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

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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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