A Gringo In Mañana-Land: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

A Gringo In Mañana-Land, credited to Harry La Tourette Foster, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

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LibriVox recording of A Gringo In Mañana-Land by Harry La Tourette Foster. Read in English by David Wales Foster was a World War I veteran, world wanderer, journalist, embassy attaché, stoker on ships, miner, stowaway, bandit’s prisoner in Mexico, who wrote of Latin America and the Orient. He died an early death of pneumonia at his mother’s house in New York state. This 1924 book is a prime example of his witty travel writing and close observation. The New York Times reported that in 1919 he started travelling and for some ten years he seldom remained in one place. (New York Times obituary 16 March 1932) (Summary by David Wales)

Recording facts

• Recording title: A Gringo In Mañana-Land
• Author credits: Harry La Tourette Foster
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 23
• Listed recording duration: 8:42:27

Catalogue topics

• travel
• South America
• Mexico
• Central America
• travelogue

Track guide

1. 00 - Foreword — 1:40
2. 01 - Chapter 1 On The Border; Chapter 2 Bandits!; Chapter 3 In Sleepy Hermosillo — 31:23
3. 02 - Chapter 4 Among The Yaqui Indians — 32:46
4. 03 - Chapter 5 Down The West Coast — 31:44
5. 04 - Chapter 6 Those Dark-eyed Senoritas! — 33:47
6. 05 - Chapter 7 In The Days Of Carranza — 27:44
7. 06 - Chapter 8 The Mexican Capital Part 1 — 24:13
8. 07 - Chapter 8 The Mexican Capital Part 2 — 26:39
9. 08 - Chapter 9 Intermission — 4:43
10. 09 - Chapter 10 The Land Of The Indian Vamps — 30:17
11. 10 - Chapter 11 Those Chronic Insurrections! — 24:42
12. 11 - Chapter 12 Up and Down Guatemala Part 1 — 20:32
13. 12 - Chapter 12 Up and Down Guatemala Part 2 — 22:48
14. 13 - Chapter 13 In Sunny Salvador Part 1 — 22:21
15. 14 - Chapter 13 In Sunny Salvador Part 2 — 14:50
16. 15 - Chapter 14 The Revolution In Honduras Part 1 — 26:22
17. 16 - Chapter 14 The Revolution In Honduras Part 2 — 32:37
18. 17 - Chapter 15 Where Marines Make Presidents Part 1 — 22:06
19. 18 - Chapter 15 Where Marines Make Presidents Part 2 — 26:33
20. 19 - Chapter 15 Where Marines Make Presidents Part 3 — 18:59
21. 20 - Chapter 16 A Long Long Way To Costa Rica Part 1 — 18:36
22. 21 - Chapter 16 A Long Long Way To Costa Rica Part 2 — 18:59
23. 22 - Chapter 17 Adios — 8:06

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