The Half-Breed: A Tale of the Western Frontier: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The Half-Breed: A Tale of the Western Frontier by Walt Whitman: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 9 original MP3 tracks, 2:11:50 running time and a link to listen.
The Half-Breed: A Tale of the Western Frontier, credited to Walt Whitman, 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 The Half-Breed: A Tale of the Western Frontier by Walt Whitman. Read in English by Chuck Williamson Published anonymously in The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (with an earlier draft also appearing as “Arrow-Tip” in The Aristidean), The Half-Breed: A Tale of the Western Frontier is one of the few known works of long-form fiction written by Walt Whitman during the earliest part of his career. It tells the story of Arrow-Tip, a Native American who falls victim to frontier prejudice after the presumed murder of local blacksmith Peter Brown. Despite his presumed innocence, he is soon sentenced to die by hanging — even though there exists evidence that could possibly exonerate him. This narrative is further complicated by the presence of Boddo, a hideously deformed hunchback who is ostracized by the white settlers due to his mixed-race heritage. Fueled by spite and anger, Boddo uses this opportunity to take vengeance upon those who once tormented and humiliated him. - Summary by ChuckW
Recording facts
- Recording title: The Half-Breed: A Tale of the Western Frontier
- Author credits: Walt Whitman
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 9
- Listed recording duration: 2:11:50
Catalogue topics
- Native Americans
- serial fiction
- miscegenation
- american frontier
- capital punishment
Track guide
- 01 - Chapter I — 20:15
- 02 - Chapter II — 11:01
- 03 - Chapter III — 12:49
- 04 - Chapter IV — 19:10
- 05 - Chapter V — 10:54
- 06 - Chapter VI — 12:09
- 07 - Chapter VII — 13:07
- 08 - Chaptr VIII — 12:27
- 09 - Chapter IX — 19:58
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