AudioFile - Find your next great audiobook
Get our Newsletter

HE CALLS ME BY LIGHTNING The Life of Caliph Washington and the Forgotten Saga of Jim Crow, Southern Justice, and the Death Penalty

by | Read by Mirron Willis

Biography & Memoir • 13.75 hrs. • Unabridged • © 2017

Author Bass unravels the complex threads that made up the life of Caliph Washington and the systematic racism that nearly brought him to his death at the hands of the state on three occasions in the mid-twentieth-century South. Mirron Willis's deep, slightly raspy voice has a gentleness and a slight Southern accent that make listening to the audiobook enjoyable, even if the story leaves one heartbroken and sickened. He has the right voice to enliven the big historical details while also drawing out the personal moments in Washington's life described by Bass. Washington's situation is one that has proven to be all too common in U.S. history, and Willis's narration makes listening to his story an important and powerful experience. L.E. © AudioFile 2017, Portland, Maine [Published: JULY 2017]

Trade Ed. • Tantor Media • 2017

CD ISBN 9781515915560 $42.99 • Eleven CDs

MP3-CD ISBN 9781515965565 $29.99 • One MP3-CDs

DD ISBN $30.09

Advertisement Advertisement
The latest audiobook reviews, right in your inbox.

Get our FREE Newsletter and discover a world of audiobooks.

envelope

AudioFile Newsletter

Let us recommend your next great audiobook!

No algorithms here!
We pick great audiobooks for you.
Sign up for our free newsletter with audiobook love from AudioFile editors.

If you are already with us, thank you! Just click X above.

×

Thank you for signing up.

×

Thanks!

Thank you for contacting us!

Our group will review and follow up within 72 hours.
Thanks for your interest!

Back Home ×

Thanks!

Thank you for signing up!

Our group will review and follow up soon.

Back Home ×