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Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 021

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A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the readers, and the topics encompass history, war, farming, slavery, education, philosophy, and nature. (summary by J. M. Smallheer)

Genre(s): Essays & Short Works

Language: English

Group: Short Nonfiction Collections

Section	Chapter	Author	Source	Reader	Time	Language
Play 01	An Adventure with a Dog and a Glacier	John Muir	Etext	Winston Tharp	00:37:44	en
Play 02	An Åland Question, résumé of arguments and points of view in defence of Finland's right to the Åland archipelago	John Rafael Uggla	Etext	Pentti Hirvonen	00:37:16	en
Play 03	The Alcazar	W. Somerset Maugham	Etext	LizMourant	00:10:36	en
Play 04	America or The New World	New Gresham Encyclopedia	Etext	Bellona Times	00:20:42	en
Play 05	Americanisms	New Gresham Encyclopedia	Etext	Bellona Times	00:10:53	en
Play 06	Farming with Dynamite	E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company	Etext	Availle	00:20:18	en
Play 07	History of the Second Massachusetts Regiment of Infantry: A Prisoner's Diary	Samuel M. Quincy	Etext	Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)	00:55:46	en
Play 08	If the Confederates had Marched on Washington after Bull Run & If the Confederates had Purchased the East India Company's Fleet in 1861	Joseph Edgar Chamberlin	Etext	James Christopher	00:16:15	en
Play 09	Johnny Appleseed - A Pioneer Hero	W. D. Haley	Etext	Sue Anderson	00:34:26	en
Play 10	Letter Henry Lee	James Madison	Etext	progressingamerica	00:05:33	en
Play 11	Life on the Pampas	Anna Brassey	Etext	Bellona Times	00:35:52	en
Play 12	On Life	Percy Bysshe Shelley	Etext	Amy Gramour	00:11:33	en
Play 13	A Report on the Feasibility and Advisability of Some Policy to Inaugurate a System of Rifle Practice Throughout the Public Schools of the Country	Ammon B. Critchfield	Etext	TriciaG	00:25:32	en
Play 14	The Social Possibilities of War	John Dewey	Etext	progressingamerica	00:26:20	en
Play 15	Speech of John Hossack, Convicted of a Violation of the Fugitive Slave Law	John Hossack	Etext	Veronica Jenkins	00:23:43	en
Play 16	The Washington Place Fire	Rosey Safran	Etext	Nullifidian	00:08:53	en

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