The Lone Black Pioneer: Oscar Micheaux Boxed Set

The Lone Black Pioneer: Oscar Micheaux Boxed Set
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This collection brings to you three semi-autobiographical novels by Oscar Micheaux, the famous black explorer, author, film director and independent producer. Although the short-lived Lincoln Motion Picture Company was the first movie company owned and controlled by Black filmmakers, Micheaux is regarded as the first major African-American feature filmmaker, a prominent producer of race film, and has been described as «the most successful African-American filmmaker of the first half of the 20th century.» He produced both silent films and sound films. However, Micheaux's early life as a black pioneer was equally fascinating and was adapted as a critically-acclaimed silent-era film. He not only had a stellar-rise but also lost out his hard-earned property to his estranged wife and his father-in-law. Read the lesser-known stories of his life through these 3 novels: The Conquest – Through the story of the eponymous hero, Micheaux, the author depicts his pains and struggles in becoming a successful homesteader in Dakota. Largely autobiographical, the novel details the early years of despair and hard work that went into surviving the tough Wild West. The Homesteader – Through the fictional story of Jean Baptiste, Micheaux shows how his ill-fated marriage led to his misery. His preacher father-in-law began psychologically manipulating his daughter and Micheaux to disastrous results. The Forged Note – The novel shows how Micheaux's property was acquired through forgery and in many ways is a sequel to The Homesteader. However, in this fictional tale, the protagonist Sidney Wyeth has a chance to find the romance again in his life. Will he eventually succeed the second time?

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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

THE FORGED NOTE

THE FORGED NOTE

BOOK I

CHAPTER ONE. THE BARRIER

CHAPTER TWO. ATTALIA

CHAPTER THREE. NEXT DAY—DISCOVERIES

CHAPTER FOUR. AND HE NEVER KNEW

CHAPTER FIVE. B.J. DICKSON

CHAPTER SIX "OH, YOU SELL BOOKS"

CHAPTER SEVEN. THE OFFICE OF THE GRAND SECRETARY

CHAPTER EIGHT. HENRY HUGH HODDER

CHAPTER NINE "SWEET GENEVIEVE"

CHAPTER TEN "DO SOMETHING AND YOU'LL FIND OUT"

CHAPTER ELEVEN "JEDGE L'YLES' CO'T"

CHAPTER TWELVE. A JEW; A GENTILE; A MURDER—AND SOME MORE

CHAPTER THIRTEEN "CAUSE NIGGA'S 'S GITTIN' SO RICH"

CHAPTER FOURTEEN. AND THEN CAME SLIM

CHAPTER FIFTEEN "SHOO FLY"

CHAPTER SIXTEEN "WHY DO YOU LOOK AT ME SO STRANGELY?"

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN "I'LL NEVER BE ANYTHING BUT A VAGABOND"

BOOK II

CHAPTER ONE. EFFINGHAM

CHAPTER TWO "THESE NEGROES IN EFFINGHAM ARE NIGGA'S PROPER"

CHAPTER THREE "I HAVE BEEN MARRIED," SAID SHE

CHAPTER FOUR "EIDDER STUCK UP AH SHE'S A WITCH"

CHAPTER FIVE "A BIGGER LIAH THEY AIN'T IN TOWN"

CHAPTER SIX "YES—MISS LATHAM"

CHAPTER SEVEN "IT ALL FALLS RIGHT BACK ON SOCIETY"

CHAPTER EIGHT "WHERE ARE YOU FROM?"

CHAPTER NINE "BUT SMITH IS NOT HIS REAL NAME"

CHAPTER TEN "WHEN YOU HAVE BEEN GRASS-WIDOWED, IT'S DIFFERENT"

CHAPTER ELEVEN "I'M WORRIED ABOUT MILDRED"

CHAPTER TWELVE. AND THEN SHE BEGAN TO GROW OTHERWISE

CHAPTER THIRTEEN. ENTER—MR. TOM TODDY!

CHAPTER FOURTEEN. THE DISAPPEARING CHIN

CHAPTER FIFTEEN "WILSON, WILSON! MILDRED IS GONE!"

CHAPTER SIXTEEN. THE BEAST AND THE JUNGLE

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN "THIS IS MR. WINSLOW, MADAM!"

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN "THOU SHALT NOT STEAL!"

CHAPTER NINETEEN. THEY TURNED HER OUT OF CHURCH

CHAPTER TWENTY "I LOVE YOU!" SHE SAID

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE "PLEASE GIT D' OLE MAN OUTTA JAIL"

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO "THIS MAN IS LOSING HIS MIND"

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE "I'LL BRAND YOU AS A FAKER"

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR. THE ARRAIGNMENT

BOOK III

CHAPTER ONE "THAT GAL'S CROOKED!"

CHAPTER TWO "IT WAS IN THAT CHURCH LAST SUNDAY!"

CHAPTER THREE "UH! 'ES GOT'IM A NIGGA!"

CHAPTER FOUR "PLEASE GO!" SHE CRIED HOARSELY

CHAPTER FIVE. THE TIME LIMIT

CHAPTER SIX. THE BLACK CAVALRY'S CHARGE—"ONWARD BOYS!"

CHAPTER SEVEN "PLEASE STOP—AND SAVE ME!"

CHAPTER EIGHT. WHAT HER EYES SAW

CHAPTER NINE "WHA'S Y' MAN?"

CHAPTER TEN "KICK HIGHER DARE, GAL!"

CHAPTER ELEVEN "MY WIFE—SICK—HELL!"

CHAPTER TWELVE. MIDNIGHT, DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST

CHAPTER THIRTEEN. INTO THE INFINITE LONG AGO

CHAPTER FOURTEEN "GO BROTHER! IN GOD'S NAME, GO!"

BOOK IV

CHAPTER ONE "'SCRIMINATIN' 'G'INST NIGGA'S"

CHAPTER TWO. AT LAST SHE DIDN'T CARE

CHAPTER THREE "THEY KNEW HE HAD WRITTEN THE TRUTH"

CHAPTER FOUR. THE WOMAN WITH THE THREE MOLES

CHAPTER FIVE "HELLO, BROWN SKIN!"

CHAPTER SIX "WHO'RE YOU!" SHE REPEATED

CHAPTER SEVEN "AT LAST, OH LORD, AT LAST!"

CHAPTER EIGHT "WELL, I'M GOING!" AND SHE WENT

CHAPTER NINE "I HOPE YOU—WON'T—WON'T BE ANGRY"

CHAPTER TEN. VELLUN PARISH—JEFFERSON BERNARD

CHAPTER ELEVEN "MILDRED, I'VE COME BACK"

CHAPTER TWELVE. THE SLAVE MARKET

CHAPTER THIRTEEN "RESTITUTION"

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The Conquest, The Homesteader & The Forged Note

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Chapter XXXVII. The Progressives and the Reactionaries

Chapter XXXVIII. Sanctimonious Hypocrisy

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