Sounding Forth The Trumpet

Sounding Forth The Trumpet
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Sounding Forth The Trumpet

Information on Sounding Forth The Trumpet from the publisher:

This survey of America's history between 1837 and 1860 deals with the agonizing issues connected with bringing the ideal of equality into conformity with actual practice as the country was forced to finally deal with the tragic reality of slavery

Description of Peter Marshall, author of Sounding Forth The Trumpet:

Sounding Forth The Trumpet brings to life one of the most crucial epochs in our nation's history--the events leading up to and precipitating the Civil War. Narrated by Peter Marshall, this audiobook chronicles the Gold Rush, the Mexican War, the skirmishes of Bleeding Kansas, and the emergence of Abraham Lincoln. The tragic issue of slavery provides the narrative focus throughout the book, opening with John Quincy Adams's struggle to preserve the right of petition in Congress and closing with the election of 1860. This popular U.S. history series also contains The Light and the Glory and From Sea to Shining Sea. Abridged. 3 cassettes. 4 hours, 30 minutes.