Baseball Joe of the Silver Stars: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Baseball Joe of the Silver Stars, credited to Lester Chadwick, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Baseball Joe of the Silver Stars by Howard R. Garis. Read in English by Donald Cummings "Baseball Joe" Matson has recently moved to Riverside with his family, in this opening volume of Baseball Joe series. Joe is a wide-awake country boy who enjoys playing baseball. We follow his career in the series, and his adventures, as he joins Riverside's local nine and makes good, playing the position he most enjoys - that of pitcher, are recounted here. When not on the diamond, Joe is assisting his father against foes who are trying to steal Mr. Matson's machinery patents. Lester Chadwick is one of dozens of house pseudonyms created by the Stratemeyer Syndicate in the early to mid 1900's, to "author" children's series. Contract writers (whose identities were to remain unknown under tight secrecy) were hired to write the books in the series under the various names, usually multiple writers contributing volumes to a particular series. Howard R. Garis (1873-1962) is thought to have solely ghost-written the 14-volume Baseball Joe series. (Summary by Donald Cummings)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Baseball Joe of the Silver Stars
• Author credits: Lester Chadwick
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 30
• Listed recording duration: 4:40:07

Catalogue topics

• fiction
• sports
• baseball
• juvenile
• Stratemeyer Syndicate

Opening tracks: first 24 of 30

1. 01 - A Hot Game — 11:57
2. 02 - Tieing the Score — 13:09
3. 03 - Mrs. Matson is Worried — 8:53
4. 04 - A Row with Sam — 10:59
5. 05 - Joe Helps the Manager — 10:11
6. 06 - Joe Has Hopes — 9:05
7. 07 - Laughed at — 9:43
8. 08 - A Mean Protest — 7:59
9. 09 - Joe in the Game — 8:08
10. 10 - A Tight Contest — 9:59
11. 11 - Joe’s Run — 7:50
12. 12 - Discontent — 7:21
13. 13 - Scientific Practice — 7:54
14. 14 - A Kettle of Apple Sauce — 10:39
15. 15 - Joe Overhears Something — 11:20
16. 16 - Mr. Matson is Alarmed — 8:19
17. 17 - A Throwing Contest — 7:40
18. 18 - Another Defeat — 8:49
19. 19 - Joe is Watched — 11:14
20. 20 - Would You Like to Pitch? — 6:25
21. 21 - To the Rescue — 8:06
22. 22 - A Delayed Pitcher — 12:25
23. 23 - Joe in the Box — 6:56
24. 24 - Sam Arrives — 6:37

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