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The Conquest

Oscar Micheaux (1884 - 1951)

"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)

Genre(s): Historical Fiction

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	Discontent--Spirit of the Pioneer	Geoff Blanchard	00:15:48
Play 02	Leaving Home--A Maiden	Dr. Lyndon	00:12:47
Play 03	Chicago, Chasing a Will-O-The-Wisp	Geoff Blanchard	00:17:45
Play 04	The P-----n Company	PhyllisV	00:29:10
Play 05	''Go West Young Man''	PhyllisV	00:11:53
Play 06	''And Where is Oristown?''	PhyllisV	00:12:26
Play 07	Oristown, the ''Little Crow'' Reservation	Geoff Blanchard	00:10:46
Play 08	Far Down the Pacific--The Proposal	larryhayes7	00:10:40
Play 09	The Return--Ernest Nicholson	Dr. Lyndon	00:03:37
Play 10	The Oklahoma Grafter	Dr. Lyndon	00:09:19
Play 11	Dealin' in Mules	Kathrine Engan	00:11:22
Play 12	The Homesteaders	Kathrine Engan	00:09:16
Play 13	Imaginations Run Amuck	larryhayes7	00:06:54
Play 14	The Surveyors	PhyllisV	00:19:22
Play 15	''Which Town Will the R.R. Strike?''	PhyllisV	00:08:44
Play 16	Megory's Day	PhyllisV	00:18:30
Play 17	Ernest Nicholson's Return	PhyllisV	00:11:03
Play 18	Comes Stanley, the Chief Engineer	PhyllisV	00:05:16
Play 19	In the Valley of the Keya Paha	PhyllisV	00:11:33
Play 20	The Outlaw's Last Stand	larryhayes7	00:03:59
Play 21	The Boom	PhyllisV	00:12:59
Play 22	The President's Proclamation	KevinS	00:04:17
Play 23	Where the Negro Fails	PhyllisV	00:11:46
Play 24	And the Crowds Did Come--The Prairie Fire	KevinS	00:08:23
Play 25	The Scotch Girl	Geoff Blanchard	00:18:45
Play 26	The Battle	PhyllisV	00:07:49
Play 27	The Sacrifice--Race Loyalty	PhyllisV	00:14:48
Play 28	The Breeds	Rita Boutros	00:12:40
Play 29	In the Valley of the Dog Ear	BettyB	00:06:58
Play 30	Ernest Nicholson Takes a Hand	Rita Boutros	00:12:22
Play 31	The McCralilnes	Rita Boutros	00:14:37
Play 32	A Long Night	Rita Boutros	00:12:19
Play 33	The Survival of the Fittest	KevinS	00:13:07
Play 34	East of State Street	PhyllisV	00:34:00
Play 35	An Uncrowned King	PhyllisV	00:14:32
Play 36	A Snake in the Grass	Geoff Blanchard	00:16:39
Play 37	The Progressives and the Reactionaries	PhyllisV	00:28:08
Play 38	Sanctimonious Hypocrisy	Geoff Blanchard	00:12:17
Play 39	Beginning of the End	PhyllisV	00:13:42
Play 40	The Mennonites	larryhayes7	00:07:15
Play 41	The Drouth	PhyllisV	00:20:15
Play 42	A Year of Coincidences	BettyB	00:05:01
Play 43	''And Satan Came Also''	PhyllisV	00:30:30

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