The Colonel's Dream

About this film

LibriVox recording of The Colonel's Dream by Charles Waddell Chesnutt. Read in English by James K. White In this novel, Chesnutt described the hopelessness of Reconstruction in a post-Civil War South that was bent on reestablishing the former status quo and rebuilding itself as a region of the United States where new forms of "slavery" would replace the old. This novel illustrated how race hatred and the impotence of a reluctant Federal Government trumped the rule of law, ultimately setting the stage for the rise of institutions such as Jim Crow, lynching, chain gangs and work farms--all established with the intent of disenfranchising African Americans. - Summary by James K. White For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . Download M4B 01-16 (126MB) Download M4B 17-39 (122MB)

Directors & creators

Charles Waddell Chesnutt

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;

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