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Days Without End (Omnibus)

Days Without End by Sebastian Barry (Omnibus): Episode 1

Days Without End

Episode 1

Days Without End by Sebastian Barry (Omnibus)

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Days Without End by Sebastian Barry (Omnibus), Episode 1

Thomas McNulty recounts a ride out on the Oregon trail towards California in 1851.

Thomas McNulty tells how he and John Cole came to join the U.S. Cavalry in Missouri, 1851. Read by Stanley Townsend.

Thomas McNulty recounts how he, having fled Ireland when orphaned during the Great Famine, made his way across America as part of the U.S. Cavalry. 

With his long-time friend and companion John Cole, Thomas witnesses the birth of America - from the atrocities committed against the Native Americans to the horrors of the Civil War - and, ultimately, finds his own family and identity.

Written by Irish author and Man Booker Prize finalist, Sebastian Barry.

Read by Stanley Townsend.

Omnibus of the first five of ten parts abridged by Neville Teller.

Producer Gemma McMullan

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2016.

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Drama: Historical

Drama: War & Disaster

The tumultous period in US history as seen through teenage Cavalry recruits in the 1850s

The tumultous period in US history as seen through teenage Cavalry recruits in the 1850s, taking in the Indian Wars and the US Civil war

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