Independence Day Special Edition 2019

Hello fellow Accomplice!

And welcome to our 4th o’ July Special Edition newsletter!

Yeah yeah yeah. For Independence Day, everybody is honoring the Founding Fathers and such all, but here we’re honoring History and The American Dream.

We also think today is a fine time to remember that sometimes the cost of that dream is pretty high, so let’s all be grateful that we’re living in a country where ya can do stuff like listen to audiobooks safely.

The following, and on our Independence Day Special Occasion page, are books we’ve gleaned from our Reviews which give just a taste of where we’ve been as a country, warts and all, and where we are now. To start, the first book reminds of a time, 9/11, where we aaaaaalmost were ALL Americans...

As always, feel free to suggest favorite audiobooks about ourselves as Americans, as people with histories, as people with futures here. Just send a Comment from below this newsletter, or email me at Gillian@AudiobookAccomplice.com!

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Audiobook Accomplice Towers Falling Review — **Towers Falling**

*Written and Narrated By: Jewell Parker Rhodes*
Length: 4 hrs and 11 mins
**Because shouldn’t we be a much bigger, more unified community? Let Deja tell the tale…**

Audiobook Accomplice Lafayette in the Somewhat United States Review — **Lafayette in The Somewhat United States**

*By: Sarah Vowell / Narrated By: Sarah Vowell and Cast*
Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
**The world’s unlikeliest narration had me ultimately enjoying the hell outta this one!**

Audiobook Accomplice The Field of Blood Review — **The Field of Blood:** Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War

*Written and Narrated By: Joanne B. Freeman*
Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
**Holy cow! And I thought things were pretty bad now…!**

Audiobook Accomplice The American Home Front: 1941-1942 Review — **The American Home Front: 1941-1942**

*By: Alistair Cooke / Narrated By: John Byrne Cooke*
Length: 13 hrs and 56 mins
**Is it shameful that I really wish someone other than Alistair’s son narrated this?**

Audiobook Accomplice Travels with Charley in Search of America Review — **Travels with Charley in Search of America**

*By: John Steinbeck / Narrated By: Gary Sinese*
Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
**Wonderful Charley, wonderful stories. But the heartstopper is The South**

Audiobook Accomplice Dreams from My Father Review — **Dreams from My Father:** A Story of Race and Inheritance

*Written and Narrated By: Barack Obama*
Length: 7 hrs and 8 mins
**The End Notes were the best part… >Heavy Sigh<**

Audiobook Accomplice Becoming Review — **Becoming**

*Written and Narrated By: Michelle Obama*
Length: 19 hrs and 3 mins
**A long and heartfelt journey**

Audiobook Accomplice A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety Review — **A Full Life:** Reflections at Ninety

*Written and Narrated By: Jimmy Carter*
Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins
**Changing times; unwavering values**

Audiobook Accomplice Fear Review — **Fear**

*By Bob Woodward / Narrated By: Robert Petkoff*
Length: 12 hrs and 20 mins
**Just can’t turn away from a train wreck**

Audiobook Accomplice Them: Why We Hate Each Other - And How To Heal Review — **Them:** Why We Hate Each Other - And How To Heal

*Written and Narrated By: Ben Sasse*
Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
**A left-of-center woman listens to a right-wing kind of guy**

Audiobook Accomplice Immigration and the American Backlash Review — **Immigration and the American Backlash**

*By: John Tirman / Narrated By: Jim Sartor*
Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
**Since when have human rights and dignity been left or right issues?**

Audiobook Accomplice The Devil’s Highway Review — **The Devil’s Highway:** A True Story

*Written and Narrated By: Luis Alberto Urrea*
Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
**Brutal yet humane account; exquisitely written, exquisitely narrated**

Audiobook Accomplice The House Of Broken Angels Review — **The House Of Broken Angels**

*Written and Narrated By: Luis Alberto Urrea*
Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
**Five stars! No, six! No, ten! Twenty stars for this BEAUTIFUL book!!!**

Audiobook Accomplice On Gold Mountain Review — **On Gold Mountain:** The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family

*By: Lisa See / Narrated By: Kate Reading*
Length: 18 hours and 6 mins
**An unconventional family, ESPECIALLY considering the times!**

Audiobook Accomplice Farewell to Manzanar Review — **Farewell to Manzanar**

*By: Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston / Narrated By: Jennifer Ikeda*
Length: 4 hrs and 59 mins
**A young girl’s account of Internment—very good, tho’ a trifle sad…**

Audiobook Accomplice Help Me to Find My People Review — **Help Me to Find My People:** The African American Search for Family Lost in Slavery

*By: Heather Andrea Williams / Narrated By: Robin Miles*
Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
**If you ever thought you knew about the evils of slavery? You have NO idea—here we go**

Audiobook Accomplice Warriors Don’t Cry Review — **Warriors Don’t Cry:** A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock’s Central High

*By: Melba Pattillo Beals / Narrated By: Lisa Reneé Pitts*
Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
**Unbelievable! Filled with rage, violence. Filled with love, innocence.**

Audiobook Accomplice Hidden Figures Review — **Hidden Figures:** The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race

*By: Margot Lee Shetterly / Narrated By: Robin Miles*
Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
**Worth it for the prologue and the epilogue**

Audiobook Accomplice The Book of Pride Review — **The Book of Pride:** LGBTQ Heroes Who Changed the World

By: Mason Funk / Narrated By: Mason Funk, Robin Miles, Eileen Stevens, Kevin R. Free, Charles Constant, Rick Adamson
Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
**A VERY important book tho’ 10 hours of snippets gets to sounding a tad repetitive**

Audiobook Accomplice Football For A Buck Review — **Football For A Buck:** The Crazy Rise and Crazier Demise of the USFL

*By: Jeff Pearlman / Narrated By: Joel Richards*
Length: 14 hrs and 12 mins
**Crazy players, crazy owners, just a fun and crazy ride**

Audiobook Accomplice Chesapeake Requiem Review — **Chesapeake Requiem:** A Year with the Watermen of Vanishing Tangier Island

*By: Earl Swift / Narrated By: Tom Parks*
Length: 12 hrs and 51 mins
**Jeepers! Almost 13 hrs of wanting to throttle people…!**

Well, we certainly had quite an experience gathering this all for you. Hopefully you found it all thought provoking on the one hand and maybe inspiring on the other.

Let’s all be kind to each other, and may I say it:

Huzzah!!!

Your Accomplice, Gillian

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