The Wit and Humor of America Vol 01

The Wit and Humor of America Vol 01

The Wit and Humor of America Vol 01

The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the first volume, 53 short stories and poems have been gathered from 44 authors.
This volume is sure to delight listeners. (Summary by Linette Geisel) Total Running Time: 06:53:41. Book Coordinator: Linette Geisel. Dedicated
Proof-Listener: ashleyspence. Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging: Annise.

00 - Forward by Marshall P. Wilder - 00:13:10 - Read by Barry Eads @ 01 - Melons by Bret Harte — 00:15:19 - Read by Barry Eads e 02 - The
Deacon's Masterpiece by Oliver Wendell Holmes — 00:06:14 - Read by Sweetlilbirdy e 03 - The Purple Cow by Gelett Burgess — 00:01:07 - Read
by Maria Therese e 04 - The Curse of the Competent by Henry J. Finn — 00:03:01 - Read by Joe Mabry è 05 - The Grammatical Boy by Bill Nye
— 00:06:36 - Read by TriciaG e 06 - Simple English by Ray Clarke Rose — 00:00:57 - Read by TriciaG @ 07 - Partingtonian Patchwork by B. P.
Shillaber — 00:07:59 - Read by Bellona Times e 08 - The Menagerie by William Vaughn Moody — 00:08:07 - Read by Patrick Reinhart è 09 -
Down around the River by James Whitcomb Riley — 00:02:23 - Read by David Leeson e 10 - A Medieval Discoverer by Bill Nye — 00:08:24 -
Read by Phil Chenevert e 11 - Wanted - A Cook by Alan Dale - 00:44:50 - Read by Lars Rolander e 12 - Similar Cases by Charlotte Perkins
Gilman — 00:05:00 - Read by Phil Chenevert e 13 - The Old Maid's House: In Plan by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps — 00:07:45 - Read by Samanem e
14 - Distichs by John Hay — 00:04:11 - Read by Sweetlilbirdy e 15 - The Quarrel by S.E. Kiser — 00:01:00 - Read by Maria Therese e 16 - A
Letter from Mr. Biggs by E. W. Howe — 00:09:52 - Read by Denny Sayers e 17 - Mrs. Johnson by William Dean Howells — 00:37:49 - Read by
Kenneth Sergeant Gaghan e 18 - Pass by Ironquill - 00:01:14 - Read by Matthew Reece e 19 - Teaching by Example by John G. Saxe -
00:01:03 - Read by Joe Mabry e 20 - When Albani Sang by William Henry Drummond — 00:08:45 - Read by Bellona Times e 21 - Colonel
Sterett's Panther Hunt by Alfred Henry Lewis — 00:23:10 - Read by Joe Mabry e 22 - Wouter Van Twiller by Washington Irving — 00:14:24 - Read
by Kenneth Sergeant Gaghan e 23 - The Experiences of the A.C. by Bayard Taylor — 00:30:25 - Read by Kenneth Sergeant Gaghan e 24 -
What Mr. Robinson Thinks by James Russell Lowell — 00:03:20 - Read by Matthew Reece e 25 - The Day We Do Not Celebrate by Robert J.
Burdette — 00:01:54 - Read by Phil Chenevert e 26 - The Yankee Dude'll Do by S. E. Kiser — 00:02:33 - Read by Matthew Reece e 27 - Spelling
Down The Master by Edward Eggleston — 00:27:59 - Read by Bellona Times e 28 - Myopia by Wallace Rice — 00:00:56 - Read by Matthew
Reece e 29 - Anatole Dubois At De Horse Show by Wallace Bruce Amsbary — 00:05:10 - Read by Phil Chenevert e 30 - The Champion
Checker-Player of Ameriky by James Whitcomb Riley — 00:16:09 - Read by David Leeson e 31 - Darby and Joan by St. John Honeywood —
00:04:29 - Read by Phil Chenevert e 32 - When the Frost is on the Punkin by James Whitcomb Riley — 00:01:58 - Read by David Leeson e 33 -
Laffing by Josh Billings — 00:06:20 - Read by Bill Mosley @ 34 - Grizzly Gru by lronquill — 00:03:37 - Read by Matthew Reece e 35 - John Henry
on a Street Car by Hugh McHugh — 00:07:05 - Read by Marty Kris @ 36 - The Muskeeter by Josh Billings — 00:02:14 - Read by Zloot e 37 - The
Turnings of a Bookworm by Carolyn Wells - 00:01:43 - Read by TriciaG e 38 - The Feast of the Monkeys by John Philip Sousa — 00:04:27 -
Read by Kara Shallenberg è 39 - The Billville Spirit Meeting by Frank L. Stanton — 00:02:11 - Read by Phil Chenevert e 40 - A Cry from the
Consumer by Wilbur D. Nesbit — 00:02:45 - Read by TriciaG e 41 - A Disappointment by John Boyle O'Reilly — 00:00:44 - Read by TriciaG e 42 -
The British Matron by Nathaniel Hawthorne — 00:06:23 - Read by hearhis @43 - The Tragedy of it by Alden Charles Nobel — 00:00:48 - Read by
JimOCR e 44 - Stage Whispers by Carolyn Wells — 00:01:11 - Read by TriciaG e 45 - The Pettibone Lineage by James T. Fields — 00:17:04 -
Read by Bill Mosley e 46 - Why Moles Have Hands by Anne Virginia Culbertson — 00:10:20 - Read by Phil Chenevert @ 47 - A Psalm of Life by
Phoebe Cary — 00:01:53 - Read by sherlock85 e 48 - An Odyssey of K's by Wilbur D. Nesbit - 00:02:49 - Read by Marty Kris e 49 - The
Deacon's Trout by Henry Ward Beecher — 00:03:50 - Read by Bill Mosley @ 50 - Enough by Tom Masson — 00:00:53 - Read by Marty Kris @ 51 -
The Fighting Race by Joseph I.C. Clarke — 00:03:33 - Read by TriciaG @ 52 - The Organ by Henry Ward Beecher — 00:04:01 - Read by Matthew
Reece @ 53 - My Grandmother's Turkey-Tail Fan by Samuel Minturn Peck — 00:02:37 - Read by TriciaG

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