The Longest Road
Jeanne Williams
For Laurie Field, life is a series of hellos and goodbyes, of attachments cut short by the struggle for survival in America's Dust Bowl. When a violent dust storm leaves their mother dead and the family farm in ruins, Laurie and her brother help their father load up the flivver and leave Kansasaiming for a better life. At the side of the road, the Fields meet handsome wayfarer Johnny Morrigan. Although he is with them for only a short time, Johnny makes a painful journey easier with his gentle manner and songs of struggle and hope written by Woody Guthrie and other American greats. Her father travels to California in search of work, leaving Laurie and her brother in the care of their autocratic grandfather. Anxious to see her family reunited, Laurie heads for California. Disguised as a boy, she and her brother hop the rails and begin a long journey into happiness and disappointmentand danger, when wealthy oilman W.S. Redwine takes an interest in Laurie. Laurie's heart belongs to Johnny, wherever he may be, but Redwine will go to any lengths to make a place in her life. Laurie is equally determined to find a new home with her family, and Redwine is only one of the many obstacles she must overcome in this compelling story of one courageous and passionate woman.
Duration - 16h 11m.
Author - Jeanne Williams.
Narrator - Patty Duke.
Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023.
Copyright - © 2005 Books in Motion ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
For Laurie Field, life is a series of hellos and goodbyes, of attachments cut short by the struggle for survival in America's Dust Bowl. When a violent dust storm leaves their mother dead and the family farm in ruins, Laurie and her brother help their father load up the flivver and leave Kansasaiming for a better life. At the side of the road, the Fields meet handsome wayfarer Johnny Morrigan. Although he is with them for only a short time, Johnny makes a painful journey easier with his gentle manner and songs of struggle and hope written by Woody Guthrie and other American greats. Her father travels to California in search of work, leaving Laurie and her brother in the care of their autocratic grandfather. Anxious to see her family reunited, Laurie heads for California. Disguised as a boy, she and her brother hop the rails and begin a long journey into happiness and disappointmentand danger, when wealthy oilman W.S. Redwine takes an interest in Laurie. Laurie's heart belongs to Johnny, wherever he may be, but Redwine will go to any lengths to make a place in her life. Laurie is equally determined to find a new home with her family, and Redwine is only one of the many obstacles she must overcome in this compelling story of one courageous and passionate woman. Duration - 16h 11m. Author - Jeanne Williams. Narrator - Patty Duke. Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023. Copyright - © 2005 Books in Motion ©.
Language:
English
Chapter 1
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Chapter 2
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Chapter 3
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Chapter 4
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Chapter 5
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Chapter 6
Duration:00:32:35
Chapter 7
Duration:00:45:32
Chapter 8
Duration:00:36:06
Chapter 9
Duration:00:31:43
Chapter 10
Duration:00:34:53
Chapter 11
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Chapter 12
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Chapter 13
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Chapter 14
Duration:00:34:23
Chapter 15
Duration:00:29:19
Chapter 16
Duration:00:27:56
Chapter 17
Duration:00:26:10
Chapter 18
Duration:00:29:30
Chapter 19
Duration:00:26:48
Chapter 20
Duration:00:20:49
Chapter 21
Duration:00:26:10
Chapter 22
Duration:00:42:46
Chapter 23
Duration:00:42:06
Chapter 24
Duration:00:37:23
Chapter 25
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Chapter 26
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Chapter 27
Duration:00:33:49
Chapter 28
Duration:00:41:36
Chapter 29
Duration:00:39:12