The Vengence of the Gods: And Three Other Stories of Real American Color Line Life: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Vengence of the Gods: And Three Other Stories of Real American Color Line Life, credited to William Pickens, 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 Vengence of the Gods: And Three Other Stories of Real American Color Line Life by William Pickens. Read in English by James K. White. Although slavery was abolished in the United States with the ratification of the 13th Amendment on December 6, 1865, its cancerous tendrils have permanently woven themselves into the fabric of this nation, and persist malevolently even in the 21st century. One of these insidious branches is known as the "color line." In The Vengeance of the Gods, Pickens investigates this particular legacy of slavery through a series of four short stories that span the era beginning in the decade after the demise of Reconstruction through America's involvement in World War I. - Summary by James K. White

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Vengence of the Gods: And Three Other Stories of Real American Color Line Life
• Author credits: William Pickens
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 13
• Listed recording duration: 3:14:44

Catalogue topics

• race
• color line
• legacy of slavery

Track guide

1. 00 - Introduction & Forward — 9:49
2. 01 - The Vengeance of the Gods (Chapter I.) — 16:07
3. 02 - The Vengeance of the Gods (Chapter II.) — 11:39
4. 03 - The Vengeance of the Gods (Chapter III.) — 7:31
5. 04 - The Vengeance of the Gods (Chapter IV.) — 9:44
6. 05 - The Vengeance of the Gods (Chapter V.) — 12:59
7. 06 - The Vengeance of the Gods (Chapter VI.) — 11:09
8. 07 - The Vengeance of the Gods (Chapter VII.) — 5:53
9. 08 - The Vengeance of the Gods (Chapter VIII.) — 23:38
10. 09 - The Vengeance of the Gods (Chapter IX.) — 22:02
11. 10 - The Superior Race — 29:56
12. 11 - Passing the Buck — 19:07
13. 12 - Tit For Tat — 15:10

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