores the most important forces driving modern U.S. history, which it constantly examines in the context of the world as a whole. This dual perspective emerges because author and journalist Evans is an immigrant from Britain who has been captivated by the energy and spirit of individual freedom he found in America. His book is clearly a labor of love. The four separate packages that comprise this production are labeled abridgments, but their combined 24 hours must constitute a large part of the original bookespecially since reader Ira Claffey speaks at an unusually fast pace. He is a smooth and spirited reader, but if this program has a fault it is that Claffey reads with too much energy, making it difficult to savor Evanss powerful prose. Recommended for all libraries with patrons hungry for good historical works on tape.R. Kent Rasmussen, Thousand Oaks, CA
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Product Description

Evans vividly portrays the people--the ordinary people and the great men and women whose courage, generosity, and vision are unparalleled in history. He also dramatizes social struggles that challenged America's idealism--the fight for equality for women, for workers' rights, the witch hunts created by the fear of communism, and the ordeals of African Americans trying to achieve justice. This audiobook includes "America Leads" (1945-1956) and "The Dawn of a New Freedom" (1954-1965)

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Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Macmillan Audio; Abridged edition (November 15, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 155927526X
• ISBN-13: 978-1559275262
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,853,398 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Good pictures, Terrible text!, December 21, 1998

By A Customer

If you're a good Democrat and despise the Republican Party, then this book will re-enforce most of your prejudies. Through-out his book, Evens makes snide remarks about Nixion and Regean. If your looking for an objective book on the 20th Century, maybe you should look someplace else.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars History with Substance, March 4, 1999

By	Murkle Vandergorb "Frandbangle" (Brooklyn, NY United States) - See all my reviews

The obvious comparison with this book (and tape series) is Peter Jennings' "The Century." I've listened to both tape series. Here's the difference in a nutshell: Jennings' "Century" is slickly produced, grandly entertaining sound-bite history in which the Big Lies of right-wing "mainstream" media mythology are preserved without question. Evans' "Century" is nowhere nearly as slick or exquisitely entertaining. But it is a _history;_ it is substantive and honest and, for my money, far more worthwhile.