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Leading into the 400th anniversary of the voyage of the Mayflower, Martyn Whittock examines the lives of the "saints" (members of the Separatist Puritan congregations) and "strangers" (economic migrants) on the original ship. Collectively, these people would become known to history as "the Pilgrims". The story of the Pilgrims has taken on a life of its own as one of our founding national myths - their escape from religious persecution, the dangerous transatlantic journey, that brutal first winter.

Step into the dark history of colonial America, where mass hysteria transformed ordinary neighbors into condemned witches. Perfect for a gripping commute or a suspenseful true crime deep-dive, this atmospheric narrative plunges you into the paranoid heart of 1692 New England. Experience the...

Harriet Jacobs’ autobiography, written under the pseudonym Linda Brent, details her experiences as a slave in North Carolina, her escape to freedom in the north, and her ensuing struggles to free her children. The narrative was partly serialized in the New York Tribune, but was discontinued because Jacobs’ depictions of the sexual abuse of female slaves were considered too shocking. It was published in book form in 1861.

Here is the compelling narrative of the founding of America, told from a perspective that few people have ever heard. That perspective is the Sermon on the Mount. America's currency declares, "in God we trust". But did the American colonists truly trust in God in the founding of the United States? The product of nine years of research, this new work challenges much of what most of us learned in school about the founding of America and the American Revolution. Bercot's well-documented findings will surprise many people.

You might think you had a front-row seat to the shocking scandals of Benghazi, the IRS targeting of conservatives, Fast & Furious, illegal email servers, mishandling America's secrets and cover-ups at the EPA. The rest of the story, told here for the first time, is even more troubling. In...

This course examines the life of Benjamin Franklin and his influence on both American and world history. He remains the model of the American thinker - a man who was interested in nearly everything, and who pursued those interests with an admirable and contagious passion. To study Franklin's life is to learn not only the history of a single man, but to understand some of the most monumental changes in all of human history.

From the author of 1491—the best-selling study of the pre-Columbian Americas—a deeply engaging new history of the most momentous biological event since the death of the dinosaurs. More than 200 million years ago, geological forces split apart the continents. Isolated from each other, the two...

In 1528, a mission set out from Spain to colonize Florida. But the expedition went horribly wrong: Delayed by a hurricane, knocked off course by a colossal error of navigation, and ultimately doomed by a disastrous decision to separate the men from their ships, the mission quickly became a desperate journey of survival. Of the 300 men who had embarked on the journey, only four survived - three Spaniards and an African slave.

There has never been a nation like the United States of America. Its impact on the world is unprecedented in all of human history. After two and a half centuries of existence, it is difficult to imagine what the world would be like without it. But how did it come into existence? Who has really done justice to this astonishing story? Innumerable books have been written about the American Revolution, but the definitive treatment of the full story simply does not exist—certainly not in our generation.

Although the first enslaved Africans arrived in Jamestown in 1619, European slavery in America began more than a century before. In a work distinguished not only by its original research but by its “passionate prose” (James F. Brooks), historian Linford Fisher demonstrates how the...

In the bitter winter of January 1692, Arctic air hovered over the coastal community, trapping the snow-capped village in a perpetual state of bone-chilling temperatures. But within the bleakness, a new kind of fear also settled over Salem. The trouble began in the parsonage. One morning, 9-year-old Elizabeth Parris awoke exhibiting strange symptoms. Down the hall, her eleven-year-old cousin, Abigail Williams, displayed similar symptoms. The doctor was called, but no explanation could be found to account for such disturbing behavior.

For generations, many Americans first encountered Puritan New England through Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter. Its unforgettable story of shame, secrecy, hypocrisy, and moral judgment became more than a literary classic. For countless listeners, it also became the defining picture of an entire civilization. But how closely did Hawthorne’s fictional world resemble the society he portrayed?

Based on over twenty years of original archival research, this history unfolds a nearly day-by-day narrative of the Salem Witch Trials as the citizens of Salem experienced the outbreak of hysteria...

Step into an atmospheric historical journey and experience the relentless daily survival of an 18th-century homesteader. This grounding day-in-the-life narrative transports you from the first freezing breath of predawn to the comforting warmth of the evening hearth. Perfect for a reflective...

Experience the gritty culinary history of early American settlement, where daily survival meant outsmarting starvation. Perfect for an educational commute, this immersive narrative drops you into the freezing, wind-scoured shoreline camps of 17th-century New England. Witness a fragile community...

Face the ultimate historical survival test in a gritty, immersive journey that drops you directly into early America. Satisfy your historical curiosity during your daily commute with a tense, atmospheric adventure where every split-second choice determines whether you eat, freeze, or fall victim...

Explore a chilling historical mystery where an entire 16th-century colonial settlement vanishes into the wild. Perfect for an engaging daily commute, this atmospheric journey reconstructs the fateful transatlantic voyage to the rugged shores of the Outer Banks. You will navigate the treacherous...

Dive into America's oldest unsolved historical mystery and investigate the haunting disappearance of an entire colony. Perfect for your morning commute, this suspenseful narrative transports you to the treacherous Outer Banks of the sixteenth century. Here, English imperial ambition violently...

Unravel the ultimate historical mystery of a doomed colonial expedition and the chilling vanishing of its settlers. Perfect for an immersive commute or suspenseful listening, this gripping historical narrative transports you to the treacherous sixteenth-century Atlantic coast. You will plunge...

Experience a thrilling military history where thirteen underdog colonies risk everything to overthrow a mighty empire. Perfect for your daily commute, this immersive narrative transforms dry dates into a dramatic saga of political defiance and battlefield survival. Whether you are a lifelong...