A Documentary History of the United States

Richard D. Heffner · Alexander B. Heffner

May 2020 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Alexander B. Heffner and Joe Barrett

About this audiobook

Accompanied by interpretations of their significance by noted historian Richard D. Heffner and journalist Alexander Heffner, this book includes important documents such as: - The complete text of the Declaration of Independence - The complete Constitution of the United States - The Emancipation Proclamation - Franklin D. Roosevelt's "Four Freedoms" Speech - Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech - Documents relating to September 11, 2001 and the Iraq War

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About the author

Richard D. Heffner taught history and political science at the University of California, Sarah Lawrence College, the New School for Social Research, and NYU. He also produced and moderated his prizewinning public television series, Richard Heffner's Open Mind, for fifty years.

Alexander B. Heffner is a journalist whose writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, the Philadelphia Inquirer, USA Today, and Newsday among other leading publications. He is the current host of Open Mind, the weekly PBS talk show.

Joe Barrett has been a working stage, screen, and recording booth actor since 1974 and an award-winning and eight-time Audie Award-nominated audiobook narrator since 1999. He also practiced law for five years-but don't hold that against him. Joe is married to actress Andrea Wright, and together they have four children.