Abraham Lincoln: A History (Volume 6): Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Abraham Lincoln: A History (Volume 6), credited to John Hay; John George Nicolay, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Abraham Lincoln: A History (Volume 6) by John Hay; John George Nicolay. Read in English by Jim Locke; MaryAnn; Michael Fassio; Ciufi Galeazzi; Owen Cook Abraham Lincoln: A History is an 1890 ten-volume account of the life and times of Abraham Lincoln, written by John Nicolay and John Hay, who were his personal secretaries during the American Civil War. Volume 6 chronicles Lincoln's life in early 1862. (Summary adapted from wikipedia by Ann Boulais)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Abraham Lincoln: A History (Volume 6)
• Author credits: John Hay; John George Nicolay
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 21
• Listed recording duration: 13:47:15

Catalogue topics

• United States
• civil war
• Abraham Lincoln
• emancipation
• president

Track guide

1. 01 - Pope's Virginia Campaign — 47:25
2. 02 - Mexico — 29:11
3. 03 - Diplomacy of 1862 — 29:01
4. 04 - Mediation Declined — 35:39
5. 05 - Signs of the Times — 43:25
6. 06 - Emancipation Proposed and Postponed — 36:31
7. 07 - Antietam — 26:16
8. 08 - Emancipation Announced — 49:36
9. 09 - The Removal of McClelland — 41:20
10. 10 - Fredericksburg — 40:42
11. 11 - Financial Measures — 55:26
12. 12 - Seward and Chase — 36:55
13. 13 - Perryville and Murfreesboro — 40:48
14. 14 - West Virginia Admitted — 32:31
15. 15 - Lincoln and the Churches — 45:39
16. 16 - Military Governors — 21:13
17. 17 - Colonization — 24:56
18. 18 - Missouri Guerrillas and Politics — 52:16
19. 19 - The Edict of Freedom — 48:06
20. 20 - Negro Soldiers — 55:47
21. 21 - Retaliation — 34:32

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