In Our Town


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(4.2 stars; 2 reviews)

Some humorous, some heartwarming, some heartstring-pulling stories from the newspaper office of a small Kansas town, "in that part of the country called the West by those who live east of the Alleghenies, and referred to lovingly as 'back East' by those who dwell west of the Rockies. It is a country town where, as the song goes, 'you know everybody and they all know you,' and the country newspaper office is the social clearing-house." Published in 1904. - Summary by TriciaG & the text (7 hr 39 min)

Chapters

Scribes and Pharisees 19:54 Read by Ciufi Galeazzi
The Young Prince 11:49 Read by Kerry Adams
The Society Editor 13:28 Read by Ciufi Galeazzi
"As a Breath into the Wind" 43:16 Read by Joanne Turner
The Coming of the Leisure Class 13:49 Read by Joanne Turner
The Bolton Girl's "Position" 12:29 Read by MJ Rodriguez
"By the Rod of His Wrath" 37:20 Read by TR Love
"A Bundle of Myrrh" 17:02 Read by Brize C
Our Loathed but Esteemed Contemporary 15:20 Read by Ciufi Galeazzi
A Question of Climate 14:21 Read by VoiceofSuan
The Casting Out of Jimmy Myers 16:30 Read by Ciufi Galeazzi
"A Babbled of Green Fields" 27:56 Read by TR Love
A Pilgrim in the Wilderness 23:10 Read by mfawcett
The Passing of Priscilla Winthrop 28:01 Read by Larry Wilson
"And Yet a Fool" 17:08 Read by Wallace Morgan
A Kansas "Childe Roland" 56:51 Read by TR Love
The Tremolo Stop 55:37 Read by TR Love
Sown in Our Weakness 25:35 Read by Brize C
"Thirty" 10:12 Read by Paul Brian Stewart

Reviews


(3.5 stars)

A most engaging and heartwarming story. The turn of the century brought to life.


(5 stars)

I really do like this book.Lots.of.short enjoyable stories