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The Covered Wagon

Gelesen von LibriVox Volunteers

(4,343 Sterne; 51 Bewertungen)

"Look at 'em come, Jesse! More and more! Must be forty or fifty families." This is an old-fashioned adventure tale set on the Oregon Trail, just before the California Gold Rush. It is the story of a wagon train bound for the west, and the conflict which arises due to of a love triangle. Indian fights, buffalo hunts, dangerous river crossings and other dangers of the trail add to a gripping and entertaining yarn. (Summary by Lynne Thompson) (9 hr 25 min)

Chapters

01 - Youth Marches

22:55

Read by Lynne T

02 - The Edge Of The World

6:11

Read by rookieblue

03 - The Rendezvous

18:48

Read by Mike Pelton

04 - Fever Of New Fortunes

10:17

Read by Mike Pelton

05 - The Black Spaniard

9:19

Read by Mike Pelton

06 - Issue Joined

5:30

Read by Mike Pelton

07 - The Jump-Off

9:42

Read by Mike Pelton

08 - Man Against Man

11:20

Read by Mike Pelton

09 - The Brute

10:07

Read by Mike Pelton

10 - Old Missoury

4:20

Read by rookieblue

11 - When All The World Was Young

11:06

Read by Lynne T

12 - The Dead Men's Tale

8:17

Read by John Lieder

13 - Wild Fire

24:20

Read by Kimberly Krause

14 - The Kiss

19:45

Read by Kimberly Krause

15 - The Division

12:33

Read by Reeses118

16 - The Plains

5:19

Read by David Lawrence

17 - The Great Encampment

10:06

Read by Reeses118

18 - Arrow And Plow

22:50

Read by Lynne T

19 - Banion Of Doniphan's

5:33

Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)

20 - The Buffalo

17:22

Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)

21 - The Quicksands

13:16

Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)

22 - A Secret Of Two

7:12

Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)

23 - An Armistice

4:29

Read by Lynne T

24 - The Road West

7:52

Read by David Lawrence

25 - Old Laramie

14:11

Read by Lynne T

26 - The First Gold

8:11

Read by Mrjaggers13

27 - Two Who Loved

9:18

Read by Kimberly Krause

28 - When A Maid Marries

16:29

Read by Lynne T

29 - The Broken Wedding

16:35

Read by Reeses118

30 - The Dance In The Desert

17:49

Read by Reeses118

31 - How, Cola!

26:15

Read by Mike Pelton

32 - The Fight At The Ford

10:10

Read by Reeses118

33 - The Families Are Coming!

17:44

Read by Mike Pelton

34 - A Matter Of Friendship

16:01

Read by Mike Pelton

35 - Gee - Whoa - Haw!

8:41

Read by Reeses118

36 - Two Love Letters

17:19

Read by Kimberly Krause

37 - Jim Bridger Forgets

12:33

Read by Lynne T

38 - When The Rockies Fell

24:14

Read by Mike Pelton

39 - The Crossing

21:02

Read by Mike Pelton

40 - Oregon! Oregon!

5:52

Read by Tim Cote

41 - The Secret Of The Sierras

7:23

Read by Tim Cote

42 - Kit Carson Rides

5:10

Read by Tim Cote

43 - The Killer Killed

13:15

Read by Tim Cote

44 - Yet If Love Lack

9:40

Read by Tim Cote

45 - The Light Of The Whole World

9:27

Read by Tim Cote

Bewertungen

Throughly enjoyable

(4 Sterne)

This follows the trials and troubles of 100's of 'coverd wagons' travelling across the Great Plains, prior and upto the beginning of the gold rush. Throughly enjoyed it, however, Chapter 14 sounds like a child reading a story book, rather than someone describing a destructive storm and a romance between two adults. Poor choice of narrator on this occasion.

It’s a good western

(3,5 Sterne)

Nothing astonishing. It is a good book. Tells the story of a caravan heading to Oregon in 1848. Describes also the beginning of the Californian gold rush. The story of forbidden love is pleasant enough, albeit a little predictable because of the dichotomous characters.

(5 Sterne)

sometimes hard to get into the flow of the story since there was a new narrator every other chapter but overall a really good story

Very good

(4,5 Sterne)

Great historic fiction. Well told with many plot twists. Seemed to end suddenly. Thanks to the volunteers.

(3 Sterne)

Relaxing pioneer story but the narrator isn’t relaxing- she’s downright sleepy.