The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth, credited to T. D. Bonner, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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

LibriVox recording of The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth by T. D. Bonner. Read in English by Gary Olman Buried amid the sublime passes of the Sierra Nevada are old men, who, when children, strayed away from our crowded settlements, and, gradually moving farther and farther from civilization, have in time become domiciliated among the wild beasts and wilder savages — have lived scores of years whetting their intellects in the constant struggle for self-preservation; whose only pleasurable excitement was found in facing danger; whose only repose was to recuperate, preparatory to participating in new and thrilling adventures. Such men, whose simple tale would pale the imaginative creations of our most popular fictionists, sink into their obscure graves unnoticed and unknown. Indian warriors, whose bravery and self devotion find no parallels in the preserved traditions of all history, end their career on the "war-path," sing in triumph their death-song, and become silent, leaving no impression on the intellectual world. (Summary by Thomas D. Bonner)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth
• Author credits: T. D. Bonner
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 38
• Listed recording duration: 17:16:31

Opening tracks: first 24 of 38

1. 00 - Preface to the New English and American Editions — 29:41
2. 01 - Birth-place and Childhood — 16:31
3. 02 - Expedition to the Mines — 16:49
4. 03 - Return from the Deserted Pawnee Villages — 18:18
5. 04 - Severe Sufferings in the Camp — 17:41
6. 05 - Sufferings on the Platte — 29:24
7. 06 - We seperate into six Detachments — 15:59
8. 07 - Arrival of General Ashley and Party — 38:59
9. 08 - Unexpected Return to the Rocky Mountains — 16:29
10. 09 - The Company removes from Cache Valley on a Hunting and Trapping Excursion — 20:43
11. 10 - Great Battle with the Black Feet — 24:57
12. 11 - Removal of our Rendezvous — 32:20
13. 12 - Departure from the Rendezvous — 23:05
14. 13 - War between the Crow Nation and other Indian Tribes — 1:07:14
15. 14 - Great Loss of Horses in the Mountains — 21:10
16. 15 - Short Account of Pine Leaf, the Crow Heroine — 32:32
17. 16 - Departure from Fort Cass — 17:52
18. 17 - Victory over the Cheyennes — 52:57
19. 18 - Departure from the Fort with the Crows — 27:27
20. 19 - Departure from the Fort — 36:37
21. 20 - Excursion to the Fort — 22:51
22. 21 - Attacks of the Black Feet on the Fort — 32:29
23. 22 - Meteoric Shower — 15:21
24. 23 - Removal to our Tobacco-ground — 23:01

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