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    The Jefferson Lies: Exposing the Myths You've Always Believed About Thomas Jefferson , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 420min
    America, in so many ways, has forgotten: Its roots, its purpose, its identity - all have become shrouded behind a veil of political correctness bent on twisting the nation’s founding, and its founders, to fit within a misshapen modern mold. The time has come to remember again. In The Jefferson Lies, prominent historian David Barton sets out to correct the distorted image of once-beloved founding father Thomas Jefferson. To do so, Barton tackles seven myths head-on, including: Did Thomas Jefferson really have a child by his young slave girl, Sally Hemings? Did he write his own Bible, excluding the parts of Christianity with which he disagreed? Was he a racist who opposed civil rights and equality for black Americans? Did he, in his pursuit of separation of church and state, advocate the secularizing of public life? Through Jefferson’s own words and the eyewitness testimony of contemporaries, Barton repaints a portrait of the man from Monticello as a visionary, an innovator, a man who revered Jesus, a classical Renaissance man - and a man whose pioneering stand for liberty and God-given inalienable rights fostered a better world for this nation and its posterity. For America, the time to remember these truths again is now. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Bill DeWees. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/oasi/001022/bk_oasi_001022_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    1773 births
    1773 births ab 46.99 € als Taschenbuch: Thomas Young William Henry Harrison Louis Philippe I George Cayley Klemens von Metternich Sally Hemings Arthur Aikin James Mill Ludwig Tieck Don Benedicto Dimaculangan Tuazon Jean Victor de Constant Rebecque. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Taschenbücher, Wirtschaft & Soziales,
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    King of Shadows (Dramatized), Hörbuch, Digital, 104min
    King of Shadows carries us to London along with a troupe of young American actors to perform A Midsummer Night's Dream in the new Globe Theatre. But through the magic of Susan Cooper's imagination, the journey takes us through time, where one of the young actors discovers he has become a friend of, and actor alongside, none other than William Shakespeare. Audiobook cast principals (in order of appearance): John Romeo as Arby/Richard Burbage/Bottom Beau Melita as Eric Sawyer/Alex/Fairy Rob Dalton as Gil Warmun/John Hemings/Theseus John Scala as Joe Wilson/Harry/Titania Christopher Di Maria as Ferdie/Nick/Quince/Fairy Thomas Caska as Hy Schwartz/Thomas/Snout Mary Jane Hansen as Rachel Levin/Mistress Fawcett Aaron Marquise as David Roper/Felon/Fairy Will Deddrick as Sam/Hippolyta P.J. Verhoest as Nat Field/Puck Susan Cicarelli-Caputa as Maria/Aunt Jen Carole Edie Smith as Nurse Jenkins/Barbara Celia Mitchell as Queen Elizabeth Sean Patrick Fagan as Paddy/H. Condell/Moonshine/Fairy Ron Komora as Doctor/Joseph/Dog Owner David Bunce as Will Shakespeare/Oberon John McGuire as Nurse Stevens/Lord Randal Charles Franklin as Nathan/Fairy Devan Baumstein as Hospital Orderly/Lady in Waiting Ryan Goodale as Hospital Orderly/A Soldier Marcus Leff as A Dog George Franklin as Child Language: English. Narrator: full cast. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/pf/nyst/000003/pf_nyst_000003_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    1835 deaths
    1835 deaths ab 48.99 € als Taschenbuch: Wilhelm von Humboldt Francis II Holy Roman Emperor Vincenzo Bellini John Nash Sally Hemings Tomás de Zumalacárregui Catharina of Württemberg Karl Böttiger François Tourte Nicolas Anselme Baptiste William Cobbett Felicia Hemans. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Taschenbücher, Geist & Wissen,
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    America's First Daughter: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1408min
    In a compelling, richly researched novel that draws from thousands of letters and original sources, best-selling authors Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie tell the fascinating, untold story of Thomas Jefferson's eldest daughter, Martha "Patsy" Jefferson Randolph - a woman who kept the secrets of our most enigmatic founding father and shaped an American legacy. From her earliest days, Patsy Jefferson knows that though her father loves his family dearly, his devotion to his country runs deeper still. As Thomas Jefferson's oldest daughter, she becomes his helpmate, protector, and constant companion in the wake of her mother's death, traveling with him when he becomes American minister to France. It is in Paris, at the glittering court and among the first tumultuous days of revolution, that 15-year-old Patsy learns about her father's troubling liaison with Sally Hemings, a slave girl her own age. Meanwhile Patsy has fallen in love - with her father's protégé, William Short, a staunch abolitionist and ambitious diplomat. Torn between love, principles, and the bonds of family, Patsy questions whether she can choose a life as William's wife and still be a devoted daughter. Her choice will follow her in the years to come to Virginia farmland, Monticello, and even the White House. And as scandal, tragedy, and poverty threaten her family, Patsy must decide how much she will sacrifice to protect her father's reputation, in the process defining not just his political legacy but that of the nation he founded. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cassandra Campbell. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/005016/bk_harp_005016_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    My Thomas , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 782min
    When Martha Skelton finds herself falling in love with a shy young burgess named Thomas Jefferson, it feels like an inconvenience. Widowed at 22, Martha has no desire to lose the independence she has gained in the wake of her husband's death. But she cannot deny her feelings indefinitely. Despite her intentions, her friendship with Thomas develops into an intense and all-consuming love. History casts a shadow on Martha's newfound joy. Through her father's slave and mistress, Betty Hemings, she comes to understand the true nature of slavery, an institution she has always taken for granted. As Betty's revelations tear down the walls of her ignorance, Martha begins to work with her husband to end the despicable practice forever. This story is true. Thomas Jefferson was such an obsessive record-keeper that we know what he was doing nearly every day of his adult life, and all the public things he is quoted as saying in My Thomas come from his contemporary writings. Martha's marriage to Thomas spanned the decade from 1772 to 1782, so it put her at the center of the audacious grab at freedom that was the American Revolution. Jefferson's writings suggest that if he had not been widowed, he would have retired from politics following the war and devoted himself to finding a way to end slavery that could have truly and forever healed the separations between the races. It is hard to hear Martha's story now and not think about what might have been. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Roberta Grimes. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/079668/bk_acx0_079668_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Monticello: The History of Thomas Jefferson's Famous Estate , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 90min
    [A]nd our own dear Monticello, where has Nature spread so rich a mantle under the eye? Mountains, forests, rocks, rivers. With what majesty do we there ride above the storms! How sublime to look down into the workhouse of nature, to see her clouds, hail, snow, rain, thunder, all fabricated at our feet! And the glorious Sun, when rising as if out of a distant water, just gilding the tops of the mountains, and giving life to all nature! - Thomas Jefferson, letter to Maria Cosway, 1786 Nobody spent more time in the thick of the Revolutionary era than Thomas Jefferson, one of the most famous and revered Americans. Jefferson was instrumental in all of the debates before the Revolution, authoring the Declaration of Independence, laying out the ideological groundwork of the notion of states' rights, leading one of the first political parties, and overseeing the expansion of the United States during his presidency. For all of his accomplishments, Jefferson's reputation and legacy are still inextricably intertwined with the divisive issues of his own day. As the slaveholder who wrote that all men are created equal, and his relationship with one of his slaves, Sally Hemings, Jefferson's life and career are still sometimes fiercely debated today. Few Presidents are remembered for their homes, but Jefferson's Monticello is the greatest exception to that rule, and to this day it remains one of the nation's most instantly recognizable landmarks. Includes pictures Includes Jefferson's writings about Monticello and its construction Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading Includes a table of contents ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Neil Holmes. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/034107/bk_acx0_034107_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    1730s births
    1730s births ab 17.99 € als Taschenbuch: Vasili Bazhenov Benedict Swingate Calvert John MacBride Philemon Pownoll Skeffington Lutwidge Christopher Billop John Bowman Betty Hemings Jacinto Canek Francis Barber Richard Penn Francisco Gil de Taboada Sally Fairfax. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Taschenbücher, Geist & Wissen,
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    Thomas Jefferson  , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 454min
    Thomas Jefferson designed his own tombstone, describing himself simply as "Author of the Declaration of Independence and of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia". It is in this simple epitaph that R. B. Bernstein finds the key to this enigmatic Founder - not as a great political figure, but as leader of "a revolution of ideas that would make the world over again". In Thomas Jefferson, Bernstein offers the definitive short biography of this revered American - the first concise life in six decades. Bernstein deftly synthesizes the massive scholarship on his subject into a swift, insightful, evenhanded account. Here are all of Jefferson's triumphs, contradictions, and failings, from his luxurious (and debt-burdened) life as a Virginia gentleman to his passionate belief in democracy, from his tortured defense of slavery to his relationship with Sally Hemings. Jefferson was indeed multifaceted - an architect, inventor, writer, diplomat, propagandist, planter, party leader - and Bernstein explores all these roles even as he illuminates Jefferson's central place in the American enlightenment, that "revolution of ideas" that did so much to create the nation we know today. Together with the less well-remembered points in Jefferson's thinking - the nature of the Union, his vision of who was entitled to citizenship, his dread of debt (both personal and national) - they form the heart of this lively biography. In this marvel of compression and comprehension, we see Jefferson more clearly than in the massive studies of earlier generations. More important, we see, in Jefferson's visionary ideas, the birth of the nation's grand sense of purpose. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Phil Holland. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/011610/bk_adbl_011610_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Intimate Lives of the Founding Fathers , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1063min
    With his usual storytelling flair and unparalleled research, Tom Fleming offers a compelling, intimate look at the founders—George Washington, Ben Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison—and the women who played essential roles in their lives. From hot-tempered Mary Ball Washington to promiscuous Rachel Lavien Hamilton, the founding fathers’ mothers powerfully shaped their sons’ visions of domestic life. But lovers and wives played more critical roles as friends and often partners in fame. We learn of the youthful Washington’s tortured love for the coquettish Sarah Fairfax, wife of his close friend; of Franklin's two “wives,” one in London and one in Philadelphia; of Adams’s long absences, which required a lonely, deeply unhappy Abigail to keep home and family together for years on end; of Hamilton’s adulterous betrayal of his wife and their reconciliation; and how the brilliant Madison was jilted by a flirtatious fifteen-year-old and went on to marry the effervescent Dolley, who helped make this shy man into a popular president. Jefferson’s controversial relationship to Sally Hemings is also examined, with a different vision of where his heart lay. Fleming nimbly takes us through a great deal of early American history, as the founding fathers strove to reconcile their private and public lives, often beset by a media every bit as gossip-seeking and inflammatory as ours today. He offers a powerful look at the challenges women faced in the late eighteenth and early 19th centuries. While often brilliant and articulate, the wives of the founding fathers all struggled with the distractions and dangers of frequent childbearing and searing anxiety about infant mortality. All the more remarkable, then, that these women loomed so large in the lives of their husbands—and, in some cases, their country. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Arthur Morey. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/003940/bk_blak_003940_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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