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Chapter 6

In Original Stories from Real Life

Read by Stacy Dugan-Wilcox


Mary Wollstonecraft


Mary Wollstonecraft was one of the early promoters of gender equality long before other crusaders took up the cause. She is perhaps best kno…

The Story of Blue-Wings by Mary Stewart

In The Emerald Story Book

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Various


There is no richer theme for children’s stories than the miracle of Spring. The selections in “The Emerald Story Book” aim to serve the youn…

The Tale of a Cigarette

In Hopalong Cassidy's Rustler Round-Up

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Clarence Edward Mulford


In a little town of Buckskin, population 100, or 200 depending on who did the counting, all kinds of trouble is brewing. See, there was a ri…

Buffalo Bill: Peacemaker

In First Chapter Collection 008

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Prentiss Ingraham


The first chapter of a book is often the hook to draw a reader in. It could make you eager for more or realize it isn't for you. In this, th…

Ultimo Ratio

In On

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Hilaire Belloc


Hilaire Belloc, French by birth, British by naturalization, was a diverse and prolific writer of the early 20th century. His writing runs th…

The Apostle and the Wild Ducks

In G.K. Chesterton's Newspaper Columns: The New Witness - 1922

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G. K. Chesterton


A collection of the newspaper columns/essays written by G.K. Chesterton for "The New Witness", under the heading "At the Sign…

The Squirrel and His Jerky-tail Brothers

In Wild Animals At Home

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Ernest Thompson Seton


Wildlife artist Ernest Thompson Seton shares anecdotes of wild animals that he encountered in Yellowstone Park. "I have aimed to show s…

The First Reverses

In Charles the Bold, Last Duke of Burgundy

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Ruth Putnam


Charles the Bold was the last Duke of Burgundy of the House of Valois. Born in 1433, his dream was to be crowned king by declaring the terri…

The Odyssey of Sam Meecham

In Short Science Fiction Collection 075

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Charles E. Fritch


Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is p…

The Magic Hill

In A Gallery of Children

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A. A. Milne


A collection of 12 fantasy stories for children. Clever little tales that mothers can smile over and children enjoy.The illustrations for th…

Some People We Like to Know

In Our Feathered Friends

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Elizabeth Grinnell


This volume displays the romance of birds in beautiful prose and dialog in simple language for children and adults alike. Written by a moth…

The Damned Thing

In Short Ghost and Horror Collection 049

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Ambrose Bierce


A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-legged beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up yo…