John Smith's Funny Adventures on a Crutch! or The Remarkable Peregrinations of a One- Legged Soldier after the War: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

John Smith's Funny Adventures on a Crutch! or The Remarkable Peregrinations of a One- Legged Soldier after the War, credited to A. F. Hill, 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 John Smith's Funny Adventures on a Crutch! or The Remarkable Peregrinations of a One- Legged Soldier after the War by A. F. Hill. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers Follow a Very Funny Man make the best and the worst of his infirmity!! (Summary by Christine Rottger) The language and ideas in this book reflect the period in which it was written. Librivox does not censor works recorded. Some readers and listeners may be offended.

Recording facts

• Recording title: John Smith's Funny Adventures on a Crutch! or The Remarkable Peregrinations of a One- Legged Soldier after the War
• Author credits: A. F. Hill
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 51
• Listed recording duration: 9:54:49

Catalogue topics

• humor
• travel
• New York
• beer
• Boston
• rowing
• detroit
• resilience

Opening tracks: first 24 of 51

1. 00 - Preface — 2:36
2. 01 - Chapter One: The Way It Happened — 11:46
3. 02 - Chapter Two: John's Adventure With A Crazy Man — 15:20
4. 03 - Chapter Three: Proposes To Leap From A Third-Story Window — 5:04
5. 04 - Chapter Four: Locked Up — 13:16
6. 05 - Chapter Five: Accommodated With A "Room Lower Down" — 10:49
7. 06 - Chapter Six: The Way Smith Gets Bored - An Episode — 11:23
8. 07 - Chapter Seven: John Smith's Friend — 6:55
9. 08 - Chapter Eight: John Thought He Would Like To Travel — 11:39
10. 09 - Chapter Nine: Sea-Sick -- Ugh! — 11:17
11. 10 - Chapter Ten: The "Hub" — 16:49
12. 11 - Chapter Eleven: Narrow Escape In A Row At Baltimore — 12:32
13. 12 - Chapter Twelve: How Smith Traveled A-Foot --And More — 11:14
14. 13 - Chapter Thirteen: Romance in John Smith's "Real Life" — 9:56
15. 14 - Chapter Fourteen: The Hudson — 12:56
16. 15 - Chapter Fifteen: John At Saratoga — 10:26
17. 16 - Chapter Sixteen: The Sail-Boat — 15:14
18. 17 - Chapter Seventeen: Niagara Falls — 9:26
19. 18 - Chapter Eighteen: Cave Of The Winds — 10:25
20. 19 - Chapter Nineteen: Canada — 15:42
21. 20 - Chapter Twenty: Col. John Smith At An Hotel — 14:22
22. 21 - Chapter Twenty-One: Courtesies of Travelers — 8:00
23. 22 - Chapter Twenty-Two: "The City Of Magnificent Distances" — 10:57
24. 23 - Chapter Twenty-Three: Smith's Experience On A Skate — 10:59

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