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Jack Garrett
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Paulette Jiles
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Samuel Hammond follows a different road west. A Quaker whose fortune is destroyed by a capricious act of an inscrutable God, he has resigned himself to the role the Deity has chosen for him. As a new agent for the Office of Indian Affairs, it is Hammond's goal to ferret out corruption and win justice for the noble natives now in his charge. But the proud, stubborn people refuse to cease their raids, free their prisoners, and accept the farming implements and lifestyle the white man would foist upon them, adding fuel to smoldering tensions that threaten to turn a man of peace, faith, and reason onto a course of terrible retribution.
A soaring work of the imagination based on oral histories of the post - Civil War years in North Texas, Paulette Jiles's The Color of Lightning is at once an intimate look into the hearts and hopes of tragically flawed human beings and a courageous reexamination of a dark American ...
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To a God Unknown
- De: John Steinbeck, Robert DeMott - introduction
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis
- Duración: 8 h y 53 m
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Set in familiar Steinbeck territory, To a God Unknown is a mystical tale, exploring one man's attempt to control the forces of nature and, ultimately, to understand the ways of God.
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My Favorite Steinbeck; Terrible and Beautiful
- De Michael en 04-28-13
De: John Steinbeck, y otros
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Drums Along the Mohawk
- De: Walter D. Edmonds
- Narrado por: Mark Bramhall
- Duración: 21 h y 1 m
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Drums along the Mohawk, Walter D. Edmonds' masterpiece, is not only the best historical novel about upstate New York since James Fenimore Cooper, it was also number one on the bestseller list for two years, only yielding to the epic Gone with the Wind. This is the story of the forgotten pioneers of the Mohawk Valley during the Revolutionary War. Here Gilbert Martin and his young wife struggled and lived and hoped.
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Wonderful
- De Robert en 09-06-15
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The Long Valley
- De: John Steinbeck, John H. Timmerman - introduction
- Narrado por: Holter Graham
- Duración: 8 h y 10 m
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A Penguin Classic. First published in 1938, this volume of stories collected with the encouragement of his longtime editor Pascal Covici serves as a wonderful introduction to the work of Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck. Set in the beautiful Salinas Valley of California, where simple people farm the land and struggle to find a place for themselves in the world, these stories reflect Steinbeck’s characteristic interests: The tensions between town and country, laborers and owners, past and present.
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Generally Good Stories, Some are Great
- De Michael en 06-18-13
De: John Steinbeck, y otros
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Little Big Man
- De: Thomas Berger, Larry McMurtry - introduction
- Narrado por: David Aaron Baker, Scott Sowers, Henry Strozier
- Duración: 20 h y 31 m
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Audie Award, Literary Fiction, 2016. The story of Jack Crabbe, raised by both a white man and a Cheyenne chief. As a Cheyenne, Jack ate dog, had four wives, and saw his people butchered by General Custer's soldiers. As a white man, he participated in the slaughter of the buffalo and tangled with Wyatt Earp.
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It's a Good Day to Listen
- De Dubi en 05-21-15
De: Thomas Berger, y otros
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Thousand Pieces of Gold
- De: Ruthanne Lum McCunn
- Narrado por: Emily Zeller
- Duración: 6 h y 31 m
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Lalu Nathoy's father called his thirteen-year-old daughter his treasure, his "thousand pieces of gold," yet when famine strikes northern China in 1871, he is forced to sell her. Polly, as Lalu is later called, is sold to a brothel, sold again to a slave merchant bound for America, auctioned to a saloonkeeper, and offered as a prize in a poker game. This biographical novel is the extraordinary story of one woman's fight for independence and dignity in the American West.
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Disjointed account of an extraordinary life
- De David en 05-01-15
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The Hamlet
- De: William Faulkner
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 14 h y 51 m
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The Hamlet, the first novel of Faulkner's Snopes trilogy, is both an ironic take on classical tragedy and a mordant commentary on the grand pretensions of the antebellum South and the depths of its decay in the aftermath of war and Reconstruction. It tells of the advent and the rise of the Snopes family in Frenchman's Bend, a small town built on the ruins of a once-stately plantation.
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The Long, Hot Summer
- De W Perry Hall en 07-30-17
De: William Faulkner
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The Legend of Bass Reeves
- Being the True and Fictional Account of the Most Valiant Marshal in the West
- De: Gary Paulsen
- Narrado por: Dion Graham
- Duración: 3 h y 56 m
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Cowboy stories and movies about the Wild West are full of amazing characters. Yet many of the lawmen we think of as heroes were anything but - some were violent scoundrels and outlaws themselves. Among all the lawmen of the frontier, one man stands out as a true hero: Bass Reeves. In his day, Bass Reeves was the most successful federal marshal in the United States. True to the mythical code of the West, he never drew his gun first. He rounded up hundreds of outlaws and was shot at countless times but was never hit. Bass Reeves was born into slavery.
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Real hero of the Wild West
- De Michael Wood en 02-11-15
De: Gary Paulsen
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Andersonville
- De: MacKinlay Kantor
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 37 h y 13 m
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Acclaimed as the greatest novel ever written about the War Between the States, this searing Pulitzer Prize-winning book captures all the glory and shame of America's most tragic conflict in the vivid, crowded world of Andersonville, and the people who lived outside its barricades. Based on the author's extensive research and nearly 25 years in the making, MacKinlay Kantor's best-selling masterwork tells the heartbreaking story of the notorious Georgia prison where 50,000 Northern soldiers suffered.
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Worthy of the Pulitzer
- De Gillian en 03-22-15
De: MacKinlay Kantor
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Far as the Eye Can See
- De: Robert Bausch
- Narrado por: Joel Richards
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Bobby Hale is a Union veteran several times over. After the war, he sets his sights on California, but only makes it to Montana. As he stumbles around the West, from the Wyoming Territory to the Black Hills of the Dakotas, he finds meaning in the people he meets - settlers and native people - and the violent history he both participates in and witnesses.
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Engaging story
- De JLH en 03-03-24
De: Robert Bausch
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The Canal Bridge
- A Novel of Ireland, Love, and the First World War
- De: Tom Phelan
- Narrado por: Paul Nugent
- Duración: 8 h y 31 m
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In 1913, before there is a rumor of war in Europe, Matthias Wrenn and Con Hatchel, lifelong friends from Ballyrannel in the Irish midlands, decide to see the world at the expense of the king of England and join the British army. A year later, while en route to India, their troop ship is recalled and they soon find themselves in the European slaughterhouse that was World War I.
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Beautiful, disturbing and unforgettable
- De Kathy en 05-25-16
De: Tom Phelan
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Walk on Earth a Stranger
- De: Rae Carson
- Narrado por: Erin Mallon
- Duración: 10 h y 53 m
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Lee Westfall has a strong, loving family. She has a home she loves and a loyal steed. She has a best friend - who might want to be something more. She also has a secret.
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Better than expected
- De elenne en 10-11-15
De: Rae Carson
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Mrs. Mike
- De: Benedict Freedman, Nancy Freedman
- Narrado por: Kirsten Potter
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A moving love story set in the Canadian wilderness, Mrs. Mike is a classic tale that has enchanted millions of readers worldwide. It brings the fierce, stunning landscape of Canada to life and tenderly evokes the love that blossoms between Sergeant Mike Flannigan and beautiful young Katherine Mary O'Fallon.
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How could I have missed this all these years?
- De Dale C. Farran en 01-30-10
De: Benedict Freedman, y otros
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Not what I expected
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Union soldier John Chenneville suffered a traumatic head wound in battle. His recovery took the better part of a year as he struggled to regain his senses and mobility. By the time he returned home, the Civil War was over, but tragedy awaited. John’s beloved sister and her family had been brutally murdered. Their killer goes by many names. He fought for the North in the late unpleasantness, and wore a badge in the name of the law. But the man John knows as A. J. Dodd is little more than a rabid animal, slaughtering without reason or remorse, needing to be put down.
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Good story bad narration
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This story takes you away!
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- TESS
- 05-29-24
Very sad story.
The writer is amazing but subject is tragic. I am sure it is based on factual events nevertheless.
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- learning2b
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This book is a favorite
Really like this author. She weaves geography, history, and a great naritive together beautifully. I highly recommend it.
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- Fred R. Harmon Jr.
- 06-11-20
excellent story of Texas History
I cannot allow my Middle school kids to read it due to some language, but it's great for those who read News of the world to follow up
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- Vivre LaLivre!
- 08-06-19
Wonderful, beautiful. Historical page turner.
I read "News of the World" first then had to read this one. Loved every bit of it and was sad it ended. It's based on a real historical character and I just love him. A real Western and a commentary on race relations in post-Civil War Texas between blacks, whites, and native Americans and the religious groups who tried to negotiate peace with the natives. It's about native Native American culture. There's a little bit of Girl Power sprinkled in.
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- Lillian Rodriguez
- 05-05-17
Awesome story !
this story is definitely told from a different perspective, probably the most authentic, not for the faint of heart; as massacres aren't; the narrator did an excellent job, very easy to listen to, well worth the read
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- Grann
- 08-21-24
The author's style of writing.
Well told story that kept my attention all the way. I could hardly put it down.
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- B. Johnson
- 12-05-16
Old west, survival, slavery, native american story
Would you listen to The Color of Lightning again? Why?
no, i dont re-listen to books
Who was your favorite character and why?
Britt, but there are so many great ones
What does Jack Garrett bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
He does the voices
If you could rename The Color of Lightning, what would you call it?
n/a
Any additional comments?
good narration, he does the voices. Id never heard the story of Britt Johnson before, so it was fun tying in this book to the history. Careful though, the author, although a literary writer with lovely descriptions, pushes you into situations without warning. The violence is as matter of fact, I imagine, as it was a part of life in the old west. If you like stories of survival, the old west and native peoples, you will enjoy this book!
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- Shannon
- 08-06-18
Truth and Fiction
I found The Color of Lightening to be less-tight as a narrative than Jiles' "News of the World", but the interweaving of real events, real people, with fictional imaginings was perhaps more interesting. I was born in Young County and know many of the places in the story. I've also read about many of the captives mentioned in the story, sometimes in passing, sometimes in depth. It's a fascinating point in Texas history, between worlds, and the author captures the confusion of the times, the identity crisis of several ethnic groups and people in the middle of a changing world. Her descriptions of nature are some of the best. In that sense, the title of the book is a prelude to the way her voice evokes the land. I would read it again. I've recommended it to several history buffs. It's also just a darn good read.
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- Leona Starkel Daschofsky
- 01-14-19
Excellent read or listening book
well written, informative. a beautifully written story, teaching history in way that would move anyone and never be forgot and yet s person would would not 'feel' as they were learning.
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- Sally
- 06-04-19
Beautifully written
The inevitable, deadly collision of cultures between the indigenous plains people and the American settlers is so tragic that it’s heartbreaking. There was no way for the two sides to understand each other’s world view or values. This book provides valuable insights into that conflict. And the narrator does a great job with the telling. The writing is awkward in a few spots, but overall is compelling. Such a sad history.
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