American Chronicles Gift Set

Now you can get all three of the first in NPR's American Chronicles series.

The Civil War

NPR captures the battlefield action, the personal struggles, and the moral dilemmas of the war that pitted brother against brother, family against family. Hosted by Neal Conan, this revealing collection of Civil War stories features gripping history, expert commentary, and unforgettable voices.

World War II

The Second World War engulfed most of the world’s nations and all of the great powers. Drawn from the NPR archives, this collection puts a human face on the deadliest conflict in history. A vast panorama of stories, memories, and first-person accounts, it covers the European front, the Pacific front, and the home front, the experiences of African American airmen, Japanese Americans in internment camps, women in factories and women at war. Harrowing, heartbreaking, and deeply personal, it’s an intimate, engaging way to learn more about the war that changed the world.

Civil Rights

It wasn’t that long ago that black citizens had to move to the back of the bus. In this stirring collection, NPR tells stories large and small: of Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, and the March on Washington; of Pullman porters, an invaluable green book, and women who baked pies to support the Montgomery bus boycott. Personal recollections and historical accounts paint vivid pictures of individuals and events that transformed a nation.