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Catalog date:
2011-05-23
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Book Coordinator:
Linette Geisel
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TriciaG
Proof Listener:
Joyce Couch

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The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 04

Various

The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the fourth volume, 40 short stories and poems have been gathered from 33 authors. This volume is sure to delight listeners. (Summary by Linette Geisel)

Genre(s): Humor

Language: English

Keyword(s): poetry (1814), fiction (1593), humor (647), satire (295), politics (208), comedy (194)

Group: Wit and Humor of America

Section Chapter Author Source Reader Time Language
Play 01 The Briefless Barrister John G. Saxe Etext Katine
 00:02:47 en
Play 02 The Two Husbands Carolyn Wells Etext Ana
 00:01:36 en
Play 03 Story of the Two Friars Eugene Field Etext Samanem
 00:11:05 en
Play 04 The Greco-Trojan Game Charles F. Johnson Etext Patrick Reinhart
 00:08:42 en
Play 05 The Economical Pair Carolyn Wells Etext Kalynda
 00:01:39 en
Play 06 The Two Pedestrians Carolyn Wells Etext Samanem
 00:01:44 en
Play 07 A Complaint of Friends Gail Hamilton Etext Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
 00:50:52 en
Play 08 Ponchus Pilut James Whitcomb Riley Etext TriciaG
 00:02:23 en
Play 09 The Wolf at Susan's Door Anne Warner Etext Marty Kris
 00:29:22 en
Play 10 The Two Prisoners Carolyn Wells Etext Katine
 00:01:11 en
Play 11 A Modern Advantage Charlotte Becker Etext TriciaG
 00:01:14 en
Play 12 The Raggedy Man James Whitcomb Riley Etext Samanem
 00:02:38 en
Play 13 A Modern Eclogue Bliss Carman Etext Kalynda
 00:01:43 en
Play 14 A Cable-Car Preacher Sam Walter Foss Etext Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
 00:03:58 en
Play 15 How to Know the Wild Animals Carolyn Wells Etext Matthew Reece
 00:02:10 en
Play 16 I Remember, I Remember Phoebe Cary Etext ImkeStevens
 00:01:22 en
Play 17 The Coupon Bonds J. T. Trowbridge Etext JimOCR
 00:21:25 en
Play 18 The Shooting-Match Augustus B. Longstreet Etext Jerry Romero
 00:34:16 en
Play 19 Desolution Thomas Lansing Masson Etext Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
 00:02:38 en
Play 20 Crankidoxology Wallace Irwin Etext Matthew Reece
 00:03:00 en
Play 21 My Honey, My Love Joel Chandler Harris Etext Ric Cornwall
 00:02:20 en
Play 22 The Grand Opera Billy Baxter Etext Kalynda
 00:04:53 en
Play 23 In a State of Sin Owen Wister Etext Ric Cornwall
 00:24:10 en
Play 24 An April Aria R. K. Munkittrick Etext ImkeStevens
 00:01:44 en
Play 25 Meditations of a Mariner Wallace Irwin Etext Phil Chenevert
 00:01:00 en
Play 26 Victory Thomas Lansing Masson Etext Ric Cornwall
 00:01:14 en
Play 27 The Family Horse Frederick S. Cozzens Etext Marty Kris
 00:15:30 en
Play 28 Sonnet of the Lovable Lass and the Plethoric Dad James W. Foley Etext Ric Cornwall
 00:02:10 en
Play 29 The Love Sonnets of a Husband Maurice Smiley Etext Matthew Reece
 00:06:02 en
Play 30 How We Bought a Sewin' Machine and Organ Etext Ric Cornwall
 00:18:40 en
Play 31 Cheer for the Consumer Nixon Waterman Etext Jerry Romero
 00:02:48 en
Play 32 A Desperate Race J. F. Kelley Etext Kenneth Sergeant Gaghan
 00:13:37 en
Play 33 As Good as a Play Horace E. Scudder Etext Lily-LLM
 00:07:33 en
Play 34 The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table Etext JimOCR
 00:15:21
Play 35 Cæsar's Quiet Lunch with Cicero James Thomas Fields Etext Marty Kris
 00:03:04 en
Play 36 Comin' Home Thanksgivin' James Ball Naylor Etext Phil Chenevert
 00:02:24 en
Play 37 Praise-God Barebones Ellen Mackay Hutchinson Cortissoz Etext Ric Cornwall
 00:02:15 en
Play 38 The Loafer and the Squire Porte Crayon Etext Samanem
 00:11:59 en
Play 39 De Stove Pipe Hole William Henry Drummond Etext Phil Chenevert
 00:06:55 en
Play 40 The Girl from Mercury Herman Knickerbocker Vielé Etext jorome
 00:38:18 en