Many a River

By: Elmer Kelton

Narrated by: full cast, Dylan Lynch, Yasmin Tuazon, Bobby Aselford, Lily Beacon, David Jourdan, Colleen Delany, Michael John Casey, Joel David Santner, Thomas Penny, Terence Aselford, Ken Jackson

The Barfield family, Arkansas sharecroppers, are heading west with their sons Jeffrey and Todd. In far West Texas their camp is attacked by Comanche raiders and the elder Barfields are killed and scalped. The younger boy, Todd, is taken captive by the Indians. The older son, Jeffrey, manages to hide and is rescued by the militia men. Jeffrey is taken in by a home-steading family, while Todd is sold, for a rifle and gunpowder, to a Comanchero trader named January.

Both become caught up in the turbulence of the Civil War, which even in remote West Texas, the border country with New Mexico, pits Confederate sympathizers against Unionists. The brothers, separated by violence, are destined to be rejoined by violence.

Will they meet as friends or deadly enemies?

Performed by Dylan Lynch, Yasmin Tuazon, Bobby Aselford, Lily Beacon, David Jourdan, Colleen Delany, Michael John Casey, Joel David Santner, Thomas Penny, Terence Aselford, Ken Jackson, Nannette Savard, David Coyne, Ren Kasey, Brad Smith, Margie Tompros, Gary Telles, Richard Rohan, Mort Shelby, Eric Messner, Nora Achrati, Michael Glenn, Sherry Berg, Steven Carpenter, Scott McCormick.

©2009 Elmer Kelton (P)2014 Graphic Audio, LLC