Wayne M. Lane has narrated 4 audiobooks on Listento.it by 4 authors. The most-rated is Silent Warriors, Incredible Courage.
Blood in the Borderlands
Summary
The Bents might be the most famous family in the history of the American West. From the 1820s to 1920 they participated in many of the major events that shaped the Rocky Mountains and Southern Plains. They trapped beaver, navigated the Santa Fe Trail, intermarried with powerful Indian tribes, governed territories, became Indian agents, fought against the US government, acquired land grants, and created historical narratives. The Bent family’s financial and political success through the mid-19th century derived from the marriages of Bent men to women of influential borderland families - New Mexican and Southern Cheyenne. When mineral discoveries, the Civil War, and railroad construction led to territorial expansions that threatened to overwhelm the West’s oldest inhabitants and their relatives, the Bents took up education, diplomacy, violence, entrepreneurialism, and the writing of history to maintain their status and influence. In Blood in the Borderlands David C. Beyreis provides an in-depth portrait of how the Bent family creatively adapted in the face of difficult circumstances. The Bent family history is a remarkable story of intercultural cooperation, horrific violence, and pragmatic adaptability in the face of expanding American power. The book is published by University of Nebraska Press. The audiobook is published by University Press Audiobooks. “A remarkable book about what may well have been the most remarkable family of the American West.” (Pekka Hämäläinen, author of The Comanche Empire) “That rare volume that really should appeal to scholars and lay people alike.” (Andrew R. Graybill, author of The Red and the White: A Family Saga of the American West)
©2020 Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska (P)2021 Redwood Audiobooks
Captives of Liberty
Summary
Contrary to popular belief, the American Revolutionary War was not a limited and restrained struggle for political self-determination. From the onset of hostilities, British authorities viewed their American foes as traitors to be punished, and British abuse of American prisoners - both tacitly condoned and at times officially sanctioned - proliferated. Meanwhile, more than 17,000 British and Allied soldiers fell into American hands during the Revolution. For a fledgling nation that could barely afford to keep an army in the field, the issue of how to manage prisoners of war was daunting. Captives of Liberty examines how America's founding generation grappled with the problems posed by prisoners of war and how this influenced the wider social and political legacies of the Revolution. As the British denied customary protections to their American captives, the revolutionary leadership wasted no time in capitalizing on the prisoners' ordeals for propagandistic purposes. Enraged, ordinary Americans began to demand vengeance, and they viewed British soldiers and their German and Native American auxiliaries as appropriate targets. This cycle of violence spiraled out of control, transforming the struggle for colonial independence into a revolutionary war. The book is published by University of Pennsylvania Press. The audiobook is published by University Press Audiobooks. Praise for the book: "Shines brilliant new light on the question of just how brutal the American Revolutionary War really was...a magisterial work." (James Kirby Martin, author of Benedict Arnold, Revolutionary Hero) "A significant contribution to the historiography of the Revolution." (Andrew O'Shaughnessy, author of The Men Who Lost America) "This superb and engrossing study presents a war not only for but also between hearts and minds..." (Holly Mayer, author of Belonging to the Army)
©2020 University of Pennsylvania Press (P)2020 Redwood Audiobooks
America's Failing Economy and the Rise of Ronald Reagan
Summary
This book examines one of the most important economic outcomes in American history - the breakdown of the Keynesian Revolution. Drawing on economic literature, the memoirs of economists and politicians, and the popular press, Eric Crouse examines how economic decline in the 1970s precipitated a political revolution. Keynesian thought flourished through the presidencies of Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, and Gerald Ford, until stagflation devastated American workers and Jimmy Carter’s economic policies faltered, setting the stage for the 1980 presidential campaign. Tracking years of shifting public opinion and colorful debate between free-market and Keynesian economists, this book illuminates a neglected era of American economic history and shows how Ronald Reagan harnessed a vision of small government and personal freedom that transformed the American political landscape. The book is published by Palgrave MacMillan. The audiobook is published by University Press Audiobooks. “Eric Crouse is a masterful narrator and analyst of significant developments in twentieth century and current political-economic thought.” (Brian Domitrovic, Associate Professor of History, Sam Houston State University, USA)
©2018 The Editor(s) and Eric R. Crouse (P)2020 Redwood Audiobooks
Silent Warriors, Incredible Courage
Summary
The outbreak of the Korean War in June 1950 took the American military by surprise. Rushing to respond, the US and its allies developed a selective overflight program to gather intelligence. Silent Warriors, Incredible Courage is a history of the Cold War overflights of the Soviet Union, its allies, and the People's Republic of China, based on extensive interviews with dozens of pilots who flew these dangerous missions. In 1954 the number of flights expanded, and the highly classified SENSINT program was born. Soon, American RB-45C, RB-47E/H, RF/100s, and various versions of the RB-57 were in the air on an almost constant basis, providing the president and military leadership with hard facts about enemy capabilities and intentions. Eventually the SENSINT program was replaced by the high-flying U-2 spy plane. The U-2 overflights removed the mysteries of Soviet military power. These flights remained active until 1960 when a U-2 was shot down by Russian missiles, leading to the end of the program. Shortly thereafter planes were replaced by spy satellites. The overflights were so highly classified that no one, planner or participant, was allowed to talk about them - and no one did, until the overflight program and its pictorial record was declassified in the 1990's. Through extensive research of existing literature on the overflights and interviews conducted by Wolfgang W. E. Samuel, this audiobook reveals the story of the entire overflight program through the eyes of the pilots and crew who flew the planes. Samuel's account tells the stories of American heroes who risked their lives - and sometimes lost them - to protect their country. The book is published by University Press of Mississippi. The audiobook is published by University Press Audiobooks.
©2019 University Press of Mississippi (P)2019 Redwood Audiobooks