Father Marquette: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Father Marquette, credited to Reuben Gold Thwaites, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Father Marquette by Reuben Gold Thwaites. Read in English by Carol Pelster. “Father Marquette” is a biography of the French priest, devout missionary and courageous explorer who led an expedition, along with Louis Joliet, to find a route from the Great Lakes to the “Great River”, the Mississippi, and thence to its mouth. Their expedition traveled by 2 frail canoes from northern Michigan, along Lake Michigan, entering Green Bay, up the Fox River, portaging to the Wisconsin River, and then, oh joy!, to the Mississippi. They followed the Mississippi down to Arkansas, where deeming it too risky to go farther on account of hostile tribes and Spanish soldiers, they turned back north. The book extensively explains the geography of the regions, the history and anthropology of the tribes of the Great Lakes and along the rivers, and the lifestyle of a 17th century French missionary. Information was mainly derived from the yearly reports the missionaries submitted to the Jesuit headquarters in Quebec and Paris. The book provides lots of informative facts and also inspires by narrating the strenuous and generous life of an American hero. (Summary by Carol Pelster)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Father Marquette
• Author credits: Reuben Gold Thwaites
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 22
• Listed recording duration: 4:33:03

Catalogue topics

• mississippi river
• wisconsin history
• jacques marquette
• american explorers
• illinois history
• indian tribes of america

Track guide

1. 00 - Preface — 7:16
2. 01 - Chapter 1 — 8:50
3. 02 - Chapter 2 — 10:30
4. 03 - Chapter 3 — 11:14
5. 04 - Chapter 4 — 13:18
6. 05 - Chapter 5 — 11:25
7. 06 - Chapter 6 — 11:46
8. 07 - Chapter 7 — 10:32
9. 08 - Chapter 8 — 19:57
10. 09 - Chapter 9 — 18:07
11. 10 - Chapter 10 — 11:16
12. 11 - Chapter 11 — 13:12
13. 12 - Chapter 12 — 17:51
14. 13 - Chapter 13 — 8:52
15. 14 - Chapter 14 — 12:00
16. 15 - Chapter 15 — 15:16
17. 16 - Chapter 16 — 13:29
18. 17 - Chapter 17 — 9:03
19. 18 - Chapter 18 — 16:22
20. 19 - Chapter 19 — 13:04
21. 20 - Chapter 20 — 12:33
22. 21 - Chapter 21 — 7:10

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