Sergeant York and His People: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Sergeant York and His People, credited to Sam K. Cowan, 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 Sergeant York and His People, by Sam Cowan. Read by Brett W. Downey From a cabin back in the mountains of Tennessee, forty-eight miles from the railroad, a young man went to the World War. He was untutored in the ways of the world. Caught by the enemy in the cove of a hill in the Forest of Argonne, he did not run; but sank into the bushes and single-handed fought a battalion of German machine gunners until he made them come down that hill to him with their hands in air. There were one hundred and thirty-two of them left, and he marched them, prisoners, into the American line. Marshal Foch, in decorating him, said, "What you did was the greatest thing accomplished by any private soldier of all of the armies of Europe." His ancestors were cane-cutters and Indian fighters. Their lives were rich in the romance of adventure. They were men of strong hate and gentle love. His people have lived in the simplicity of the pioneer. This is not a war-story, but the tale of the making of a man. His ancestors were able to leave him but one legacy—an idea of American manhood. In the period that has elapsed since he came down from the mountains he has done three things—and any one of them would have marked him for distinction. (Summary by author)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Sergeant York and His People
• Author credits: Sam K. Cowan
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 7
• Listed recording duration: 3:29:47

Catalogue topics

• biography
• history
• war stories
• memoirs

Track guide

1. 01 - A Fight in the Forest of the Argonne — 38:39
2. 02 - A 'Long Hunter' Comes to the Family — 31:54
3. 03 - The People of the Mountains — 25:48
4. 04 - The Molding of a Man — 29:05
5. 05 - The People of Pall Mall — 35:04
6. 06 - Sergeant York's Own Story — 25:47
7. 07 - Two More Deeds of Distinction — 23:32

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