Jim Locke

The Primitive

by Chester Himes Read by Jim Locke
A nerve-twisting novel of passion and destruction (Summary by a literary critic)

The Adventures of Gil Blas de Santillane

by Alain René Lesage Read by Jim Locke 4.9
Gil Blas is born in misery to a stablehand and a chambermaid of Santillana in Cantabria, and is educated by his uncle. He leaves Oviedo at t…

The Chronicles of America Volume 15 - Jefferson and his Colleagues

by Allen Johnson Read by Jim Locke
In this volume, we have the Virginia Dynasty of presidents: Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe. America at this time was involved in expansion w…

The Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche: Volume 3

by Friedrich Nietzsche Read by Jim Locke 4.6
Volume 3 of the complete works contains several short critical introductory essays, five lectures under the heading "On the Future of o…

Savage Holiday

by Richard Wright Read by Jim Locke 4.6
Savage Holiday is an unforgettable story--a high tension drama that throbs with suspense and shows the reader what it's like to be Erskine F…

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

by Thornton Wilder Read by Jim Locke 4.3
The deaths of five people resulting from the collapse of a bridge over a ravine prompts an observer to investigate the lives of the fallen a…

The Life of Washington, Volume 2

by John James Marshall Read by Jim Locke 4.6
Volume 2 of The Life begins with some early biography, but moves quickly to Washington's military career as a colonel in the battles against…

The Sikh Religion: Its Gurus, Sacred Writings and Authors, Volume 5

by Max Arthur Macauliffe Read by Jim Locke 4.8
This is one of the first (and still one of the few) comprehensive books about the Sikh religion in the English language. MacAuliffe had exte…

The Inheritance

by Susan Edmonstoune Ferrier Read by Jim Locke 4
"As the noblest attribute of man, family pride had been cherished time immemorial by the noble race of Rossville. Deep and incurable, t…

Virginia

by Ellen Glasgow Read by Jim Locke 4.5
Virginia does everything right: she attends a finishing school, marries the first man who proposes, and devotes her life to her husband and …

The Negro

by W. E. B. Du Bois Read by Jim Locke 4
Nevertheless, I have not been able to withstand the temptation to essay such short general statement of the main known facts and their fair …

Chicago May: Her Story

by May Churchill Sharpe Read by Jim Locke 5
This is a cold-blooded recital of fact, a plain, unvarnished statement from a client to a lawyer. It is the history of the life of a notorio…

The Chronicles of America Volume 02 - The Spanish Conquerors

by Irving Berdine Richman Read by Jim Locke 4.6
A discussion of the adventures of the Spanish explorers from Columbus to Pizarro. - Summary by Jim LockeGroup: Chronicles of America Series

Epochs of American History: The Colonists 1492-1750

by Reuben Gold Thwaites Read by Jim Locke 4.5
This first of four volumes is a description and detailed analysis of the formation and development of the thirteen colonies of America. A ti…

The Dunbar Speaker and Entertainer

by Alice Dunbar Nelson Read by Jim Locke 5
Ms. Pinckney says in her "Forward" to this book the following: "It is against this background of the world need that Mrs. Ali…

Scarlet Sister Mary

by Julia Peterkin Read by Jim Locke 3.7
How did 1929 Pulitzer winner and white plantation mistress Julia Peterkin become a favorite of the Harlem Renaissance? According to W.E.B. D…

The Chronicles of America Volume 13 - The Fathers of the Constitution

by Max Farrand Read by Jim Locke 3.8
In this next installment of the Chronicles of America, Farrand takes American history from peace treaty, to trade, to confederation, to furt…

The Life of Washington, Volume 5

by John James Marshall Read by Jim Locke 4.3
Volume five of John Marshall's biography follows Washington through his second term ending in the election of John Adams and Washington's re…

The Mob Violence and the American Negro: My Experience in the Sunny South

by Velley Lester Read by Jim Locke 5
According to the author of the Preface, "Mr. Lester is also zealous to bring about a better relation and a better understanding between…

True Love: A Story of English Domestic Life

by Sarah Farro Read by Jim Locke 5
The author is aware that she is entering a field which has been diligently cultivated by the best minds in Europe and America. Her design in…

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