The Devil's Own (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Saga of the Black Hawk WarBy Randall Parrish
Length10h 37m
About this audiobook
In The Devil's Own, Randall Parrish fashions a vigorous historical romance set amid the unsettled frontier tensions of the Black Hawk War era. The novel combines pursuit, danger, conspiracy, and chivalric devotion with the brisk pacing characteristic of early twentieth-century popular adventure fiction. Its style is direct, atmospheric, and melodramatically charged, placing private loyalties and moral courage against a landscape of political violence and social uncertainty. Parrish, a Wisconsin-born journalist, lawyer, and Congregational minister, brought to his fiction a practiced storyteller's command of incident and a Midwesterner's fascination with regional history. His many romances often transform episodes from America's past into narratives of honor, endurance, and identity. In The Devil's Own, that background informs both the frontier setting and the novel's concern with character tested under pressure. Readers interested in historical adventure, frontier romance, and the popular fiction that shaped American memory of the nineteenth century will find this book rewarding. Though written for entertainment, it offers more than escapism: it reveals how Parrish's generation imagined courage, nationhood, and personal integrity in the shadow of conflict.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
Audiobook details
GenreAction and Adventure, Historical Fiction
Length10 hrs 37 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJun 10, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1King Philip: War Chief of the Wampanoag People (Annotated)
18CHAPTER XVII
2CHAPTER I
19CHAPTER XVIII
3CHAPTER II
20CHAPTER XIX
4CHAPTER III
21CHAPTER XX
5CHAPTER IV
22CHAPTER XXI
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6CHAPTER V
23CHAPTER XXII
7CHAPTER VI
24CHAPTER XXIII
8CHAPTER VII
25CHAPTER XXIV
9CHAPTER VIII
26CHAPTER XXV
10CHAPTER IX
27CHAPTER XXVI
11CHAPTER X
28CHAPTER XXVII
12CHAPTER XI
29CHAPTER XXVIII
13CHAPTER XII
30CHAPTER XXIX
14CHAPTER XIII
31CHAPTER XXX
15CHAPTER XIV
32CHAPTER XXXI
16CHAPTER XV
33CHAPTER XXXII
17CHAPTER XVI
34Memorable Quotes
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