Conquest
Oscar Micheaux
43 chapters · 9 h 33 min · English
Read by Geoff Blanchard, Dr. Lyndon, PhyllisV, larryhayes7, Kathrine Engan, KevinS and others
Historical Fiction
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"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)
Chapters
1 Discontent--Spirit of the Pioneer 16 min 2 Leaving Home--A Maiden 13 min 3 Chicago, Chasing a Will-O-The-Wisp 18 min 4 The P-----n Company 29 min 5 ''Go West Young Man'' 12 min 6 ''And Where is Oristown?'' 12 min 7 Oristown, the ''Little Crow'' Reservation 11 min 8 Far Down the Pacific--The Proposal 11 min 9 The Return--Ernest Nicholson 4 min 10 The Oklahoma Grafter 9 min 11 Dealin' in Mules 11 min 12 The Homesteaders 9 min 13 Imaginations Run Amuck 7 min 14 The Surveyors 19 min 15 ''Which Town Will the R.R. Strike?'' 9 min 16 Megory's Day 18 min 17 Ernest Nicholson's Return 11 min 18 Comes Stanley, the Chief Engineer 5 min 19 In the Valley of the Keya Paha 12 min 20 The Outlaw's Last Stand 4 min 21 The Boom 13 min 22 The President's Proclamation 4 min 23 Where the Negro Fails 12 min 24 And the Crowds Did Come--The Prairie Fire 8 min 25 The Scotch Girl 19 min 26 The Battle 8 min 27 The Sacrifice--Race Loyalty 15 min 28 The Breeds 13 min 29 In the Valley of the Dog Ear 7 min 30 Ernest Nicholson Takes a Hand 12 min 31 The McCralilnes 15 min 32 A Long Night 12 min 33 The Survival of the Fittest 13 min 34 East of State Street 34 min 35 An Uncrowned King 15 min 36 A Snake in the Grass 17 min 37 The Progressives and the Reactionaries 28 min 38 Sanctimonious Hypocrisy 12 min 39 Beginning of the End 14 min 40 The Mennonites 7 min 41 The Drouth 20 min 42 A Year of Coincidences 5 min 43 ''And Satan Came Also'' 30 min
