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The Wit and Humor of America, Volume 2
by Various
The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the second volume, 44 short stories and poems have been gathered from 31 authors. This volume is sure to delight listeners. (Summary by Linette Geisel)
The Wit and Humor od America series was edited by American humorist Marshall Pinckney Wilder (1859 – 1915)(from Wikipedia)
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Total running time: 5:13:34
In addition to the readers, this audio book was produced by:
Book Coordinator: Linette Geisel
Dedicated Proof-Listener: Joyce Couch
Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging: David Lawrence
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- 01 – The Two New Houses by Carolyn Wells (1862-1942) – 00:02:39
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Read by: David Lawrence - 02 – Yes? by John Boyle O’Reilly – 00:00:48
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Read by: Patrick Reinhart - 03 – Fascination by John B. Tabb – 00:00:50
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Read by: Patrick Reinhart - 04 – Barney McGee by Richard Hovey – 00:04:58
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Read by: Marty Kris - 05 – The Old Deacon’s Version of the Story of the Rich Man and Lazarus by Frank L. Stanton – 00:03:28
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Read by: Phil Chenevert - 06 – The Two Suitors by Carolyn Wells (1862-1942) – 00:01:47
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Read by: TriciaG - 07 – The Recruit by Robert W. Chambers – 00:02:21
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Read by: Ric Cornwall - 08 – The Beecher Beached by John B. Tabb – 00:00:48
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Read by: Patrick Reinhart - 09 – Our Best Society by George William Curtis – 00:49:47
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Read by: Ric Cornwall - 10 – The Two Farmers by Carolyn Wells (1862-1942) – 00:01:20
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Read by: TriciaG - 11 – Samuel Brown by Phoebe Cary – 00:02:04
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Read by: Brandt Wolf - 12 – The Way It Wuz by James Whitcomb Riley – 00:03:19
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Read by: Samanem - 13 – She Talked by Sam Walter Foss – 00:02:41
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Read by: Patrick Reinhart - 14 – Grandma Keeler Gets Grandpa Ready For Sunday-School by Sarah P. McLean Greene – 00:24:48
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Read by: Marty Kris - 15 – Vive La Bagatelle by Gelett Burgess (1866-1951) – 00:01:49
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Read by: Matthew Reece - 16 – The Two Brothers by Carolyn Wells (1862-1942) – 00:01:18
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Read by: Brandt Wolf - 17 – A Letter by Petroleum V. Nasby – 00:12:22
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Read by: Samanem - 18 – Familiar Authors at Work by Hayden Carruth – 00:04:27
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Read by: Robert Smith - 19 – The Lost Word by John Paul – 00:01:33
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Read by: Brandt Wolf - 20 – The Dutchman Who Had the “Small Pox” by Henry P. Leland – 00:08:46
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Read by: Phil Chenevert - 21 – Walk by William Devere – 00:04:03
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Read by: Robert Smith - 22 – Mr. Dooley on Gold-Seeking by Finley Peter Dunne – 00:04:44
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Read by: Ada Kerman - 23 – Love Sonnets of A Hoodlum by Wallace Irwin (1875-1959) – 00:04:39
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Read by: Ric Cornwall - 24 – How “Ruby” Played by George W. Bagby – 00:11:37
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Read by: Robert Smith - 25 – Plagiarism by John B. Tabb – 00:00:46
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Read by: Matthew Reece - 26 – Go Lightly, Gal by Anne Virginia Culbertson – 00:02:28
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Read by: Ric Cornwall - 27 – The Golfer’s Rubaiyat by H. W. Boynton – 00:03:32
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Read by: Matthew Reece - 28 – Mr. Dooley on Reform Candidates by Finley Peter Dunne – 00:07:03
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Read by: Samanem - 29 – An Evening Musicale by May Isabel Fisk – 00:13:32
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Read by: Kalynda - 30 – Comin’ Thu by Anne Virginia Culbertson – 00:01:55
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Read by: Matthew Reece - 31 – Aunt Dinah’s Kitchen by Harriet Beecher Stowe – 00:13:39
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Read by: Joyce Couch - 32 – The Strike at Hinman’s by Robert J. Burdette – 00:16:00
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Read by: Bill Mosley - 33 – A Nautical Ballad by Charles E. Carryl – 00:02:52
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Read by: Bill Mosley - 34 – Natural Perversities by James Whitcomb Riley – 00:02:36
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Read by: Matthew Reece - 35 – Budd Wilkins at the Show by S.E. Kiser – 00:04:19
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Read by: Ric Cornwall - 36 – Ballad by Charles Godfrey Leland – 00:02:05
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Read by: Matthew Reece - 37 – The Hoosier and the Salt Pile by Danforth Marble – 00:11:49
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Read by: Bill Mosley - 38 – A Rival Entertainment by Kate Field – 00:16:05
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Read by: Kenneth Sergeant Gaghan - 39 – Yawcob Strauss by Charles Follen Adams – 00:02:33
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Read by: Ric Cornwall - 40 – Seffy and Sally by John Luther Long – 00:33:43
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Read by: Joyce Couch - 41 – An Archæological Congress by Robert J. Burdette – 00:02:55
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Read by: Kalynda - 42 – A Boy’s View of It by Frank L. Stanton – 00:03:15
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Read by: Bill Mosley - 43 – Ringworm Frank by James Whitcomb Riley – 00:01:39
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Read by: Samanem - 44 – The Colonel’s Clothes by Caroline Howard Gilman – 00:13:52
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Read by: Kenneth Sergeant Gaghan
Cataloged on April 17, 2011
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