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The Jack-Knife Man by Ellis Parker Butler ~ Full Audiobook [family]
The Jack-Knife Man by Ellis Parker Butler audiobook. A lighthearted tale which revolves around old Peter Lane, who lives in a houseboat on the Mississippi River and mostly whiles away his time whittling with his jack-knife and not really doing much e...
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Show Notes
The Jack-Knife Man by Ellis Parker Butler audiobook.
Genre: family
Ellis Parker Butler's The Jack-Knife Man is a warm, quietly comic story of unlikely family and hard-won belonging along the Mississippi River. Peter Lane is an aging drifter who lives alone on a battered houseboat, passing his days with a jack-knife in hand, whittling small wooden figures and keeping to himself. But on a stormy night, a desperate woman arrives at his door with her young son, Buddy - and by morning Peter finds himself with a child to feed, protect, and somehow claim as his own. As Peter and Buddy settle into life on the river, a ragged wanderer named Booge drifts into their orbit, and the three form a makeshift household held together by simple decency, improvised joy, and the little toys Peter carves. Their fragile peace is tested by suspicious townspeople and well-meaning authorities who believe Buddy would be better off anywhere else, forcing Peter to prove he can offer more than shelter - he can offer a future. Tender, humorous, and deeply humane, Butler's novel explores charity without sentimentality and the stubborn courage it takes to love when the world says you should let go.
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Chapters (Approximate)
(00:00:00) Chapter 01
(00:26:09) Chapter 02
(00:37:02) Chapter 03
(00:57:41) Chapter 04
(01:26:32) Chapter 05
(01:55:12) Chapter 06
(02:23:42) Chapter 07
(02:43:00) Chapter 08
(02:53:35) Chapter 09
(03:05:26) Chapter 10
(03:22:41) Chapter 11
(03:31:54) Chapter 12
(04:03:24) Chapter 13
(04:17:31) Chapter 14
(04:36:38) Chapter 15
(04:51:44) Chapter 16
(05:08:37) Chapter 17
(05:28:19) Chapter 18
(05:38:15) Chapter 19
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