Jim Locke

Epochs of American History: The Colonists 1492-1750

by Reuben Gold Thwaites Read by Jim Locke 4
This first of four volumes is a description and detailed analysis of the formation and development of the thirteen colonies of America. A ti…

Biography of an American Bondman, By His Daughter

by Josephine Brown Read by Jim Locke 4.5
Josephine Brown's Biography of an American Bondsman faithfully follows the trajectory of her father's life as previously explored in his own…

True Love: A Story of English Domestic Life

by Sarah Farro Read by Jim Locke 5
The author is aware that she is entering a field which has been diligently cultivated by the best minds in Europe and America. Her design in…

The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard

by Anatole France Read by Jim Locke 4.4
Noted historian sets out to locate and research a rare manuscript: the French version of -- "The Golden Legend" -- and meets the d…

My Bondage and My Freedom

by Frederick Douglass Read by Jim Locke 4.2
The life of Frederick Douglass, recorded in the pages which follow, is not merely an example of self elevation under the most adverse circum…

Crime: The Autobiography of a Crook

by Eddie Guerin Read by Jim Locke 3.5
This is not what one could call in any shape or form a pretty story. It is the plain unvarnished tale of a man who has been a notorious crim…

The Chronicles of America Volume 14 - Washington and His Colleagues

by Henry Jones Ford Read by Jim Locke
This next volume of the Chronicles of American series investigates Washington's development in the day to day world the various dimensions o…

The Phantom Public

by Walter Lippmann Read by Jim Locke
“The Voice of the People has been said to be the voice of God: and however generally this maxim has been quoted and believed, it is not true…

The Chronicles of America Volume 15 - Jefferson and his Colleagues

by Allen Johnson Read by Jim Locke
In this volume, we have the Virginia Dynasty of presidents: Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe. America at this time was involved in expansion w…

Laws (version 2)

by Plato Read by Jim Locke 4
Laws (Greek: Νόμοι) is Plato's last and longest dialogue. It is generally agreed that Plato wrote this dialogue as an older man, having fail…

The Life of Washington, Volume 3

by John James Marshall Read by Jim Locke 5
Volume 3 of The Life continues the Revolutionary War from the incursion into Jersey in 1778 to its conclusion with the surrender of Lord Cor…

The Chronicles of America Volume 12 - Washington and his Comrades in Arms

by George Wrong Read by Jim Locke 5
This twelfth volume in the Chronicles of America (series) follows the lengthy and difficult war against England for independence as led by G…

A Social History of the American Negro

by Benjamin Griffith Brawley Read by Jim Locke 4.8
A comprehensive history of what experiences and influences created the Negro American citizen as we find him at the beginning of the twentie…

The Sikh Religion: its Gurus, Sacred Writings and Authors, Volume 6

by Max Arthur Macauliffe Read by Jim Locke 5
This is one of the first (and still one of the few) comprehensive books about the Sikh religion in the English language. Macauliffe had exte…

Prince or Chauffeur? A Story of Newport

by Lawrence Perry Read by Jim Locke 4.3
Newport, of course, means aristocratic families and naval adventures. In this tale, we wonder if the heiress will actually marry the Russian…

The Uncalled

by Paul Laurence Dunbar Read by Jim Locke 3.5
Orphaned Freddie Brent ends up adopted by an old local Christian lady who knows nothing about raising a child. And matters are worsened by h…

The Dunbar Speaker and Entertainer

by Alice Dunbar Nelson Read by Jim Locke 5
Ms. Pinckney says in her "Forward" to this book the following: "It is against this background of the world need that Mrs. Ali…

Epochs of American History: Expansion and Reform 1889-1926

by John Spencer Bassett Read by Jim Locke
This fourth volume covers the presidencies from Harrison to Taft highlighting the various struggles to define the aims of a modern democrati…

The Chronicles of America Volume 09 - Colonial Folkways

by Charles Mclean Andrews and Charles Morris Read by Jim Locke
This work according to the subtitle is "a chronicle of American life in the reign of the Georges." It describes land, locales, hou…

Finding a Way Out: An Autobiography

by Robert R. Moton Read by Jim Locke 3
He says about this work: "I have tried to record the events that have given character and colour to my own life, and at the same time t…

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