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Bill Nye's Cordwood

Bill Nye (1850 - 1896)

From Galileo to Grover Cleveland, from wasps to cattle, from dinosaurs to the railroad, Bill Nye's wide ranging wit pokes gentle fun at everything and everybody. This book is another wonderful collection of his thoughts on late 19th century America. - Summary by Tom Penn

Genre(s): Humorous Fiction, Satire

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	Bill Nye on the Cow Industry	John	00:07:34
Play 02	A New Biography of Galileo	John	00:09:09
Play 03	Methuselah	John	00:09:03
Play 04	Note on Some Spring Styles	John	00:06:13
Play 05	Hunting an Ichthyosaurus	Phil Schempf	00:07:15
Play 06	True Merit Rewarded	yaelh	00:04:58
Play 07	Bill Nye Condoles with Cleveland	DrPGould	00:08:02
Play 08	No Doubt as to His Condition and Cyclones	Tom Penn	00:06:50
Play 09	The Earth	Steve C	00:08:55
Play 10	Francisco Pizarro's Career	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:08:52
Play 11	Bill Nye Discovers	LT	00:06:50
Play 12	Bill Nye 'Incubates.'	LT	00:07:27
Play 13	Bill Nye on Tobacco,--A discourager of Cannibalism	DrPGould	00:05:54
Play 14	Bill Nye's Arctic-le	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:08:58
Play 15	Bill Nye's Answers to Correspondents	DrPGould	00:05:55
Play 16	Bill Nye Preparing a Political Speech in Advance for a Time of Need	DrPGould	00:07:23
Play 17	Bill Nye on Railroads	Bruce Kachuk	00:07:04
Play 18	Bill Nye's Letter	Bruce Kachuk	00:06:17
Play 19	Bill Nye Attends	Bruce Kachuk	00:06:26
Play 20	Favored a Higher Fine	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:04:50
Play 21	How Bill Nye Failed to Make the Amende Honorable--a Pathetic Incident	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:05:07
Play 22	Seeing a Saw Mill	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:03:28
Play 23	How a Chinaman Rides the Untamed Broncho	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:04:24
Play 24	Bill Nye Wants to Know How to Preserve Game	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:08:07
Play 25	Bill Nye Attends Booth's 'Hamlet'	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:07:47
Play 26	Bill Nye's Advice	DrPGould	00:06:46
Play 27	A Would-be Hostelry	Steve C	00:08:41
Play 28	Bill Nye's Hornets	DrPGould	00:02:35
Play 29	A Tragedy	Nemo	00:02:03
Play 30	The Bronco Cow	Nemo	00:02:32
Play 31	Autumn Thoughts	Nemo	00:04:34
Play 32	Bill Nye's Advice Bag	LT	00:07:13
Play 33	Mr. Sweeney's Cat	LT	00:04:06
Play 34	Bill Nye's Letter	LT	00:05:55
Play 35	Declined With Thanks	DrPGould	00:06:59

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