• Prentice Alvin

  • The Tales of Alvin Maker, Book 3
  • By: Orson Scott Card
  • Narrated by: Nana Visitor
  • Length: 5 hrs and 38 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (98 ratings)

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Prentice Alvin

By: Orson Scott Card
Narrated by: Nana Visitor
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Publisher's summary

From the 18th century into the early years of the 19th, Americans - traveling to find new homes and new lands - crossed the Appalachian Mountains and moved across the Northwest Territory, spreading west to the banks of the great river. Using the lore and folk-magic of the men and women who settled a continent, and the beliefs of the tribes who were there before them, Orson Scott Card has created an alternate frontier America.

When Alvin arrives in Hatrack River to take up his apprenticeship with Makepeace Smith and learn to be a blacksmith, he finds that nothing is as he expected. This would-be maker is on his own and the work of the Unmaker is close at hand.

Prentice Alvin is book 3 of the The Tales of Alvin Maker series.

Don't miss the other titles in Orson Scott Card's Alvin Maker series.
©1989 by Orson Scott Card (P)1999 NewStar Media Inc.

Critic reviews

  • Locus Award, 1990

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Not the book I was looking for

there really should be a large notification when two audio versions for one book exist on the same platform. This not the full cast narration version.... wasted a credit.....

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Only getting better.

This is the third book in this series that I have listened to and they are only getting better. Card is truely the master.

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Bad recording

This book was re-recorded you should find that copy because this is a bad copy.

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don't download this version

This isn't the book you are looking for. This sounds like it was recorded inside of a dumpster. There is another version that is far better

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Book is amazing, audio quality is awful

I've always loved Orson Scott Card and Prentice Alvin is no exception. However, I'm unable to listen to this book as the audio quality is so poor that I'm missing things the narrator says because it simply all blends together in the static. Only time I've ever got a refund on an audio book

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A great read. Awsome actors. A must re-read. 🤔👍

A great read. Awsome actors. A must re-read.
You can come love the whole cast (family)

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