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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)

Chapters

The Absolute Equality of All Men Before the Law, the Only True Basis of Reconst…

42:29

Read by TriciaG

Bottlenose Whale

2:02

Read by VfkaBT

Botrytis

2:01

Read by VfkaBT

The Conservation of Races

28:17

Read by Oxenhandler

The Earthquake of 1755

16:50

Read by Craig Campbell

Harriet Tubman, the Moses of Her People

24:04

Read by Sue Anderson

Immanuel Kant's Letter on Swedenborg to Charlotte von Knobloch

14:10

Read by Craig Campbell

It Is Not So Difficult To Live The Life That Leads To Heaven As Is Believed

26:04

Read by Craig Campbell

John Ruskin Obituary

9:52

Read by Oxenhandler

A Letter from Joanna Southcott to a Gentleman from London

7:39

Read by Craig Campbell

Local Guardian Spirits

7:05

Read by Craig Campbell

Moreheart Murder and Suicide, November 1, 1916

3:11

Read by VfkaBT

On the Kaleidoscope

7:56

Read by Availle

People of Color in Louisiana, Pt 1

37:12

Read by VfkaBT

People of Color in Louisiana, Pt 2

54:25

Read by VfkaBT

Preface to Ernest Bramah's Kai Lung's Golden Hours

9:34

Read by David Wales

Robert Emmet's Appeal Before His Execution in The Irish Rebellion Of 1803

19:49

Read by David Wales

Twenty-four Hours of a Sailor's Life at Sea

16:17

Read by Garth Burton

A Womanly Chat on Practical Housewifery

27:11

Read by Cori Samuel