William Bottoms has narrated 3 audiobooks on Listento.it by 3 authors. The most-rated is The Revenge of John W.
The Last Soul of Witherspoon
Summary
The Last Soul of Witherspoon takes a "global" approach in its history of a settlement school in the mountains of Eastern Kentucky known as Witherspoon College. Listeners will find this audiobook to be autobiographical as well as a social history told on three levels. On one level is a simple story of a person from Long Shoal in Lee County, Kentucky, whose childhood innocence collides head-on with adolescence while a student at Witherspoon. Listeners will find at the end of the story a battle-scarred but still-standing youth, heading off to the next stage in his life, having gained much in the way of character development, and one who "gave as much as he got." The second level of the story traces four generations of families from the Civil War to the 1950s, including their pedigrees, feuds, and religion. The theme behind this ancestry is to support the premise of "a man's character is his fate," not the other way around. Also included is a history of Witherspoon College itself, with an emphasis on benefactors from Brooklyn, New York. Listeners may be surprised to learn of the connection between Times Square, the New York subway system, and the famous Underwood typewriter and a small mountain village called Buckhorn, Kentucky. The story here provides a personal contrast of "old-time religion" versus what one writer has termed "denominational imperialism." Religion is referenced a great deal, but this is not a religious audiobook.
©2013 Alex Browning (P)2013 Alex Browning
Terminal Revolution
Summary
What would you do if you only had 3 months to live? Murder, revenge, redemption or change the world for the better? A small group of people in this situation take action with a little help from an unexpected outsider. This book is unedited so you can listen to the story the way the author told it.
©2012 William Ruffis Bottoms (P)2013 William Ruffis Bottoms
The Revenge of John W
Summary
A dirt poor mother and her son who's only possession - their property is desired by an evil man. His lust for wealth drives him to stop at nothing to obtain it - causing a grieving mother the fear of never seeing her only son again. A prison in the desert which has been closed for over a half century is mysteriously reopened, but for what purpose? Why was the boy taken from his mother and the girl he loves - will he ever see them again? Why does Jack McCormack covet John W's worthless property so aggressively? The prison has a 100 year old secret - with a skeletal sentinel watching over it. Who is he, and why is he there? These are part of the tantalizing clues that help make The Revenge of John W a book you won't want to stop listening to.
©2012 Joe Corso (P)2013 Joe Corso