The Whale
Ellis Parker Butler
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His career spanned more than forty years, and his stories, poems, and articles were published in more than 225 magazines. His work appeared alongside that of his contemporaries, including Mark Twain, Sax Rohmer, James B. Hendryx, Berton Braley, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Don Marquis, Will Rogers, and Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Despite the enormous volume of his work, Butler was, for most of his life, only a part-time author. He worked full-time as a banker and was very active in his local community. A founding member of both the Dutch Treat Club and the Authors League of America, Butler was an always-present force in the New York City literary scene. ( Wikipedia) (0 hr 17 min)
Chapters
| The Whale - Read by BK | 1:11 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| The Whale - Read by BLT | 0:55 | Read by Beth Thomas (1974-2020) |
| The Whale - Read by CNZ | 1:23 | Read by Corbs |
| The Whale - Read by DL | 1:11 | Read by David Lawrence |
| The Whale - Read by EZWA | 1:07 | Read by Ezwa |
| The Whale - Read by GB | 1:14 | Read by Garth Burton |
| The Whale - Read by GG | 1:23 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| The Whale - Read by LAH | 1:11 | Read by Lee Ann Howlett |
| The Whale - Read by LLW | 1:25 | Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024) |
| The Whale - Read by ME | 1:23 | Read by Mary Escano |
| The Whale - Read by MK | 1:15 | Read by Maria Kasper |
| The Whale - Read by MSD | 1:06 | Read by Matthew Datcher |
| The Whale - Read by RT | 1:02 | Read by RTaylor |
| The Whale - Read by TP | 1:06 | Read by Tomas Peter |
| The Whale - Read by VB | 1:07 | Read by tovarisch |
Reviews
text of this poem below:
Basquetteur
The Whale is found in seas and oceans, Indulging there in fishlike motions, But Science shows that Whales are mammals, Like Jersey cows, and goats, and camels. When undisturbed, the Whale will browse Like camels, goats, and Jersey cows, On food that satisfies its tongue, Thus making milk to feed its young. Asking no costly hay and oats, Like camels, Jersey cows, and goats, The Whale, prolific milk producer, Should be our cheapest lactic juicer. Our milk should all come from the sea, But who, I ask, would want to be, And here the proposition fails, The milkmaid to a herd of Whales?