The Land Author:Mildred D. Taylor Read by Ruben Santiago-Hudson — Approx. 12 hours, 15 minutes — 8 cassettes — The prequel to Newbery Medal winner Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. — Paul-Edward Logan, grandfather of Cassie (Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry)is born during the Civil War, the son of a white plantation owner father and a former slave mother. Though this ... more »heritage was not unusual for the time, this upbringing is. Paul-Edward's father sees to it that Paul-Edward and his sister enjoy many of the same privileges as their white half-brothers. But, as the age of 14, Paul-Edward runs away to fulfill his dream: to won land as good as his father's plantation.« less