The Trail of the Hawk by Sinclair Lewis ~ Full Audiobook [comedy]

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08/17/23

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828m

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The Trail of the Hawk by Sinclair Lewis audiobook.

Genre: comedy

Trail of the Hawk, narrated by Mike Vendetti aka Miketheauctioneer, is Sinclair Lewis’ second novel published under his own name. It was not at the time of release a smashing success as his later works, Babbitt, Elmer Gantry, and others, but his style and immense talent are certainly evident.

We travel with The Hawk, or Carl Ericson, son of Norwegian immigrants, born at the end of the 19th century through the first three adventurous periods of the young man’s life. We see him as an adventurous boy, running away with Gertie Cowels, the girl that lives in the big house in the better part of town, only to be rescued by Bone Stillman, a backwoods philosopher and influence on Carl.

We travel with him as he leaves his childhood, Gertie and Joralemon behind, for a short attempt at higher education, then to pursue the hobo life, a Bowery bartender, an engineer in Panama and an aviator. It is during the aviator phase that he becomes Hawk Ericson barnstorming his way across America, an exciting but dangerous lifestyle. Leaving aviation after too many close calls, and the loss of his best friend, he becomes an automobile man, and moves into phase three.

It is in phase three, love adventure, that we find The Hawk in New York, mingling with polite society quite by accident. He is smitten by Ruth Winslow, while riding on a streetcar after a fight with Gertie, and follows Ruth to a party which he crashes.

I truly enjoyed narrating this novel, and believe the listener will enjoy it, a trip into post Victorian, pre-Jazz Age America.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:25:15) Chapter 02

(00:46:02) Chapter 03

(01:05:01) Chapter 04

(01:26:29) Chapter 05

(01:51:49) Chapter 06

(02:17:29) Chapter 07

(02:31:03) Chapter 08

(02:47:39) Chapter 09

(03:15:58) Chapter 10

(03:27:17) Chapter 11

(03:45:47) Chapter 12

(04:05:11) Chapter 13

(04:20:47) Chapter 14

(04:42:20) Chapter 15

(05:02:59) Chapter 16

(05:15:58) Chapter 17

(05:25:57) Chapter 18

(05:40:45) Chapter 19

(05:51:11) Chapter 20

(06:06:04) Chapter 21

(06:36:16) Chapter 22

(06:51:44) Chapter 23

(07:15:21) Chapter 24

(07:28:42) Chapter 25

(07:50:44) Chapter 26

(08:03:26) Chapter 27

(08:30:28) Chapter 28

(08:47:54) Chapter 29

(09:12:55) Chapter 30

(09:27:24) Chapter 31

(09:47:30) Chapter 32

(10:07:01) Chapter 33

(10:37:37) Chapter 34

(10:55:28) Chapter 35

(11:13:24) Chapter 36

(11:34:00) Chapter 37

(11:54:50) Chapter 38

(12:06:13) Chapter 39

(12:28:47) Chapter 40

(12:45:28) Chapter 41

(13:13:43) Chapter 42

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Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis ~ Full Audiobook [comedy]

August 17, 2023

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819m

Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis audiobook.

Genre: comedy

In the booming Midwestern city of Zenith, George F. Babbitt seems to have everything a successful American businessman should want: a solid home, a respectable family, a wide circle of civic-minded friends, and a thriving career selling real estate. He prides himself on being practical, optimistic, and up to date, repeating the slogans of prosperity and progress that surround him. But beneath the confident talk and the carefully maintained routines, Babbitt feels a nagging restlessness - a sense that his life is being lived according to rules he never chose. As the demands of business, social clubs, and public opinion tighten around him, he begins to question the values that once felt unquestionable. Drawn toward people and ideas labeled improper by Zenith's guardians of respectability, Babbitt tests the limits of conformity and discovers how quickly a community can reward obedience and punish deviation. With sharp wit and piercing observation, Sinclair Lewis turns one man's unease into a sweeping satire of status, consumer culture, and the cost of fitting in.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:26:39) Chapter 02

(00:47:31) Chapter 03

(01:16:47) Chapter 04

(01:42:34) Chapter 05

(02:17:57) Chapter 06

(03:05:54) Chapter 07

(03:30:47) Chapter 08

(04:10:11) Chapter 09

(04:30:17) Chapter 10

(05:00:35) Chapter 11

(05:13:09) Chapter 12

(05:21:25) Chapter 13

(05:59:27) Chapter 14

(06:30:06) Chapter 15

(06:55:26) Chapter 16

(07:15:20) Chapter 17

(07:37:49) Chapter 18

(08:01:17) Chapter 19

(08:30:51) Chapter 20

(08:44:11) Chapter 21

(08:56:43) Chapter 22

(09:07:04) Chapter 23

(09:27:19) Chapter 24

(09:52:29) Chapter 25

(10:09:03) Chapter 26

(10:25:43) Chapter 27

(10:43:10) Chapter 28

(11:04:58) Chapter 29

(11:41:40) Chapter 30

(12:04:59) Chapter 31

(12:20:38) Chapter 32

(12:42:33) Chapter 33

(13:03:15) Chapter 34

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The Valley of Fear by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ~ Full Audiobook [mystery]

August 18, 2023

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379m

The Valley of Fear by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle audiobook.

Genre: mystery

In The Valley of Fear, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle returns to Victorian London with one of Sherlock Holmes' most perilous cases. A mysterious cipher and a chilling warning reach Baker Street, drawing Holmes and Dr. Watson into the investigation of a country-house murder that seems at once straightforward and impossible. As Holmes pieces together the victim's hidden connections, the trail widens beyond drawing rooms and railway timetables into a web of secret codes, surveillance, and violent loyalties. The story then opens onto an earlier life lived under an assumed name, where a lone man enters a tight-knit community shaped by fear and bound by an oath to a ruthless brotherhood. In this parallel narrative of infiltration and survival, every gesture is measured, every friendship risky, and every mistake potentially fatal. With Holmes' razor logic on one side and a brutal secret society on the other, the novel explores how power thrives in shadows and how the past can reach across an ocean to settle old debts. Taut, atmospheric, and morally charged, it is a tale of deduction, disguise, and the cost of standing alone against organized cruelty.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:21:19) Chapter 02

(00:38:47) Chapter 03

(01:00:06) Chapter 04

(01:23:52) Chapter 05

(01:49:09) Chapter 06

(02:17:44) Chapter 07

(02:53:29) Chapter 08

(03:12:59) Chapter 09

(03:48:42) Chapter 10