Sam Lawson's Oldtown Fireside Stories

Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811 - 1896)

A sequel to Oldtown Folks, featuring some of the same characters, these are 15 charming short stories told by ole' Sam Lawson to entertain Horace and Bill, two impressionable, curious and clever young boys of Oldtown (a fictional 1850's New England village), during evenings gathered around the hearth, or roaming with Sam around the countryside. Stowe faithfully and masterfully captures many of the colloquial expressions, superstitions, beliefs, customs and habits of the period that have almost completely faded from modern American culture, as well as conveying many truths about the human condition that haven't changed a bit. ~ Summary by soloist Michele Fry

Genre(s): Short Stories, General

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 The Ghost In The Mill Michele Fry
00:27:55
Play 02 The Sullivan Looking-Glass Michele Fry
00:34:13
Play 03 The Minister's Housekeeper Michele Fry
00:30:45
Play 04 The Widow's Bandbox Michele Fry
00:28:49
Play 05 Captain Kidd's Money Michele Fry
00:22:21
Play 06 Mis' Elderkins' Pitcher Michele Fry
00:20:28
Play 07 The Ghost In The Cap'n Brown House Michele Fry
00:25:41
Play 08 Colonel Eph's Shoe Buckles Michele Fry
00:21:09
Play 09 The Bull-Fight Michele Fry
00:15:23
Play 10 How To Fight The Devil Michele Fry
00:12:06
Play 11 Laughin' In Meetin' Michele Fry
00:20:04
Play 12 Tom Toothacre's Ghost Story Michele Fry
00:17:30
Play 13 The Parson's Horse-Race Michele Fry
00:19:33
Play 14 Old Town Fireside Talks Of The Revolution Michele Fry
00:22:33
Play 15 A Student's Sea Story Michele Fry
00:23:39