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Book II, Chapter 2, Part 1

In The Octopus

Read by Delmar H Dolbier

Frank Norris

Frank Norris based his 1901 novel The Octopus (A Story of California) on the Mussel Slough Tragedy of 1880, a bloody conflict between ranche…

Part One, The Scheme and the Preparations, Section One

In The Sinking of the ''Merrimac''

Read by Delmar H Dolbier

Richmond Pearson Hobson

During the Spanish-American War, Naval Constructor Hobson U.S.N. devised a plan to scuttle a ship in the channel leading to Santiago harbor …

The Show is Confiscated

In The Complete Works of Artemus Ward Part 2, War

Read by Delmar H Dolbier

Jefferson B. Browne and Artemus Ward

Charles Farrar Browne, a native of Maine, became famous as a writer and lecturer under the name of Artemus Ward. Like his friend Mark Twain…

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