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The Crossing

by Winston CHURCHILL (1871 - 1947)

Bk 2 Ch 12-Les Iles

This is an historical fiction novel. Many real characters of history are included, as well as fictitious ones. The saga takes place in the period slightly before the American Revolution, and extends for some years after that war. It covers the first movement of southern colonists, over the mountains, into Kentucky, then into the lands that would become Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. The battles to take these lands from the British make up much of the drama. The characters also move into New Orleans to face off with the French. This was a major best selling novel when released. The writer, Winston Churchill, was a most prominent American novelist of the time. The Prime Minister of England, Winston S. Churchill, was his contemporary, but no family relation. This book contains content that some listeners might find offensive. (Summary by Bob Rollins)

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Listen next episodes of The Crossing:
Afterward , Bk 2 Ch 13-Monsieur Auguste Entrapped , Bk 2 Ch 14-Retribution , Bk 3 Ch 1-The Rights of Man , Bk 3 Ch 10-The Scrorge , Bk 3 Ch 11-In the Midst of Life , Bk 3 Ch 12-Visions, and An Awakening , Bk 3 Ch 13-A Mystery , Bk 3 Ch 14-To Unpathed Waters, Undreamed Shores , Bk 3 Ch 15 - An Episode in the Life of a Man , Bk 3 Ch 2-The House Above the Falls , Bk 3 Ch 3-Louisana Celebrates , Bk 3 Ch 4-Of A Sudden Resolution , Bk 3 Ch 5-The House of the Honneycombed Tiles , Bk 3 Ch 6-Madame La Vicamtesse , Bk 3 Ch 8-At Lamarque's , Bk 3 Ch 9-Monsieur Le Baron , Bk 3 Ch7-The Disposal of the Sieur De St. Gre'