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BY THE RIVERS OF WATER A Nineteeenth-Century Atlantic Odyssey

by | Read by Mirron Willis

History • 17.5 hrs. • Unabridged • © 2013

The Wilsons, a missionary couple from the U.S. South, lived in West Africa before the Civil War. As delivered by Mirron Willis, their story becomes something like a lively university lecture. The couple's actual lives are not as interesting as the historical period they were part of. The debate over freeing American slaves and the formation of Liberia as a refuge for them takes precedent. How a dictionary shaped an African language, African beliefs about faith, and the effects of the Liberia colony on the people who already lived within its borders also are emphasized. This is an an area of history that may be new to many listeners. J.A.S. © AudioFile 2013, Portland, Maine [Published: DECEMBER 2013]

Trade Ed. • Blackstone Audio • 2013

CD ISBN 9781482928976 $32.95 • Fourteen CDs

MP3-CD ISBN 9781482928969 $44.95 • Two MP3-CDs

DD ISBN multiple sources

 

Library Ed. • Blackstone Audio • 2013

CD ISBN 9781482928952 $84.95 • Fourteen CDs

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