The Conquest
Oscar Micheaux
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
"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 |