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Chapter 7

In The Alaskan

Read by Joan Freeman


James Oliver Curwood


A wilderness story of adventure and intrigue in Alaska in the 1920’s. Summary by Maire Rhode.

British Game Preserves In Africa

In Our Vanishing Wild Life

Read by Joan Freeman


William T. Hornaday


We are weary of witnessing the greed, selfishness and cruelty of "civilized" man toward the wild creatures of the earth. We are si…

A Prisoner of Love

In Kilmeny of the Orchard

Read by Joan Freeman


Lucy Maud Montgomery


Eric Marshall is all that a well brought-up young man should be. Handsome, steadfast, and full of ambition, he is expected to expand the Mar…

01 - The Danish Invasion

In A Popular History of Ireland, Book 02

Read by Joan Freeman


Thomas D'Arcy McGee


Thomas D'Arcy McGee was an Irish refugee and a father of the Canadian confederation. His work on Irish history is comprehensive, encompassin…

Nover 8, '76 --- The Oaks and I

In Specimen Days

Read by Joan Freeman


Walt Whitman


Specimen Days is essentially the great American poet Walt Whitman's scrap book. It documents most of his life's adventures, especially his e…

Chapter 18

In War and Peace, Book 02: 1805

Read by Joan Freeman


Leo Tolstoy


War and Peace (Russian: Война и мир, Voyna i mir; in original orthography: Война и миръ, Voyna i mir") is an epic novel by Leo Tolstoy,…

Preface

In Canyons of the Colorado

Read by Joan Freeman


John Wesley Powell


John Wesley Powell was a pioneer American explorer, ethnologist, and geologist in the 19th Century. In 1869 he set out to explore the Colora…

016 - Recipes. Chapter 8. Part 3.

In The Book of Household Management

Read by Joan Freeman


Isabella Beeton and Mrs. Isabella Beeton


"Mrs. Beeton's" is a guide to all aspects of running a household in Victorian Britain. Published in 1861, it was an immediate best…

THE INTREPID EXPLORER AND HIS LIEUTENANT

In New Treasure Seekers

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E. Nesbit


Oswald, Dora, Dicky, Alice, H.O, and Noel fill their free time with entertainments that don't always turn out as they plan. But whether tell…

Frost

In Old Peter's Russian Tales

Read by Joan Freeman


Arthur Ransome


Arthur Ransome is best known for his Swallows and Amazons series of children’s books. This is the only example of his fiction in the public …

Chapter 2: A Storm On Galilee

In For the Temple: A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem

Read by Joan Freeman


G. A. Henty


In all history, there is no drama of more terrible interest than that which terminated with the total destruction of Jerusalem. Had the whol…

Pt 3 Ch 4: The Lantern in the Lane

In The Uttermost Star, and Other Gleams of Fancy

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Frank W. Boreham


Frank Boreham was a well known preacher who served in England, Australia, and New Zealand. He published dozens of books and thousands of edi…