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
It Is Not So Difficult To Live The Life That Leads To Heaven As Is Believed
26:04
Read by Craig Campbell