Length1h 27m
About this audiobook
On a cold November afternoon in 1833, two wagons are about to cross the dark Mississippi River into Iowa Territory on a tiny boat. Penny Cooper, Nate Tilden, Aunt Sunday, and Jonathan and Ella Butterman are full of questions. Aunt Sunday just wants to know if they're going to drown. Jonathan and Ella wonder if they will succeed in the new Territory. And Penny and Nate are eager to learn if they are going to be free--to marry, to prosper, to live as free people. Aunt Sunday, Penny, and Nate were slaves in Kentucky, not a year before. What will the new Iowa Territory decide on the question of owning human beings? No one yet knows. The little group survives the Mississippi crossing and settles in Key City. There isn't much to the town: a few log cabins and modest buildings in a forest opening. And very rough, very tough lead miners, including the mad Ginn brothers who hate Nate and his dark skin. They can't forget he stopped them from stealing Jonathan's horse. Storm clouds are brewing. Key City on the River is based on fact and takes place in a real town. It explores a little-known time in early American history as well as the timeless issue of otherness mixed with hope for the future.
Audiobook details
GenreGeneral Fiction
Length1 hr 27 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 1, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Chapter One: Illinois, The mouth of the Fever River, November 21, 1833
3Chapter Two: Illinois, The mouth of the Fever River, November 21, 1833
4Chapter Three: On the Mississippi River between Illinois and Iowa Territory, November 21, 1833
5Chapter Four: Iowa Territory, November 22, 1833
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6Chapter Five: Iowa Territory, November 22, 1833
7Chapter Six: Key City, Iowa Territory, November 22, 1833
8Chapter Seven: Key City, Iowa Territory, November 22, 1833
9Chapter Eight: Key City, Iowa Territory, November 22, 1833
10Chapter Nine: The Buttermans’ land on Calder Creek, Iowa Territory, December 20, 1833
11Chapter Ten: The Buttermans’ land on Calder Creek, Iowa Territory, February 9, 1834
12Chapter Eleven: The Buttermans’ land on Calder Creek, Iowa Territory, April 18, 1834
13Chapter Twelve: The Buttermans’ land on Calder Creek, Iowa Territory, April 20, 1834
14Chapter Thirteen: Mr. Sweeney’s land on Calder Creek, Iowa Territory, April 20, 1834
15Chapter Fourteen: The Buttermans’ land on Calder Creek, Iowa Territory, May 19, 1834
16Chapter Fifteen: The Buttermans’ land, Iowa Territory, May 30, 1834
17Chapter Sixteen: The Buttermans’ land, Iowa Territory, June 5, 1834
18Chapter Seventeen: Key City, Iowa Territory, June, 1834
19Chapter Eighteen: Key City, Iowa Territory, July 10, 1834
20Chapter Nineteen: Key City, Iowa Territory, July 11, 1834
21Chapter Twenty: The Ginn brothers’ lead mine, Iowa Territory, July 11, 1834
22Chapter Twenty-One: Key City, Iowa Territory, July 17, 1834
23The Cell Phone Lot
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