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The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton
- By: Jane Smiley
- Narrated by: Anna Fields
- Length: 18 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 21
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 19
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Story5 out of 5 stars 19
Lidie is hard to scare. She is almost shockingly alive - a tall, plain girl who rides and shoots and speaks her mind, and whose straightforward ways paradoxically amount to a kind of glamour. We see her at 20, making a good marriage - to Thomas Newton, a steady, sweet-tempered Yankee who passes through her hometown on a dangerous mission. He belongs to a group of rashly brave New England abolitionists who dedicate themselves to settling the Kansas Territory with like-minded folk to ensure its entering the Union as a Free State.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Couldn't put it down, didn't want to finish
- By Barbara Nash on 05-08-22
- The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton
- By: Jane Smiley
- Narrated by: Anna Fields
Recommend for both sweeping story and excellent performance
Reviewed: 01-31-25
An immersive and complex story read in one of the best performances I’ve heard on audiobooks. The personal story of Bleeding Kansas- and much more. I recommend the audio book as a great story read - performed- perfectly.
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