

The Approaching Fury
Voices of the Storm, 1820-1861
Author: Stephen B. Oates
Narrator: Susan Ericksen, David Colacci, David Sadzin
Unabridged: 22 hr 31 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published: 05/11/2021
Categories: Fiction, Historical Fiction
Synopsis
Nat Turner, William Lloyd Garrison, John C. Calhoun, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe, George Fitzhugh, John Brown, and Mary Boykin Chesnut also provide perspectives. Each character takes a turn onstage, narrating critical events in which he or she was a major participant or eyewitness. For the dramatic monologues, Oates draws on the actual words of his speakers—in letters, speeches, interviews, recollections, and other recorded utterances—and then simulates how, were they reminiscing aloud, they would describe these events in which they were the principal actors or witnesses. All the events and themes reflect the historical record.