The Trail of the Hawk: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Trail of the Hawk, credited to Sinclair Lewis, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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Librivox recording of The Trail of the Hawk by Sinclair Lewis read by Mike Vendetti. (Summary by Mike Vendetti)Trail of the Hawk, narrated by Mike Vendetti aka Miketheauctioneer, is Sinclair Lewis’ second novel published under his own name. It was not at the time of release a smashing success as his later works, Babbitt, Elmer Gantry, and others, but his style and immense talent are certainly evident. We travel with The Hawk, or Carl Ericson, son of Norwegian immigrants, born at the end of the 19th century through the first three adventurous periods of the young man’s life. We see him as an adventurous boy, running away with Gertie Cowels, the girl that lives in the big house in the better part of town, only to be rescued by Bone Stillman, a backwoods philosopher and influence on Carl. We travel with him as he leaves his childhood, Gertie and Joralemon behind, for a short attempt at higher education, then to pursue the hobo life, a Bowery bartender, an engineer in Panama and an aviator. It is during the aviator phase that he becomes Hawk Ericson barnstorming his way across America, an exciting but dangerous lifestyle. Leaving aviation after too many close calls, and the loss of his best friend, he becomes an automobile man, and moves into phase three. It is in phase three, love adventure, that we find The Hawk in New York, mingling with polite society quite by accident. He is smitten by Ruth Winslow, while riding on a streetcar after a fight with Gertie, and follows Ruth to a party which he crashes. I truly enjoyed narrating this novel, and believe the listener will enjoy it, a trip into post Victorian, pre Jazz Age America. Mike Vendetti

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Trail of the Hawk
• Author credits: Sinclair Lewis
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 42
• Listed recording duration: 13:34:00

Catalogue topics

• adventure
• Western
• History

Opening tracks: first 24 of 42

1. 01 - Part I The Adventure of Youth Ch 1 — 25:15
2. 02 - Part I The Adventure of Youth Ch 2 — 20:48
3. 03 - Part I The Adventure of Youth Ch 3 — 19:00
4. 04 - Part I The Adventure of Youth Ch 4 — 21:28
5. 05 - Part I The Adventure of Youth Ch 5 — 25:21
6. 06 - Part I The Adventure of Youth Ch 6 — 25:41
7. 07 - Part I The Adventure of Youth Ch 7 — 13:35
8. 08 - Part I The Adventure of Youth Ch 8 — 16:36
9. 09 - Part I The Adventure of Yourh Ch 9 — 28:20
10. 10 - Part I The Adventure of Youth Ch 10 — 11:20
11. 11 - Part I The Adventure of Youth Ch 11 — 18:31
12. 12 - Part I The Adventure of Youth Ch 12 — 19:25
13. 13 - Part II The Adventure of Adventuring Ch 13 — 15:37
14. 14 - Part II The Adventure of Adventuring Ch 14 — 21:34
15. 15 - Part II The Adventure of Adventuring Ch 15 — 20:40
16. 16 - Part II The Adventure of Adventuring Ch 16 — 13:00
17. 17 - Part II The Adventure of Adventuring Ch 17 — 10:00
18. 18 - Part II The Adventure of Adventuring Ch 18 — 14:49
19. 19 - Part II The Adventure of Adventuring Ch 19 — 10:26
20. 20 - Part II The Adventure of Adventuring Ch 20 — 14:53
21. 21 - Part II The Adventure of Adventuring Ch 21 — 30:13
22. 22 - Part II The Adventure of Adventuring Ch 22 — 15:28
23. 23 - Part II The Adventure of Adventuring Ch 23 — 23:37
24. 24 - Part III The Adventure of Love Ch 24 — 13:21

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