Indian Boyhood: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Indian Boyhood, credited to Charles Alexander Eastman, 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 Indian Boyhood by Charles Alexander Eastman. Read in English by Carol Pester Indian Boyhood is a lively and appealing first-person recounting of the life of a Sioux child in the last days of the tribe's "wild" life in the 19th century, before they succumbed to fences, boundaries, and other constrictions of civilization. Charles Eastman, born in 1858 in Minnesota, spent his childhood first in the forests of the land of lakes and later in the wide-open prairies of the Dakota territory. He describes his comprehensive training in woodcraft, horsemanship, and hunting, and retells many stories from his elders that were so important in conveying his tribe's oral traditions. Eastman does not minimize the ever-present danger that children experienced in such an upbringing, but he also does not lose his sense of the fun and excitement of it all. Listeners will probably wish they could similarly jump on their pony and gallop across the wild and free prairie like the young Ohiyesa.

Recording facts

• Recording title: Indian Boyhood
• Author credits: Charles Alexander Eastman
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 24
• Listed recording duration: 5:47:39

Catalogue topics

• Native American
• american indian
• plains indians
• indian life

Track guide

1. 01 - Part 1 Chapter 1 — 13:35
2. 02 - Part 1 Chapter 2 — 13:37
3. 03 - Part 1 Chapter 3 — 11:48
4. 04 - Part 1 Chapter 4 — 10:14
5. 05 - Part 1 Chapter 5 — 12:56
6. 06 - Part 2 — 15:57
7. 07 - Part 3 Chapter 1 — 15:59
8. 08 - Part 3 Chapter 2 — 16:58
9. 09 - Part 3 Chapter 3 — 16:26
10. 10 - Part 4 — 15:37
11. 11 - Part 5 Chapter 1 — 16:31
12. 12 - Part 5 Chapter 2 — 17:42
13. 13 - Part 6 Chapter 1 — 17:11
14. 14 - Part 6 Chapter 2 — 17:09
15. 15 - Part 7 — 11:42
16. 16 - Part 8 — 8:24
17. 17 - Part 9 Chapter 1 — 15:22
18. 18 - Part 9 Chapter 2 — 14:31
19. 19 - Part 10 Chapter 1 — 16:53
20. 20 - Part 10 Chapter 2 — 11:57
21. 21 - Part 10 Chapter 3 — 16:08
22. 22 - Part 10 Chapter 4 — 10:04
23. 23 - Part 11 — 13:02
24. 24 - Part 12 — 17:56

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