The Conquest & The Homesteader

The Conquest & The Homesteader
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The Conquest – The novel narrates the story of Micheaux, who bears the same name as its famous author, and his struggles to become a successful homesteader in Dakota. Largely autobiographical, the novel details the early years of struggle and hard work that went into surviving the tough Wild West. The Homesteader – Jean Baptiste is a hard-working man whose only dream is to make a life for himself in Dakota. However, even as a Black pioneer, he is doomed to be separated from the love of his love due to racial laws prohibiting interracial marriages. Thus, to avoid the all-consuming loneliness, he instead decides to get married to Orlean. However, his new father-in-law is a nightmare from hell and although a preacher, all his attention is focused upon him rather than in the service of god. Can Baptiste survive the ordeal or will he succumb to the psychological pressures?




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Micheaux Oscar. The Conquest & The Homesteader

The Conquest & The Homesteader

Table of Contents

THE CONQUEST

CHAPTER I. DISCONTENT—SPIRIT OF THE PIONEER

CHAPTER II. LEAVING HOME—A MAIDEN

CHAPTER III. CHICAGO, CHASING A WILL-O-THE-WISP

CHAPTER IV. THE P——N COMPANY

CHAPTER V "GO WEST YOUNG MAN AND GROW UP WITH THE COUNTRY"

CHAPTER VI "AND WHERE IS ORISTOWN?" THE TOWN ON THE MISSOURI

CHAPTER VII. ORISTOWN, THE "LITTLE CROW" RESERVATION

CHAPTER VIII. FAR DOWN THE PACIFIC—THE PROPOSAL

CHAPTER IX. THE RETURN—ERNEST NICHOLSON

CHAPTER X. THE OKLAHOMA GRAFTER

CHAPTER XI. DEALIN' IN MULES

CHAPTER XII. THE HOMESTEADERS

CHAPTER XIII. IMAGINATIONS RUN AMUCK

CHAPTER XIV. THE SURVEYORS

CHAPTER XV "WHICH TOWN WILL THE R.R. STRIKE?"

CHAPTER XVI. MEGORY'S DAY

CHAPTER XVII. ERNEST NICHOLSON'S RETURN—THE BUILDING WEST OF TOWN—"WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT"

CHAPTER XVIII. COMES STANLEY, THE CHIEF ENGINEER

CHAPTER XIX. IN THE VALLEY OF THE KEYA PAHA. THE RIVALS. THE VIGILANTS

CHAPTER XX. THE OUTLAW'S LAST STAND

CHAPTER XXI. THE BOOM

CHAPTER XXII. THE PRESIDENT'S PROCLAMATION

CHAPTER XXIII. WHERE THE NEGRO FAILS

CHAPTER XXIV "AND THE CROWDS DID COME." THE PRAIRIE FIRE

CHAPTER XXV. THE SCOTCH GIRL

CHAPTER XXVI. THE BATTLE

CHAPTER XXVII. THE SACRIFICE—RACE LOYALTY

CHAPTER XXVIII. THE BREEDS

CHAPTER XXIX. IN THE VALLEY OF THE DOG EAR

CHAPTER XXX. ERNEST NICHOLSON TAKES A HAND

CHAPTER XXXI. THE McCRALINES

CHAPTER XXXII. A LONG NIGHT

CHAPTER XXXIII. THE SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST

CHAPTER XXXIV. EAST OF STATE STREET

CHAPTER XXXV. AN UNCROWNED KING

CHAPTER XXXVI. A SNAKE IN THE GRASS

CHAPTER XXXVII. THE PROGRESSIVES AND THE REACTIONARIES

CHAPTER XXXVIII. SANCTIMONIOUS HYPOCRISY

CHAPTER XXXIX. BEGINNING OF THE END

CHAPTER XL. THE MENNONITES

CHAPTER XLI. THE DROUTH

CHAPTER XLII. A YEAR OF COINCIDENCES

CHAPTER XLIII "AND SATAN CAME ALSO."

THE HOMESTEADER

LEADING CHARACTERS

EPOCH THE FIRST

CHAPTER I. AGNES

CHAPTER II. THE HOMESTEADER

CHAPTER III. AT THE SOD HOUSE

CHAPTER IV. SHE COULD NEVER BE ANYTHING TO HIM

CHAPTER V. WHEN THE INDIANS SHOT THE TOWN UP

CHAPTER VI. THE INFIDEL, A JEW AND A GERMAN

CHAPTER VII. THE DAY BEFORE

CHAPTER VIII. AN ENTERPRISING YOUNG MAN

CHAPTER IX "CHRISTINE, CHRISTINE!"

CHAPTER X "YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN THIS WAY BEFORE"

CHAPTER XI. WHAT JEAN BAPTISTE FOUND IN THE WELL

CHAPTER XII. MISS STEWART RECEIVES A CALLER

CHAPTER XIII. THE COMING OF THE RAILROAD

CHAPTER XIV. THE ADMINISTRATING ANGEL

CHAPTER XV. OH, MY JEAN!

CHAPTER XVI. BILL PRESCOTT PROPOSES

CHAPTER XVII. HARVEST TIME AND WHAT CAME WITH IT

EPOCH THE SECOND

CHAPTER I. REGARDING THE INTERMARRIAGE OF RACES

CHAPTER II. WHICH?

CHAPTER III. MEMORIES—N. JUSTINE MCCARTHY

CHAPTER IV. ORLEAN

CHAPTER V. A PROPOSAL; A PROPOSITION; A CERTAIN MRS. PRUITT—AND A LETTER

CHAPTER VI. THE PRAIRIE FIRE

CHAPTER VII. VANITY

CHAPTER VIII. MARRIED

CHAPTER IX. ORLEAN RECEIVES A LETTER AND ADVICE

CHAPTER X. EUGENE CROOK

CHAPTER XI. REVEREND McCARTHY PAYS A VISIT

CHAPTER XII. REVEREND MCCARTHY DECIDES TO SET BAPTISTE RIGHT, BUT—

CHAPTER XIII. THE WOLF

CHAPTER XIV. THE CONTEST

CHAPTER XV. COMPROMISED

CHAPTER XVI. THE EVIL GENIUS

CHAPTER XVII. THE COWARD

EPOCH THE THIRD

CHAPTER I. CHICAGO—THE BOOMERANG

CHAPTER II. THE GREAT QUESTION

CHAPTER III. GLAVIS MAKES A PROMISE

CHAPTER IV. THE GAMBLER'S STORY

CHAPTER V. THE PREACHER'S EVIL INFLUENCE

CHAPTER VI. MORE OF THE PREACHER'S WORK

CHAPTER VII. A GREAT ASTRONOMER

CHAPTER VIII. N. JUSTINE MC CARTHY PREACHES A SERMON

CHAPTER IX. WHAT THE PEOPLE WERE SAYING

CHAPTER X "UNTIL THEN"

CHAPTER XI "IT'S THE WRONG NUMBER"

CHAPTER XII. MRS. PRUITT EFFECTS A PLAN

CHAPTER XIII. MRS. MERLEY

CHAPTER XIV. OH, MERCIFUL GOD, CLOSE THOU MINE EYES!

CHAPTER XV "LOVE YOU—GOD, I HATE YOU!"

CHAPTER XVI. A STRANGE DREAM

EPOCH THE FOURTH

CHAPTER I. THE DROUGHT

CHAPTER II. THE FORECLOSURE

CHAPTER III. IRENE GREY

CHAPTER IV. WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN

CHAPTER V "TELL ME WHY YOU DIDN'T ANSWER THE LAST LETTER I WROTE YOU"

CHAPTER VI. THE STORY

CHAPTER VII. HER BIRTHRIGHT "FOR A MESS OF POTTAGE"

CHAPTER VIII. ACTION

CHAPTER IX. GOSSIP

CHAPTER X. A DISCOVERY—AND A SURPRISE

CHAPTER XI. THE BISHOP'S INQUISITION

CHAPTER XII. THE BISHOP ACTS

CHAPTER XIII. WHERE THE WEAK MUST BE STRONG

CHAPTER XIV. THE TRIAL—THE LIE—"AS GUILTY AS HELL!"

CHAPTER XV. GRIM JUSTICE

CHAPTER XVI. A FRIEND

CHAPTER XVII. THE MYSTERY

CHAPTER XVIII. VENGEANCE IS MINE. I WILL REPAY

CHAPTER XIX. WHEN THE TRUTH BECAME KNOWN

CHAPTER XX. AS IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING

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Chapter XXII. The President's Proclamation

Chapter XXIII. Where the Negro Fails

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