Poems of American History, Vol 5, The Period of Expansion: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Poems of American History, Vol 5, The Period of Expansion, credited to Various, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Poems of American History, Vol 5, The Period of Expansion by Various. Read in English by Markalanhansen; jasonlohr; Greg Giordano; DrPGould; Ed Humpal; Chris Pyle; Jael Baldwin The final section of Poems of American History covers The Reconstruction after the Civil War, the First Centennial, the continued expansion westward, the assasination of Garfield, The Spanish American War, and World War I. Poets in this volume include: John Greenleaf Whittier, Bret Harte, Oliver Wendell Holmes, William Cullen Bryant, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Wallace Rice, Vachel Lindsay, Joyce Kilmer, and many more. - Summary by Ed Humpal

Recording facts

• Recording title: Poems of American History, Vol 5, The Period of Expansion
• Author credits: Various
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 12
• Listed recording duration: 8:03:33

Catalogue topics

• poetry
• American history

Track guide

1. 01 - Chapter I, Reconstruction and After — 59:38
2. 02 - Chapter II, The Year of a Hundred Years — 28:06
3. 03 - Chapter III, The Conquest of the Plains — 40:46
4. 04 - Chapter IV, The Second Assasination, Part 1 — 33:31
5. 05 - Chapter IV, The Second Assasination, Part 2 — 37:22
6. 06 - Chapter V, The War with Spain, Part 1 — 39:56
7. 07 - Chapter V, The War with Spain, Part 2 — 46:56
8. 08 - Chapter V, The War with Spain, Part 3 — 30:17
9. 09 - Chapter V, The War with Spain, Part 4 — 56:15
10. 10 - Chapter VI, The New Century — 48:52
11. 11 - Chapter 11, The World War, Part 1 — 34:01
12. 12 - Chapter 11, The World War, Part 2 — 27:53

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