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The Homesteader (AmazonClassics Edition) [Audiobook]
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The Homesteader (AmazonClassics Edition) [Audiobook]
English | March 15, 2022 | ASIN: B09TFN91BQ | M4B@128 kbps | 17h 12m | 938 MB
Author: Oscar Micheaux | Narrator: Arnell Powell
English | March 15, 2022 | ASIN: B09TFN91BQ | M4B@128 kbps | 17h 12m | 938 MB
Author: Oscar Micheaux | Narrator: Arnell Powell
In this autobiographical novel, writer and filmmaker Oscar Micheaux draws from his own experiences as a Black homesteader to grapple with questions of race, love, and undaunted ambition. His alter ego is Jean Baptiste, a man who, embodying the pioneer spirit, is able to turn his Dakota homestead into a profitable success. Jean Baptiste’s love life, however, is not so easily settled. He initially dreams of marrying Agnes Stewart after she rescues him from a storm, but complications with Agnes - combined with loneliness on the farm - ultimately lead him into an acrimonious marriage with a preacher’s daughter. With that decision made, his future seems set in stone. But for an enterprising man like Jean, anything is possible…
Though Micheaux’s impact as a groundbreaking filmmaker is now well acknowledged, his career as a novelist is far less well known - and The Homesteader provides a thrilling introduction.