The Conquest


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(4.8 stars; 13 reviews)

"This is the true story of a negro who was discontented and the circumstances that were the outcome of that discontent." While considered a novel, this largely autobiographical story is based on the author's experience as an African-American pioneer in South Dakota. (Summary by MaryAnn) (9 hr 33 min)

Chapters

Discontent--Spirit of the Pioneer 15:48 Read by Geoff Blanchard
Leaving Home--A Maiden 12:47 Read by Dr. Lyndon
Chicago, Chasing a Will-O-The-Wisp 17:45 Read by Geoff Blanchard
The P-----n Company 29:10 Read by PhyllisV
''Go West Young Man'' 11:53 Read by PhyllisV
''And Where is Oristown?'' 12:26 Read by PhyllisV
Oristown, the ''Little Crow'' Reservation 10:46 Read by Geoff Blanchard
Far Down the Pacific--The Proposal 10:40 Read by larryhayes7
The Return--Ernest Nicholson 3:37 Read by Dr. Lyndon
The Oklahoma Grafter 9:19 Read by Dr. Lyndon
Dealin' in Mules 11:22 Read by Kathrine Engan
The Homesteaders 9:16 Read by Kathrine Engan
Imaginations Run Amuck 6:54 Read by larryhayes7
The Surveyors 19:22 Read by PhyllisV
''Which Town Will the R.R. Strike?'' 8:44 Read by PhyllisV
Megory's Day 18:30 Read by PhyllisV
Ernest Nicholson's Return 11:03 Read by PhyllisV
Comes Stanley, the Chief Engineer 5:16 Read by PhyllisV
In the Valley of the Keya Paha 11:33 Read by PhyllisV
The Outlaw's Last Stand 3:59 Read by larryhayes7
The Boom 12:59 Read by PhyllisV
The President's Proclamation 4:17 Read by KevinS
Where the Negro Fails 11:46 Read by PhyllisV
And the Crowds Did Come--The Prairie Fire 8:23 Read by KevinS
The Scotch Girl 18:45 Read by Geoff Blanchard
The Battle 7:49 Read by PhyllisV
The Sacrifice--Race Loyalty 14:48 Read by PhyllisV
The Breeds 12:40 Read by Rita Boutros
In the Valley of the Dog Ear 6:58 Read by BettyB
Ernest Nicholson Takes a Hand 12:22 Read by Rita Boutros
The McCralilnes 14:37 Read by Rita Boutros
A Long Night 12:19 Read by Rita Boutros
The Survival of the Fittest 13:07 Read by KevinS
East of State Street 34:00 Read by PhyllisV
An Uncrowned King 14:32 Read by PhyllisV
A Snake in the Grass 16:39 Read by Geoff Blanchard
The Progressives and the Reactionaries 28:08 Read by PhyllisV
Sanctimonious Hypocrisy 12:17 Read by Geoff Blanchard
Beginning of the End 13:42 Read by PhyllisV
The Mennonites 7:15 Read by larryhayes7
The Drouth 20:15 Read by PhyllisV
A Year of Coincidences 5:01 Read by BettyB
''And Satan Came Also'' 30:30 Read by PhyllisV