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Daniel Wattenberg is the author of “Decatur’s Wake,” a Kindle Single. He is a widely cited, award-winning cultural essayist, columnist, critic, investigative writer and editor. His work has appeared widely in print and online at outlets including Atlantic.com, the American Spectator, Playboy, Reason, the Weekly Standard, National Review, Forbes FYI, George, the New York Post and the Washington Times. He served in the State Department in the bureaus of Inter-American Affairs and Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs and in the United States Information Agency at the U.S. Mission to UNESCO and the U.S. Embassy in Paris. He worked in the Merchant Marine in the engine room of a container ship. As the lead singer of punk-era New York bands, he a ...more

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"Decatur's Wake" audiobook

I'm pleased to report that Audible, Amazon's audiobook arm, has begun production on an audiobook version of "Decatur's Wake." I'll post release details here as they become available.

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