Baled Hay: A Drier Book than Walt Whitman's ''Leaves o' Grass'': Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Baled Hay: A Drier Book than Walt Whitman's ''Leaves o' Grass'', credited to Bill Nye, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Baled Hay: A Drier Book than Walt Whitman's ''Leaves o' Grass'' by Bill Nye. Read in English by Scotty Smith There can really be no excuse for this last book of trite and beautiful sayings. I do not attempt, in any way, to palliate this great wrong. I would not do so even if I had an idea what palliate meant. . . . I have taken great care to thoroughly eradicate anything that would have the appearance of poetry in this work, and there is not a thought or suggestion contained in it that would soil the most delicate fabric. Do not read it all at once, however, in order to see whether he married the girl or not. Take a little at a time, and it will cure gloom on the "similia simili-bus curanter" principle. - Summary by Bill Nye

Recording facts

• Recording title: Baled Hay: A Drier Book than Walt Whitman's ''Leaves o' Grass''
• Author credits: Bill Nye
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 30
• Listed recording duration: 6:34:26

Catalogue topics

• humor
• short stories
• 19th century

Opening tracks: first 24 of 30

1. 01 - DEDICATION.; BALED HAY — 13:59
2. 02 - GREELEY AID RUM.; ABOUT SAW MILLS.; EXPERIMENTS WITH OLD CHEESE.; THE RAG-CARPET. — 12:50
3. 03 - ONE KIND OF A BOY.; THE CHAMPION MEAN MAN.; FRATERNAL SPARRING.; CHIPETA'S ADDRESS TO THE UTES. — 14:17
4. 04 - BILL NYE'S CAT.; AUTUMN THOUGHTS.; THE MAN WHO INTERRUPTS. — 15:34
5. 05 - THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN COW.; PRESERVING EGGS.; HUMAN' NATURE ON THE HALF-SHELL.; TOO CONTIGUOUS.; THE AMENDE HONORABLE. — 11:39
6. 06 - JOAQUIN AND JUNIATA.; SOME VAGUE THOUGHTS.; THE YOUMORIST.; MY CABINET. — 14:06
7. 07 - HEALTH FOOD.; PINES FOR HIS OLD HOME — 12:13
8. 08 - ONE TOUCH OF NATURE.; HOW TO PUT UP A STOVE-PIPE.; FUN OF BEING A PUBLISHER.; LINGERIE.; FRUIT.; THE BONE OF CONTENTION. — 13:21
9. 09 - CONGRATULATORY.; THE AGONY IS OVER.; OSTRICH CAVALRY.; AN ELECTRIC BELT.; THE ANNUAL WAIL; HE WAS NOT A BURGLAR. — 10:43
10. 10 - BEST ON, BLESSED MEMORY. — 14:27
11. 11 - GENIUS AND WHISKY.; THE TWO-HEADED GIRL; THE CULTIVATION OF GUM.; WE HAVE REASONED IT OUT.; CARVING SCHOOLS. — 13:31
12. 12 - DIGNITY.; ALWAYS ROOM AT THE TOP.; INACCURATE.; THE WESTERN ''CHAP.'' — 13:57
13. 13 - AN INCIDENT OF THE CAMPAIGN.; WHY DO THEY DO IT?; TWO STYLES.; GOSHALLHEMLOCK SALVE.; THE STAGE BALD-HEAD. — 12:26
14. 14 - FATHERLY WORDS.; THE GOOD TIME COMING.; MANIA FOR MARKING CLOTHES.; REGARDING THE NOSE. — 13:58
15. 15 - SOMETHING TOO MUCH OF THIS.; COLOR BLINDNESS.; IS DUELING MURDER?; HEAP GONE.; THE EDITORIAL LAMP. — 12:07
16. 16 - DIFFICULT TO IDENTIFY.; THE MAROON SAUSAGE.; TESTIMONIALS OF REGARD.; THE CHINESE COMPOSITOR; SNOWED UNDER; ROUGH ON OSCAR. — 10:24
17. 17 - THE POSTAL CARD.; WHY WE ARE NOT GAY.; SCIENTIFIC.; THE REVELATION RACKET IN UTAH. — 16:48
18. 18 - SAGE BRUSH TONIC.; LAME FROM HIS BERTH.; THE PUBLIC PRINTER. — 18:39
19. 19 - SAD DESTRUCTION.; THE IMMEDIATE REVOLVER; THE SECRET OF HEALTH.; HOUSEHOLD RECIPES.; WHAT IS LITERATURE?; THE PREVIOUS HOTEL. — 10:34
20. 20 - ANECDOTE OF SPOTTED TAIL.; THE ZEALOUS VOTER.; HOW TO PRESERVE TEETH; MR. BEECHER'S BRAIN.; OH, NO! — 9:50
21. 21 - THE MARCH OF CIVILIZATION.; AN UNCLOUDED WELCOME.; THE PILLOW-SHAM HOLDER.; SOMETHING FRESH.; YANKED TO ETERNITY.; WHY WE SHED THE SCALDING. — 12:09
22. 22 - ANOTHER SUGGESTION.; PISCATORIAL AND EDITORIAL; ANOTHER FEATHERED SONGSTER; ABOUT THE OSTRICH; TOO MUCH GOD AND NO FLOUR.; WE ARE GETTING CYNICAL — 11:25
23. 23 - ASK US SOMETHING DIFFICULT.; THE MIMIC STAGE.; DECLINE OF AMERICAN HUMOR; CHICAGO CUSTOM HOUSE; FOREIGN OPINION — 14:37
24. 24 - THEY HAVE CURBED THEIR WOE.; HUNG BY REQUEST.; THE MELVILLES.; MENDING BROKEN NECKS.; ARE YOU A MORMON? — 12:58

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