General Information
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 Title:                  1776 - Disc 01
 Author:                 David McCullough
 Read By:                David McCullough
 Audiobook Copyright:    05-20-05
 Genre:                  Spoken Word
 Publisher:              Simon & Schuster Audio
 Abridged:               No

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 Number of MP3s:         198
 Total Duration:         11:22:16
 Total MP3 Size:         321.54
 Parity Archive:         Yes
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Book Description
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Audible Editor Reviews

Why we think it's Essential: McCullough has multiple Pulitzers and an 
AudioFile Earphones Award for a reason. His journalistically rich account 
is perfectly paired with his pleasant and matter-of-fact narrative tone, 
revealing the complicated realities of the most pivotal year in American 
history. If you are even slightly interested in the Revolutionary War, 
then this is a must-listen. —Chris Doheny

Publisher's Summary

In this stirring audiobook, David McCullough tells the intensely human 
story of those who marched with General George Washington in the year 
of the Declaration of Independence, when the whole American cause was 
riding on their success, without which all hope for independence would 
have been dashed and the noble ideals of the Declaration would have 
amounted to little more than words on paper.

Based on extensive research in both American and British archives, 1776 
is the story of Americans in the ranks, men of every shape, size, and 
color, farmers, schoolteachers, shoemakers, no-accounts, and mere boys 
turned soldiers. And it is the story of the British commander, William 
Howe, and his highly disciplined redcoats, who looked on their rebel 
foes with contempt and fought with a valor too little known. But it 
is the American commander-in-chief who stands foremost: Washington, 
who had never before led an army in battle.

The darkest hours of that tumultuous year were as dark as any Americans 
have known. Especially in our own tumultuous time, 1776 is powerful 
testimony to how much is owed to a rare few in that brave founding epoch, 
and what a miracle it was that things turned out as they did.

Written as a companion work to his celebrated biography of John Adams, 
David McCullough's 1776 is another landmark in the literature of American 
history.


What the Critics Say

    * 2005 Audie Award Nominee, Narration by the Author
    * 2005 Publishers Weekly Listen Up Award, Nonfiction

"A first-rate historical account." (Booklist)
"A narrative tour de force, exhibiting all the hallmarks the author 
is known for: fascinating subject matter, expert research, and detailed, 
graceful prose....Simply put, this is history writing at its best from 
one of its top practitioners." (Publishers Weekly)
"A stirring and timely work, reminding us that it's soldiers rather 
than 'tavern patriots and windy politicians' who have always paid the 
price of American idealism and determined its successes. (The New York 
Times)