Giants in the Earth: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Giants in the Earth, credited to O. E. Rolvaag, 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 Giants in the Earth by O. E. Rolvaag. (Translated by Lincoln Colcord.) Read in English by Tom Shoesmith. A founding tale of the American heartland, Giants in the Earth tells the story of a small group of Norwegian pioneers who settle in the Dakota Territory, in 1873. They arrive with nothing, build sod houses, and over the years coax a living from the vast prairie. Per Hansa, his wife Beret, and their fellow settlers struggle to plant their first crops, care for each other and the new children who arrive, and confront their own fears of the endless horizons. The novel is the first in a trilogy and is based on the author’s own experiences as a settler as well as the those of his wife's family who had been immigrant homesteaders on the American prairie. - Summary by tshoes76

Recording facts

• Recording title: Giants in the Earth
• Author credits: O. E. Rolvaag
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 22
• Listed recording duration: 15:14:21

Catalogue topics

• immigrants
• American West
• pioneers
• american prairies

Track guide

1. 00 - Foreword and Introduction — 27:55
2. 01 - Book 1. The Land Taking - Ch. 1 Toward the Sunset — 37:50
3. 02 - Ch. 2.1 Home Founding — 39:31
4. 03 - Ch. 2.2 Home Founding — 38:15
5. 04 - Ch. 3.1 Rosie! Rosie! — 45:55
6. 05 - Ch. 3.2 Rosie! Rosie! — 46:43
7. 06 - Ch. 4.1 What the Waving Grass Revealed — 39:49
8. 07 - Ch. 4.2 What the Waving Grass Revealed — 48:11
9. 08 - Ch. 5.1 Facing the Great Desolation — 31:57
10. 09 - Ch. 5.2 Facing the Great Desolation — 44:38
11. 10 - Ch. 6.1 The Heart That Dared Not Let in the Sun — 35:17
12. 11 - Ch. 6.2 The Heart That Dared Not Let in the Sun — 48:34
13. 12 - Book 2, Founding the Kingdom - Ch.1.1 On the Border of Utter Darkness — 40:24
14. 13 - Ch.1.2 On the Border of Utter Darkness — 49:55
15. 14 - Ch. 2.1 The Power of Evil in High Places — 58:28
16. 15 - Ch. 2.2 The Power of Evil in High Places — 32:41
17. 16 - Ch. 2.3 The Power of Evil in High Places — 29:00
18. 17 - Ch. 3.1 The Glory of the Lord — 49:51
19. 18 - Ch. 3.2 The Glory of the Lord — 40:57
20. 19 - Ch. 3.3 The Glory of the Lord — 48:04
21. 20 - Ch. 4.1 The Great Plain Drinks the Blood of Christian Men and is Satisfied — 43:07
22. 21 - Ch. 4.2 The Great Plain Drinks the Blood of Christian Men and is Satisfied — 37:19

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