The American Claimant by Mark Twain ~ Full Audiobook [comedy]

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08/21/22

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The American Claimant by Mark Twain audiobook.

Genre: comedy

The American Claimant is an 1892 novel by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. The story focuses on the class differences and expectations of monarchic, hierarchical Britain and the upstart, 'all men are created equal' America. Twain wrote the novel with the help of phonographic dictation, the first author (according to Twain himself) to do so. This was also (according to Twain) an attempt to write a book without mention of the weather, the first of its kind in fictitious literature. Indeed, all the weather is contained in an appendix, at the back of the book, which the reader is encouraged to turn to from time to time.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:03:18) Chapter 01

(00:18:43) Chapter 02

(00:33:43) Chapter 03

(00:54:58) Chapter 04

(01:05:52) Chapter 05

(01:19:51) Chapter 06

(01:27:37) Chapter 07

(01:36:45) Chapter 08

(01:47:12) Chapter 09

(02:01:23) Chapter 10

(02:19:50) Chapter 11

(02:40:55) Chapter 12

(02:59:45) Chapter 13

(03:18:09) Chapter 14

(03:30:52) Chapter 15

(03:44:53) Chapter 16

(03:58:36) Chapter 17

(04:15:24) Chapter 18

(04:29:56) Chapter 19

(04:44:07) Chapter 20

(04:56:19) Chapter 21

(05:19:49) Chapter 22

(05:37:23) Chapter 23

(05:57:20) Chapter 24

(06:18:13) Chapter 25

(06:36:55) Chapter 26

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Roughing It by Mark Twain ~ Full Audiobook [biography]

August 21, 2022

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971m

Roughing It by Mark Twain audiobook.

Genre: biography

Mark Twain's Roughing It is a riotous, clear-eyed memoir of a young man's leap into the vast uncertainties of the American West. When Samuel Clemens follows his brother to the Nevada Territory, he trades the familiar rhythms of the Mississippi for stagecoaches, mining camps, boomtown dreams, and the hard lessons of life on the frontier. From dusty deserts and rough lodging houses to speculative silver claims and quicksilver schemes, Twain chronicles a region where fortunes appear overnight and vanish just as fast. Along the way he meets an unforgettable parade of prospectors, gamblers, entrepreneurs, and would-be legends, and he tests his own ambitions as he tries on one precarious job after another. With sharp satire and storyteller swagger, Twain balances vivid reportage with tall-tale exaggeration, revealing how the West manufactures myth in real time. Beneath the laughter runs a coming-of-age journey: a restless observer learning what is real, what is performance, and what it costs to chase opportunity across an enormous, unruly landscape.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:06:19) Chapter 02

(00:16:24) Chapter 03

(00:31:03) Chapter 04

(00:50:58) Chapter 05

(01:00:27) Chapter 06

(01:11:01) Chapter 07

(01:25:21) Chapter 08

(01:33:46) Chapter 09

(01:43:37) Chapter 10

(01:59:12) Chapter 11

(02:15:55) Chapter 12

(02:35:35) Chapter 13

(02:44:21) Chapter 14

(02:50:48) Chapter 15

(03:03:52) Chapter 16

(03:23:56) Chapter 17

(03:32:56) Chapter 18

(03:40:40) Chapter 19

(03:47:59) Chapter 20

(04:00:36) Chapter 21

(04:17:38) Chapter 22

(04:26:37) Chapter 23

(04:36:52) Chapter 24

(04:47:58) Chapter 25

(04:59:35) Chapter 26

(05:10:40) Chapter 27

(05:18:59) Chapter 28

(05:28:46) Chapter 29

(05:37:34) Chapter 30

(05:46:51) Chapter 31

(06:03:13) Chapter 32

(06:12:35) Chapter 33

(06:17:47) Chapter 34

(06:29:14) Chapter 35

(06:35:38) Chapter 36

(06:47:01) Chapter 37

(06:58:17) Chapter 38

(07:06:32) Chapter 39

(07:17:29) Chapter 40

(07:30:17) Chapter 41

(07:42:41) Chapter 42

(07:53:51) Chapter 43

(08:06:06) Chapter 44

(08:18:24) Chapter 45

(08:30:31) Chapter 46

(08:45:09) Chapter 47

(09:02:46) Chapter 48

(09:16:20) Chapter 49

(09:28:30) Chapter 50

(09:40:09) Chapter 51

(10:01:28) Chapter 52

(10:18:09) Chapter 53

(10:29:52) Chapter 54

(10:43:34) Chapter 55

(11:01:19) Chapter 56

(11:13:05) Chapter 57

(11:21:36) Chapter 58

(11:36:29) Chapter 59

(11:49:06) Chapter 60

(11:57:31) Chapter 61

(12:07:59) Chapter 62

(12:28:40) Chapter 63

(12:37:36) Chapter 64

(12:50:10) Chapter 65

(13:03:48) Chapter 66

(13:16:28) Chapter 67

(13:33:48) Chapter 68

(13:53:42) Chapter 69

(14:04:19) Chapter 70

(14:19:36) Chapter 71

(14:28:44) Chapter 72

(14:39:44) Chapter 73

(14:53:05) Chapter 74

(15:04:07) Chapter 75

(15:12:12) Chapter 76

(15:25:46) Chapter 77

(15:36:17) Chapter 78

(15:46:23) Chapter 79

(15:57:20) Chapter 1

(16:09:10) Chapter 2

(16:18:55) Chapter 3

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The Story of Abraham Lincoln by Mary A. Hamilton ~ Full Audiobook [biography]

August 22, 2022

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162m

The Story of Abraham Lincoln by Mary A. Hamilton audiobook.

Genre: biography

In this biography for young adults, Mary A. Hamilton gives a British person’s perspective on the 16th President of the United States. A glowing tribute to “Honest Abe”, the author traces Lincoln’s ancestral roots and recounts his birth in Kentucky, his youth in Indiana, his adult life in Illinois and his years in the White House. She also provides a good background on the causes and course of the American Civil War.

Hamilton is not always historically precise. For example, she erroneously names Jefferson Davis as the Southern Democratic candidate for president running against Lincoln and Douglas in 1860 rather than John C. Breckinridge. However, overall “The Story of Abraham Lincoln” is a good summarization and interesting account of the life, values and politics of Lincoln.

Cautions: Chapter 7 contains a single use of an epithet for African-Americans in a quotation from a British magazine. Chapter 8 ends with an example of a stereotypical Southern black dialect which many may find offensive.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:19:57) Chapter 02

(00:37:29) Chapter 03

(00:56:04) Chapter 04

(01:13:54) Chapter 05

(01:34:29) Chapter 06

(01:49:42) Chapter 07

(02:09:45) Chapter 08

(02:23:40) Chapter 09

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