We Look Like Men Of War by William R. ForstchenRequirements: .MP3 reader, 172 mbOverview: “I was born a slave, as was my father before me, but I shall die a free man….” Thus begins the poignant story of Samuel Washburn, born a slave in 1850. A young master’s cruelty leads to an unforeseen confrontation, which […]
Days Of Infamy by William R. Forstchen, Newt Gingrich (Pacific War Series 02)Requirements: .MP3 reader, 319 mbOverview: Gingrich and Forstchen’s now critically acclaimed approach, which they term “active history,” examines how a change in but one decision might have profoundly altered American history. In Pearl Harbor they explored how history might have been changed if […]
Pearl Harbor by William R. Forstchen, Newt Gingrich (Pacific War Series 01)Requirements: .MP3 reader, 344 MBOverview: President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s speech on December 8, 1941, lasted a mere six and half minutes. But his words and tone—in a monologue that would later be named the Infamy Speech—sent ripples into a nation and a world that […]
Never Call Retreat by William R. Forstchen, Newt Gingrich (Gettysburg Series 03)Requirements: .MP3 reader, 524 mbOverview: After his great victories at Gettysburg and Union Mills, General Robert E. Lee’s attempt to bring the war to a final conclusion by attacking Washington, D.C., fails. However, in securing Washington, the remnants of the valiant Union Army of […]
Grant Comes East by William R. Forstchen, Newt Gingrich (Gettysburg Series 02)Requirements: .MP3 reader, 453 MBOverview: It is July 10th, 1863, and Baltimore is in the hands of the Army of Northern Virginia under the command of Robert E. Lee. Shattered remnants of the Army of the Potomac have fallen back into Washington, digging in, […]