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08 - Chapter 7 part 2 - Crisis wrought by Emerson, Visiting Washington, Listeni…

In Autobiography Memories and Experiences, Volume 1

Read by Margaret Espaillat


Moncure D. Conway and Moncure Daniel Conway


Moncure Daniel Conway was an American abolitionist, Unitarian, clergyman and author. This first volume of his autobiography covers roughly t…

11 - The Gentle Art of Boosting

In The Genial Idiot

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John Kendrick Bangs


John Kendrick Bangs once again takes us on a journey with the loveable, but somewhat self-opinionated and irritating Mr Idiot. (Summary by M…

The Hard-Boiled Egg

In Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective

Read by Margaret Espaillat


Ellis Parker Butler


Philo Gubb, not being content with his job as wallpaper-hanger, has higher aspirations: to become a detective, just like Sherlock Holmes. To…

01 - A German Superman

In Ambassador Morgenthau's Story

Read by Margaret Espaillat


Henry Morgenthau


Ambassador Morgenthau’s memoirs of his years in the service of the United States in Constantinople, (today Istanbul), are an important prima…

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