History and Records of the Elephant Club: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

History and Records of the Elephant Club, credited to Q. K. Philander Doesticks; Knight Russ Ockside, 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 History and Records of the Elephant Club by Q. K. Philander Doesticks; Knight Russ Ockside. Read in English by Don W. Jenkins Mortimer Q. Thomson (September 2, 1832 – June 25, 1875) was an American journalist and humorist who wrote under the pseudonym Q. K. Philander Doesticks. He was born in Riga, New York and grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He attended Michigan University in Ann Arbor, but was expelled along with several others either for his involvement in secret societies[1] or for "too much enterprise in securing subjects for the dissecting room."[2] After a brief period working in theater, he became a journalist and lecturer. For his published writings he used the pen name "Q. K. Philander Doesticks, P. B.", a pseudonym he had first used in university (the full version is "Queer Kritter Philander Doesticks, Perfect Brick"). Knight Russ Ockside is apparently a pen name for Edward Fitch Underhill, however no information is available for either name. The Elephant Club describes the formation and adventures of six strangers who all met by chance the same day and decided that they would like to continue the group by forming a club to get to know their city, New York, again and share their experiences. THE ELEPHANT CLUB, and having in view the following OBJECTS: 1. The enjoyment and amusement of its members through. 2. A profound study of the Metropolitan Elephant, by surveying him in all his majesty of proportion, by tracing him to his secret haunts, and observing his habits, both in his wild and domestic state. - Summary by Wikipedia, Don W. Jenkins

Recording facts

• Recording title: History and Records of the Elephant Club
• Author credits: Q. K. Philander Doesticks; Knight Russ Ockside
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 13
• Listed recording duration: 6:15:35

Catalogue topics

• new york city

Track guide

1. 01 - How They Met — 27:57
2. 02 - How the Club Organized — 12:41
3. 03 - The Elephantine Den — 8:04
4. 04 - First Discoveries of the Club — 31:19
5. 05 - First Evening with the Club — 59:25
6. 06 - The Colored Camp Meeting — 16:21
7. 07 - Further Discoveries — 54:41
8. 08 - The Club in an Uproar — 31:16
9. 09 - Johnny Cake's First Spree — 23:12
10. 10 - The Police Courts — 1:12:25
11. 11 - The Hamlet NIght — 16:46
12. 12 - Mrs. Throughby Daylights Fancy Dress Jam — 16:42
13. 13 - Conclusion — 4:46

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