Drums along the Mohawk, Walter D. Edmonds
Drums along the Mohawk, Walter D. Edmonds
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Drums along the Mohawk

Author: Walter D. Edmonds

Narrator: Mark Bramhall

Unabridged: 21 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/04/2015

Synopsis

Drums along the Mohawk, Walter D. Edmonds’ masterpiece, is not only the best historical novel about upstate New York since James Fenimore Cooper, it was also number one on the bestseller list for two years, only yielding to the epic Gone with the Wind.This is the story of the forgotten pioneers of the Mohawk Valley during the Revolutionary War. Here Gilbert Martin and his young wife struggled and lived and hoped. Combating hardships almost too great to endure, they helped give to America a legend that still stirs the heart. In the midst of love and hate, life and death, danger and disaster, they stuck to the acres that were theirs and fought a war without ever quite understanding it. Drums along the Mohawk has been an American classic since its original publication in 1936.

About Walter D. Edmonds

Walter D. Edmonds (1903–1998) was born in New York state. His 1936 novel Drums along the Mohawk was a bestseller for two years. His later works received major literary awards, including the National Book Award and the Newbery Medal.

About Mark Bramhall

Mark Bramhall has won the prestigious Audie Award for best narration, more than thirty AudioFile Earphones Awards, and has repeatedly been named by AudioFile magazine and Publishers Weekly among their “Best Voices of the Year.” He is also an award-winning actor whose acting credits include off-Broadway, regional, and many Los Angeles venues as well as television, animation, and feature films. He has taught and directed at the American Academy of Dramatic Art.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Werner on December 06, 2020

Note, Dec. 6, 2020: I just edited this to insert an accidentally-omitted comma. Written in a solidly Realist style, this novel was part of the vanguard of the introduction of the Realist school to the historical fiction genre; as late as the early 1900s, Realist writers and critics such as Frank Norr......more

Goodreads review by Kitty on November 18, 2007

This should be required reading for New York state grammar or high school students the year they study the Revolutionary War. It follows a young couple and their community throughout the war period. The battles, betrayals, babies born and lost, farms and houses burned, people and animals slaughtered......more

Goodreads review by Beakerkin on August 28, 2010

An amazing experience that can be enhanced with reading Forgotten Allies about the role of the Oneidas in the Battle of Oriskany. The familiar movie with Henry Fonda does not match the fine book in style or substance. I have read several articles about the Battle of Oriskany and the author is amazingly......more

Goodreads review by Kaitlyn on February 09, 2025

Been meaning to read a Walter Edmonds book for many years, since I married a Western-New Yorker and travel there frequently. I loved the Matchlock Gun as a kid and was so excited to find out that Edmonds wrote extensively beyond that. This book over-delivered for me. I made the mistake of reading it......more

Goodreads review by Amber on February 13, 2023

A pair of newlyweds head out to the New York wilderness to start a new life together, but with the Revolutionary War comes trouble and hardship. Plus, Indians. Yeah, not my cuppa, I suppose. Just not...interesting enough? Which is too bad because it really could have been.......more

Quotes

“The best work of its kind. Throbs with life upon a hostile frontier…doubly thrilling as Mr. Edmonds sets it down, touched with local color, lively with dialogue, bright with suspense.” New York Times

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