Length15h 25m
About this audiobook
This classic autobiography details the grueling hardships of a farm boy in the 1860s, documenting his struggle to escape the crushing poverty of the soil for a life of literature and art.
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GenreBiography and Memoir
Length15 hrs 25 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateFeb 23, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1CHAPTER I
26Boy Life on the Prairie
2Home from the War
27CHAPTER XIV
3CHAPTER II
28Wheat and the Harvest
4The McClintocks
29CHAPTER XV
5CHAPTER III
30Harriet Goes Away
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6The Home in the Coulee
31CHAPTER XVI
7CHAPTER IV
32We Move to Town
8Father Sells the Farm
33CHAPTER XVII
9CHAPTER V
34A Taste of Village Life
10The Last Threshing in the Coulee
35CHAPTER XVIII
11CHAPTER VI
36Back to the Farm
12David and His Violin
37CHAPTER XIX
13CHAPTER VII
38End of School Days
14Winnesheik "Woods and Prairie Lands"
39CHAPTER XX
15CHAPTER VIII
40The Land of the Dakotas
16We Move Again
41CHAPTER XXI
17CHAPTER IX
42The Grasshopper and the Ant
18Our First Winter on the Prairie
43CHAPTER XXII
19CHAPTER X
44We Discover New England
20The Homestead on the Knoll
45CHAPTER XXIII
21CHAPTER XI
46Coasting Down Mt. Washington
22School Life
47CHAPTER XXIV
23CHAPTER XII
48Tramping, New York, Washington, and Chicago
24Chores and Almanacs
49CHAPTER XXV
25CHAPTER XIII
50The Land of the Straddle-Bug
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