Romance of California Life; Illustrated By Pacific Slope Stories, Thrilling, Pathetic And Humorous: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Romance of California Life; Illustrated By Pacific Slope Stories, Thrilling, Pathetic And Humorous, credited to John Habberton, 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 Romance of California Life; Illustrated By Pacific Slope Stories, Thrilling, Pathetic And Humorous by John Habberton. Read in English by David Wales These 37 short stories were authored by John Habberton (1842–1921), an American writer. He spent nearly twenty years as the literary and drama critic for the New York Herald, but he is best known for his stories about early California life, many of which were collected in this 1880 book. - Summary by david wales

Recording facts

• Recording title: Romance of California Life; Illustrated By Pacific Slope Stories, Thrilling, Pathetic And Humorous
• Author credits: John Habberton
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 39
• Listed recording duration: 14:55:02

Catalogue topics

• short stories
• United States
• California
• nineteenth century

Opening tracks: first 24 of 39

1. 00 - Introduction — 2:25
2. 01 - The School Teacher At Bottle Flat — 31:19
3. 02 - Jim Hockson's Revenge — 29:35
4. 03 - Making His Mark — 15:05
5. 04 - Codago — 16:57
6. 05 - The Last Pike At Jagger's Bend — 15:14
7. 06 - First Prayer At Hanney's — 22:28
8. 07 - The New Sheriff Of Bunker County — 26:45
9. 08 - Major Martt's Friend — 27:42
10. 09 - Buffle — 36:57
11. 10 - Matalette's Section — 21:31
12. 11 - A Story Of Ten Mile Gulch — 20:29
13. 12 - Captain Sam's Change — 17:40
14. 13 - Miss Fewne's Last Conquest — 18:15
15. 14 - Markson's House — 38:29
16. 15 - Grump's Pet — 25:07
17. 16 - Wardelow's Boy — 19:07
18. 17 - Tom Chafflin's Luck — 12:47
19. 18 - Old Twitchett's Treasure — 12:09
20. 19 - Blizzer's Wife — 27:51
21. 20 - A Boarding-House Romance — 14:54
22. 21 - Retiring From Business — 17:58
23. 22 - The Hardhack Mistake — 13:42
24. 23 - The Carmi Chums — 16:08

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