Far Away and Long Ago: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Far Away and Long Ago, credited to W.H. Hudson, 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 Far Away and Long Ago, by W.H. Hudson. William Henry Hudson (August 1841 - 1922) was an author, naturalist and ornithologist. Hudson was born of U.S. parents living in the Quilmes Partido in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, where he spent his youth studying the local flora and fauna and observing both natural and human dramas on what was then a lawless frontier.'Far Away and Long Ago' is a classic memoir of a boy, fascinated by nature, on the Pampas in the 19th century.

Recording facts

• Recording title: Far Away and Long Ago
• Author credits: W.H. Hudson
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 24
• Listed recording duration: 9:34:13

Catalogue topics

• nature
• memoir
• childhood
• South America

Track guide

1. 01 - Earliest Memories — 27:59
2. 02 - My New Home — 22:26
3. 03 - Death of an Old Dog — 19:19
4. 04 - The Plantation — 32:03
5. 05 - Aspects of the Plain — 24:16
6. 06 - Some Bird Adventures — 24:29
7. 07 - My First Visit to Buenos Aires — 23:47
8. 08 - The Tyrant's Fall and What Followed — 44:28
9. 09 - Our Neighbors at the Poplars — 22:08
10. 10 - Our Nearest English Neighbour — 18:47
11. 11 - A Breeder of Piebalds — 13:31
12. 12 - The Head of a Decayed House — 21:10
13. 13 - A Patriach of the Pampas — 11:51
14. 14 - The Dovecote — 19:07
15. 15 - Serpent and Child — 16:54
16. 16 - A Serpent Mystery — 17:24
17. 17 - A Boy's Anamism — 21:34
18. 18 - The New Schoolmaster — 16:42
19. 19 - Brothers — 21:23
20. 20 - Birding in the Marshes — 15:39
21. 21 - Wild-fowling Adventures — 17:10
22. 22 - Boyhood's End — 27:58
23. 23 - A Darkened Life — 19:05
24. 24 - Loss and Gain — 35:41

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