glyph 480: book, history, United States, English colonies ... history of freeorder ... praxeological, individualist perspective ... Ludwig von Mises Institute, Murray N. Rothbard ... iTunesU free audio files ... philosophy of history . Bacon's Rebellion & the nature of all revolutions

In the telling of history perspective is everything. Here is a history of the colonies that became the United States of America, told from the perspective of an individualist who understood freeorder (what works for explorers).

Conceived in Liberty is a history of the colonies that became the United States, as percieved by a master provider of tools for explorers, for all of us who value and seek freedom of thought, expression, and action. The perspective offered in these volumes will contribute to the formation of a new and better idea of who we are and what we can become. Stories with great heroes are the ground of everything, and you will find them here in richness that will astonish. This is not the story of our origins as usually told. Prepare to be surprised.

Four volumes, published by the Ludwig von Mises Institute.

Audio of all four volumes, for free download, prepared by the Ludwig von Mises Institute, read by Dr. Floy Lilley.

For a taste of the complexity and subtlety of the author's perspective, and to give you hope that you will learn new things, I recommend the audio of the story of Bacon's Rebellion, and of the Preface. -leif

• Preface (audio) to all four volumes: Rothbard's way of thinking about and writing history [11 minutes]
• Bacons Rebellion (audio), Conceived in Liberty, Volume I: "The Southern Colonies in the Seventeenth Century" [39 minutes]

Here are the direct links to the mp3 files at Mises Institute:

• Volume I - media.mises.org/mp3/audiobooks/rothbard/CIL/I/
• Volume II - media.mises.org/mp3/audiobooks/rothbard/CIL/II/
• Volume III - media.mises.org/mp3/audiobooks/rothbard/CIL/III/
• Volume IV - media.mises.org/mp3/audiobooks/rothbard/CIL/IV/

Here are links to each volume in Apple's iTunesU:

• Volume I
• Volume II
• Volume III
• Volume IV

One way to use the above links if iTunes is installed on your computer (it's free from Apple for Mac & PC):

• Click the link for a volume [takes you to a web page in iTunesU showing the audio for the volume]
• Click the button that says "View in iTunes" [takes you to the volume in iTunesU in iTunes]
• Click the "Name" heading right above the chapter list [sorts by chapter number]
• Note that a Preface or Introduction may sort last, at the bottom of the list
• The "Get All" button will download all the audio files into your iTunes library
• After downloading you may create a playlist and drag all the chapters into it
• Do this for each volume and end up with a single playlist for the entire four volumes

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October 19, 2009; edited/updated October 3, 2010