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)

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