Cormac O'Brien has 3 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 3 narrators. The most-rated is Secret Lives of the U.S. Presidents.
Secret Lives of the Civil War
Summary
Legendary Heroes of U.S. History - As You’ve Never Seen Them Before! Secret Lives of the Civil War features irreverent and uncensored profiles of men and women from the Union and the Confederacy - complete with hundreds of little-known and downright bizarre facts. You’ll discover that: Mary Todd Lincoln claimed to receive valuable military strategies from ghosts in the spirit world. Jefferson Davis once imported camels for soldiers stationed in the American southwest. Ulysses S. Grant spent much of the Vicksburg campaign on a horse named “Kangaroo.” James Longstreet fought the Battle of Antietam wearing carpet slippers. William T. Sherman was the victim of two shipwrecks on the same day. Harriet Tubman experienced frequent and bizarre hallucinations. Stonewall Jackson was a notorious hypochondriac (he always sat up straight, fearing that slouching would compress his vital organs). With chapters on everyone from William Quantrill (a guerilla leader whose skull later ended up in the basement of a fraternity house) to Rose O’Neal Greenhow (perhaps the South’s most glamorous spy), Secret Lives of the Civil War features a mix of famous faces and unsung heroes. American history was never this much fun in school!
©2007 Cormac O'Brien (P)2013 Audible, Inc.
Secret Lives of the First Ladies
Summary
Scandals, Seduction, Addiction, Adultery, Horrific Fashions...And the White House?! Your high school history teachers never gave you a book like this one! Secret Lives of the First Ladies features outrageous and uncensored profiles of the women of the White House - complete with hundreds of little-known, politically incorrect, and downright wacko facts. You’ll discover that: Dolley Madison loved to chew tobacco Mary Todd Lincoln conducted séances on a regular basis Eleanor Roosevelt and Ellen Wilson both carried guns. Jacqueline Kennedy spent $121,000 on her wardrobe in a single year Betty Ford liked to chat on CB radios - her handle was “First Mama” Hillary Clinton dreamed of being an astronaut . With chapters on every woman who’s ever made it to the White House, Secret Lives of the First Ladies tackles all of the tough questions that other history books are afraid to ask: How many of these women owned slaves? Which ones were cheating on their husbands? And why was Eleanor Roosevelt serving hot dogs to the King and Queen of England? American history was never this much fun in school!
©2009 Cormac O'Brien (P)2013 Audible, Inc.
Secret Lives of the U.S. Presidents
Summary
Your high school history teachers never gave you a book like this one! Secret Lives of the U.S. Presidents features outrageous and uncensored profiles of the men in the White House - complete with hundreds of little-known, politically incorrect, and downright wacko facts. You’ll discover that: George Washington spent a whopping 7% of his salary on booze John Quincy Adams loved to skinny-dip in the Potomac River Gerald Ford once worked as a Cosmopolitan magazine cover model Warren G. Harding gambled with White House china when he ran low on cash Jimmy Carter reported a UFO sighting in Georgia And Richard Nixon . . . sheesh, don’t get us started on Nixon! With chapters on everyone from George Washington to Barack Obama, Secret Lives of the U.S. Presidents tackles all the tough questions that other history books are afraid to ask: How many of these guys were cheating on their wives? Are there really secret tunnels underneath the White House? And what was Nancy Reagan thinking when she appeared on Diff’rent Strokes? American history was never this much fun in school!
©2009 Cormac O'Brien (P)2013 Audible, Inc.