Publisher Description
This is a delightful introduction to the fifty states and the District of Columbia, presented through stories, statistics, legends, descriptions, and music. Three former US presidents and four first ladies join with sixteen actors and actresses to narrate this work, presented from the point of view of the individual states.
The program opens with a reading of the Pledge of Allegiance performed by; President George H.W. Bush and First Lady Barbara Bush; President Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan; First Lady Rosalynn Carter; President Gerald Ford and First Lady Betty Ford.
The lively and entertaining state performances include the talents of Betty White, Ben Vereen, Rita Moreno, Elliott Gould, and others.
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About the Narrators
Richard Nixon, the 37th president of the United States, was born on January 9, 1913 in Yorba Linda, California. First elected to public office in 1946 representing California’s 12th congressional district, Nixon was elected to the US Senate in 1950 and two years later won the first of two terms as vice president of the United States. Winning the presidency in 1968, he was re-elected in 1972 in one of the largest victories in US history. One of America’s most prolific former presidents, Nixon’s bestselling books influenced the conduct of American foreign policy long after he left the White House.
Kiff VandenHeuvel, voice talent and audiobook narrator, is originally from Grand Rapids, Michigan, and is an alumni of the Second City comedy theater. He is an accomplished improviser and sketch comedy director, and he teaches voice-over, improv, and directing at Second City Hollywood. He has appeared in hundreds of television and radio commercials and is well known in the video game community as the voice of Zachary Hale Comstock in Bioshock: Infinite.