Sketches of Gotham
Owen Davis
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
If you're the sort that gets a thrill from rubbing elbows with shady characters you best leave the introductions to the streetwise Ike Swift. Just so's you don't get hurt!
Ike Swift is but one of many pseudonyms employed by the prolific Owen Davis in writing stories for various publications, such as the once "edgy" [National] Police Gazette. As Owen Davis he was known as a Pulitzer Prize winning dramatist as well as a script writer for radio and screen writer for film. - Summary by Brian Fullen (7 hr 4 min)
Chapters
| A LITTLE EASY MONEY | 17:47 | Read by roselbex |
| CASTING AN OLD SHOE | 13:59 | Read by roselbex |
| THE LONG WAY ’ROUND | 18:17 | Read by roselbex |
| THE QUEEN OF CHINATOWN | 18:02 | Read by Chuck Williamson |
| A GIRL OF THE GOLDEN GATE | 14:28 | Read by April6090 |
| WHEN FISTS WERE TRUMPS | 14:48 | Read by ToddHW |
| KID AND HIS TEN THOUSAND | 14:54 | Read by J S Whitman |
| AN ORIENTAL NOCTURNE | 15:50 | Read by Martha H. Weller |
| A COMMERCIAL TRANSACTION | 14:36 | Read by Werner Hamilton |
| THE END OF THE ROAD | 14:02 | Read by Kassandra Clever |
| THE THROWBACK | 12:57 | Read by Lisa Greene |
| FROM THE WOODS TO BROADWAY | 13:33 | Read by Lisa Greene |
| THE WHIMS OF CURVES | 13:13 | Read by CalebSchroeder |
| CHEYENNE NELL; TRIMMER | 15:24 | Read by J S Whitman |
| TRAGEDY OF A DANCE | 15:48 | Read by Daniel Sanchez |
| THE MONOLOGUE GIRL’S STORY | 11:12 | Read by John |
| A TWISTED LOVE AFFAIR | 14:05 | Read by Brian Fullen |
| WEDDING RINGS AND FOOTLIGHTS | 15:05 | Read by roselbex |
| TOLD BY THE MANICURE GIRL | 13:58 | Read by J S Whitman |
| INVESTING IN A HUSBAND | 14:27 | Read by roselbex |
| TRAINING AN OLD SPORT | 16:37 | Read by roselbex |
| CONCERNING A SYRIAN BEAUTY | 15:43 | Read by John |
| THE REJUVENATION OF PATSY | 13:27 | Read by J. Thurgood |
| A CASE OF KNOCKOUT DROPS | 14:24 | Read by J S Whitman |
| DISCOVERING A PRIMA DONNA | 13:23 | Read by valroth |
| A THROW OF THE DICE | 15:12 | Read by Brize C |
| A VOICE IN THE SLUMS | 12:12 | Read by April6090 |
| A GIRL OF THE NIGHT | 14:02 | Read by valroth |
| AFTER THE WEDDING BELLS | 13:19 | Read by valroth |