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Great American Essays

By: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Mark Twain
Narrated by: Walter Zimmerman, Walter Covell, Jim Killavey
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 Hear some of the greatest American essays ever written! This unabridged collection covers a multitude of subjects, including philosophy, politics, turkeys, and dogs.

It includes Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Self-Reliance"; Henry David Thoreau's "Walking" and "Civil Disobedience"; Mark Twain's "Hunting the Deceitful Turkey"; Benjamin's Franklin's "Reply to a Begging Letter"; and Thomas Paine's "The American Crisis".

You'll also hear "The Union and Its New Constitution" by Alexander Hamilton; "The Art of Publicity" by P. T. Barnum; John Burroughs's "A Life of Fear"; Bradford Torry's "A Short Month"; Eugene Field's "Other People's Dogs"; and James Russell Lowell's "Abraham Lincoln".

©1987 Jimcin Recordings (P)1987 Jimcin Recordings Classics World American Essays
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Narration and editing are horrendous. The flat readings, and the ridiculously unnatural breaks, pauses, and stress points, make this about as tolerable as if I'd had my Macbook voice synthesizer read the essays to me. I regret the purchase.

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Narration and editing are horrendous. The flat readings, and the ridiculously unnatural breaks, pauses, and stress points, make this about as tolerable as if I'd had my Macbook voice synthesizer read the essays to me. I regret the purchase.

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Narration and editing are horrendous. The flat readings, and the ridiculously unnatural breaks, pauses, and stress points, make this about as tolerable as if I'd had my Macbook voice synthesizer read the essays to me. I regret the purchase.

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