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Bill Nye and Boomerang; Or the Tale of a Meek-Eyed Mule, and Some Other Literar…

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Humorist Bill Nye was the first editor of the daily paper in Laramie, Wyoming, and named it the Laramie Boomerang in honor of his mule. As Nye’s son Frank said, something about the word “boomerang” piqued Nye’s imagination, as it described the "eccentricity of his orbit". “His mule, his mine, his newspaper, his [first] book [Bill Nye and Boomerang], all bore the trademark.” The book, according to Nye, includes "some little epics and ethereal flights of fancy..." and said "it affords me great pleasure...to know what a feeling of blessed rest and childlike confidence and assurance - and some more things of that nature - will follow the publication of this work." Warning: Common side-effects include uncontrollable side-slapping laughter and giggling. Listen with extreme caution. - Summary by Dale Barkley, proudly from Laramie (8 hr 17 min)

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To My Mule Boomerang

1:17

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The Apology

2:01

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Apostrophe to an Orphan Mule

2:16

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A Miners' Meeting - My Mine - A Mirage on the Plains

7:51

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The True Story of Damon and Pythias

7:30

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Sad Memories of the Dead Year

4:44

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Bill Nye's Thirteenth Grand Semi-Annual Farewell Circus and Hippodrome

7:01

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Letter from Paris

4:05

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Prehistoric Crockery

5:18

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Suggestions for a School of Journalism

7:33

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The Fragrant Mormon

2:51

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Recollections of the Opera

5:04

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A Sunny Little Incident

3:22

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He Rewarded Her

1:11

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The Modern Parlor Stove

3:18

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Remarks to Originators

3:02

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Queer

0:53

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Sic Semper Gloria Houseplant

1:49

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How to Tell

1:20

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Biography of Colorow

2:48

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Diary of a Saucy Young Thing

2:16

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Killing off the James Boys

2:26

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A Relic

2:12

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Some Reasons why I can't be an Indian Agent

5:27

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The Picnic Snoozer's Lament

1:13

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Billious Nye and Boomerang in the Gold Mines

6:21

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Two Great Men

2:51

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Dirty Murphy

2:30

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A Rocky Mountain Sunset

2:31

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The Temperature of the Bumble-bee

1:53

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Drawbacks of Public Life

3:31

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The Glad, Free Life of the Miner

4:57

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Some Thoughts of Childhood

3:20

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The New Adjustable Campaign Song

3:28

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Sitting down on a Venerable Joke

3:02

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A Hairbreadth Escape

3:43

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Myself, Dr. Talmage and Other Divines

6:20

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Fine-cut as a Means of Grace

3:07

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The Weather and Some Other Things

5:22

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The Parable of the Unjust Steward

4:09

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Ode to Spring

1:05

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The Parable of the Prodigal Son

4:29

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The Indian and the Everlasting Gospel

6:27

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The Muse

12:08

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Shoeing a Broncho

5:13

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Pumpkin Jim; or the Tale of a Busted Jackass Rabbit

13:19

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William Nye and the Heathen Chinee

6:04

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Hong Lee's Grand Benefit at Leadville

3:25

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You Fou

2:32

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The Lop-eared Lovers of the Little Laramie

13:37

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Speech of Spartacus

8:30

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Correspondence

11:03

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He Went Out West for His Health

6:09

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A Quiet Little Wedding without any Frills

6:06

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Thoughts on Spring

3:50

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The Same Old Thing

6:34

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The Veteran who died while getting his Pension

5:37

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Gingerbread Poems and Cold Pickled Facts

5:13

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Origin of Beautiful Snow

6:03

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Ute Eloquence

3:30

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The Aged Indian's Lament

3:54

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How a Mining Stampede breaks out

4:23

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The Great Rocky Mountain Re-union of Yaller Dogs

3:54

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What Woman's Suffrage has done for Wyoming

5:12

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Portuguese without a Master

5:45

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The Rocky Mountain Hog

3:11

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The Buckness wherewith the Buck Beer Bucketh

1:53

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Billious Nye and the Amateur Stage

3:36

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A Journalistic Correction

1:31

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Bankrupt Sale of Literary Gems

1:45

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Thoughts on Marriage

4:42

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A Ute Presidential Convention

11:52

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The Club-footed Lover of Piute Pass

7:17

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The Automatic Liar

3:45

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Some Post-office Fiends

6:01

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Agriculture at an altitude of 7,500 feet

2:53

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The Gentle Youth from Leadville

3:04

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A Snide Journalist

6:42

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He Was Blind

3:49

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Thoughts of the Mellow Previously

3:43

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My Tombstone Mine

6:22

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Bankrupt Sale of a Circus

5:58

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Greeley versus Valley Tan

1:38

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The Eternal Fitness of Things

3:01

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They Unanimously Arose and Hung Him

4:04

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Rhetoric versus Woodtick

5:32

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The Model Wife

5:53

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Some Overland Tourists

6:01

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Catching Mountain Trout at an elevation of 8,000 feet

4:23

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Home-made Indian Relics

6:38

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The Previous Reporter

3:02

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The Peace Commission

4:20

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Some Answers to Correspondents

6:19

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The Crow Indian and His Caws

4:25

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The Nuptials of Dangerous Davis

4:18

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The Holiday Hog

1:35

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Some Census Conundrums

2:29

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The Gentle Power of a Woman's Influence

4:18

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The Native Inborn Shiftlessness of the Prairie Dogs

2:03

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Answers to Correspondents

7:14

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The Secret of Garfield's Election

4:35

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Perils of the Butternut Picker

6:57

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A Word or Two about the Swallow

4:10

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Laughing Sam

3:02

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The Calamity Jane Consolidated

2:10

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The Nocturnal Cow

3:34

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The Relentless Garden Hose

1:31

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A Wail

2:16

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The Great, Horrid Man Receiveth New Year Calls

2:53

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Just the Thing

1:41

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Thanks

1:32

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An Anti-Mormon Town

1:33

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A Christmas Ride in July

2:01

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Examining the Brand on a Frozen Steer

1:28

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Onion Peelin's

3:20

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