A Mule + A Cow & 5 Jugs Of Shine
- Author: Karen Wimberley
- Narrator: Melissa Lucas-Harlow
- Publisher: Author's Republic
- Duration: 6:47:47
Synopsis
In East Tennessee, 1926, a young girl is "traded" by her own father for a mule, a cow, and five jugs of moonshine. In disbelief, the girl known as Minnie Leigh comes to terms with what being traded really means. Determined to change her fate she sets out on a path filled with uncertainty and fueled by determination to fight back.
Based on her real-life journey... Minnie Leigh Robertson was forced to take a path that turned her world upside down. In the East Tennessee Mountains at the age of thirteen, living a very simple, content life, Minnie never dreamed of living anywhere but on her mountain.
Her days were filled with digging Ginseng, gathering wild herbs and tending a small number of livestock her father kept - 2 cows for milking, a couple of goats for cheese and there were always chickens for eggs.
Raised by her father, a bitter Veteran of the Great War, Minnie is forced onto a path that she feels she never will escape. Eventually, Minnie chooses her own path and discovers it leads her to much more than she was first traded for.
“Trade? Trade? I ain’t no animal, or piece of hide to be like next year’s beef or salt meat!” Minnie just stood there, in disbelief of all that had transpired over the last couple of hours. How could her Paw who loved her just trade her like she ain't nothin’? Less he don’t love me at all. Can’t be no other reason.”
Chapters
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chapter 01
Duration: 17s -
chapter 02
Duration: 03min -
chapter 03
Duration: 05min -
chapter 04
Duration: 06min -
chapter 05
Duration: 10min -
chapter 06
Duration: 20min -
chapter 07
Duration: 09min -
chapter 08
Duration: 09min -
chapter 09
Duration: 13min -
chapter 10
Duration: 13min -
chapter 11
Duration: 05min -
chapter 12
Duration: 16min -
chapter 13
Duration: 17min -
chapter 14
Duration: 24min -
chapter 15
Duration: 23min -
chapter 16
Duration: 09min -
chapter 17
Duration: 13min -
chapter 18
Duration: 08min -
chapter 19
Duration: 10min -
chapter 20
Duration: 08min