The Men Who United The States: America's Explorers, Inventors, Eccentrics, And Mavericks, And The Creation Of One Nation, Indivisible

Tracklist

• CD 1: CD 1
• 1
  Opening Titles
  0:22
• 2
  Dedication
  1:47
• 3
  Author's Note
  2:39
• 4
  Preface: The Pure Physics Of Union A
  9:19
• 5
  Preface: The Pure Physics Of Union B
  10:37
• 6
  1 A View Across The Ridge (Part I: When America's Story Was Dominated By Wood, 1785-1805)
  7:46
• 7
  2a Drawing A Line In The Sand
  6:06
• 8
  2b Drawing A Line In The Sand
  9:49
• 9
  2c Drawing A Line In The Sand
  6:28
• 10
  3a Peering Through The Trees
  10:48
• 11
  3b Peering Through The Trees
  3:48
• CD 2: CD 2
• 1
  4a The Frontier And The Thesis
  9:14
• 2
  4b The Frontier And The Thesis
  6:22
• 3
  5a The Wood Was Become Grass
  8:51
• 4
  5b The Wood Was Become Grass
  7:13
• 5
  6a Encounters With The Sioux
  6:11
• 6
  6b Encounters With The Sioux
  9:09
• 7
  7 First Lady Of The Plains
  6:42
• 8
  8 High Plains Rafters
  5:24
• 9
  9 Passing The Gateway
  6:34
• CD 3: CD 3
• 1
  9b Passing The Gateway
  7:37
• 2
  9c Passing The Gateway
  5:30
• 3
  10a Shoreline Passage
  6:35
• 4
  10b Shoreline Passage
  5:46
• 5
  The Lasting Benefit Of Harmony (Part II: When America's Story Went Beneath The Earth, 1809-1901)
  5:56
• 6
  The Science That Changed America
  4:40
• 7
  Drawing The Colors Of Rocks
  3:38
• 8
  The Wellspring Of Knowledge
  9:45
• 9
  The Tapestry Of Underneath
  6:56
• 10
  Setting The Lures
  9:38
• CD 4: CD 4
• 1
  17a Off To See The Elephant
  7:57
• 2
  17b Off To See The Elephant
  7:01
• 3
  18a The West, Revealed
  9:35
• 4
  18b The West, Revealed
  7:01
• 5
  19a The Singular First Adventure Of Kapurats
  9:52
• 6
  19b The Singular First Adventure Of Kapurats
  8:00
• 7
  19c The Singular First Adventure Of Kapurats
  9:13
• CD 5: CD 5
• 1
  20a The Men Who Gave Us Yellowstone
  7:18
• 2
  20b The Men Who Gave Us Yellowstone
  11:38
• 3
  21a Diamonds, Sex, And Race
  8:19
• 4
  21b Diamonds, Sex, And Race
  11:55
• 5
  21c Diamonds, Sex, And Race
  10:41
• 6
  21d Diamonds, Sex, And Race
  10:24
• 7
  22a Journeys To The Fall Line (Part III: When The American Story Traveled By Water, 1803-1900)
  7:12
• 8
  22b Journeys To The Fall Line
  7:32
• CD 6: CD 6
• 1
  23a The Streams Beyond The Hills
  9:42
• 2
  23b The Streams Beyond The Hills
  6:40
• 3
  24a The Pivot And The Feather
  6:28
• 4
  24b The Pivot And The Feather
  7:29
• 5
  25a The First Big Dig
  7:42
• 6
  25b The First Big Dig
  8:20
• 7
  26 The Wedded Waters Of New York
  19:42
• CD 7: CD 7
• 1
  26b The Wedded Waters Of New York
  6:53
• 2
  26c The Wedded Waters Of New York
  8:00
• 3
  27a The Linkman Cometh
  7:07
• 4
  27b The Linkman Cometh
  8:02
• 5
  28a That Ol' Man River
  9:07
• 6
  28b That Ol' Man River
  7:10
• 7
  28c That Ol' Man River
  8:25
• 8
  28d That Ol' Man River
  4:58
• 9
  29a May The Roads Rise Up (Part IV: When The American Story Was Fanned By Fire, 1811-1956)
  7:13
• 10
  29b May The Roads Rise Up
  8:29
• CD 8: CD 8
• 1
  30a Rain, Steam, And Speed
  6:17
• 2
  31a The Annihilation Of The In-Between
  5:47
• 3
  31b The Annihilation Of The In-Between
  7:12
• 4
  32a The Immortal Legacy Of Crazy Judah
  9:02
• 5
  32b The Immortal Legacy Of Crazy Judah
  11:02
• 6
  32c The Immortal Legacy Of Crazy Judah
  10:02
• 7
  32d The Immortal Legacy Of Crazy Judah
  11:08
• CD 9: CD 9
• 1
  33a Major Eisenhower's Epiphanic Expedition
  10:32
• 2
  33b Major Eisenhower's Epiphanic Expedition
  8:31
• 3
  33c Major Eisenhower's Epiphanic Expedition
  7:08
• 4
  34a The Colossus Of Roads
  10:50
• 5
  34b The Colossus Of Roads
  7:58
• 6
  34c The Colossus Of Roads
  6:46
• 7
  35a And Then We Looked Up
  8:48
• CD 10: CD 10
• 1
  36a The Twelve-Week Crossing
  8:12
• 2
  36b The Twelve-Week Crossing
  11:44
• 3
  37 To Go, But Not To Move (Part V: When The American Story Was Told Through Metal, 1835-Tomorrow)
  9:39
• 4
  38a The Man Who Tamed The Lightning
  9:33
• 5
  38b The Man Who Tamed The Lightning
  10:17
• 6
  38c The Man Who Tamed The Lightning
  9:23
• 7
  39 The Signal Power Of Human Speech
  11:35
• 8
  40a With Power For One And All
  5:54
• CD 11: CD 11
• 1
  40b With Power For One And All
  10:38
• 2
  40c With Power For One And All
  8:54
• 3
  40d With Power For One And All
  6:51
• 4
  41a Lighting The Corn, Powering The Prairie
  8:27
• 5
  41b Lighting The Corn, Powering The Prairie
  8:21
• 6
  42a The Talk Of The Nation
  11:17
• 7
  42b The Talk Of The Nation
  8:48
• 8
  43a Making Money From Air
  11:30
• CD 12: CD 12
• 1
  43b Making Money From Air
  9:09
• 2
  44a Television: The Irresistible Force
  10:46
• 3
  44b Television: The Irresistible Force
  10:44
• 4
  45a The All Of Some Knowledge
  9:56
• 5
  45b The All Of Some Knowledge
  10:19
• 6
  Epilogue
  11:47
• 7
  Acknowledgments
  2:39
• 8
  Credits
  0:47

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