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.
