Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 043


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Nineteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include the role of "people of color" in New Orleans and Louisiana history, the question of voting rights for Blacks after the Civil War; W.E.B.Du Bois on the American Negro Academy, and a biography of Harriet Tubman; Irish patriot Robert Everet's execution appeal; Swendenborg and spiritism; the optics of the kaleidoscope; the daily life of sailors and housewives; the relation of meteor showers to a massive earthquake in 1755; John Ruskin; Friedrich Schelling; Bramah's Kai Lung stories; and articles on the bottlenose whale and botrytis mold. (Summary by Sue Anderson) (5 hr 56 min)

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The Absolute Equality of All Men Before the Law, the Only True Basis of Reconst… 42:29 Gelesen von TriciaG
Bottlenose Whale 2:02 Gelesen von VfkaBT
Botrytis 2:01 Gelesen von VfkaBT
The Conservation of Races 28:17 Gelesen von Oxenhandler
The Earthquake of 1755 16:50 Gelesen von Craig Campbell
Harriet Tubman, the Moses of Her People 24:04 Gelesen von Sue Anderson
Immanuel Kant's Letter on Swedenborg to Charlotte von Knobloch 14:10 Gelesen von Craig Campbell
It Is Not So Difficult To Live The Life That Leads To Heaven As Is Believed 26:04 Gelesen von Craig Campbell
John Ruskin Obituary 9:52 Gelesen von Oxenhandler
A Letter from Joanna Southcott to a Gentleman from London 7:39 Gelesen von Craig Campbell
Local Guardian Spirits 7:05 Gelesen von Craig Campbell
Moreheart Murder and Suicide, November 1, 1916 3:11 Gelesen von VfkaBT
On the Kaleidoscope 7:56 Gelesen von Availle
People of Color in Louisiana, Pt 1 37:12 Gelesen von VfkaBT
People of Color in Louisiana, Pt 2 54:25 Gelesen von VfkaBT
Preface to Ernest Bramah's Kai Lung's Golden Hours 9:34 Gelesen von David Wales
Robert Emmet's Appeal Before His Execution in The Irish Rebellion Of 1803 19:49 Gelesen von David Wales
Twenty-four Hours of a Sailor's Life at Sea 16:17 Gelesen von Garth Burton
A Womanly Chat on Practical Housewifery 27:11 Gelesen von Cori Samuel