Stories from the Trenches: Funny Tales the Soldiers Tell: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Stories from the Trenches: Funny Tales the Soldiers Tell, credited to Carleton Britton Case, 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 Stories from the Trenches: Funny Tales the Soldiers Tell by Carleton Britton Case. Read in English by Tommy Hersant; Julian Pratley; Tim Jones; Ciufi Galeazzi; DJRickyV; April6090; Matea Bracic; Tony Posante; MeelahMagnificent; Mooninya; Alan Mapstone; Ruthema Carleton B. Case is well known for wit and humor, as the title of the book leads one to believe this book will follow suit. - Summary by April6090

Recording facts

• Recording title: Stories from the Trenches: Funny Tales the Soldiers Tell
• Author credits: Carleton Britton Case
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 25
• Listed recording duration: 4:52:32

Catalogue topics

• humourous military stories that are told from authentic sources

Opening tracks: first 24 of 25

1. 01 - The Man Who "Came Back" /FOUR TO THE GOOD — 21:39
2. 02 - Franco-Yanko Romances/CUTE, WASN’T SHE?/EVERY ONE TO HIS TASTE — 25:29
3. 03 - Trench Superstitions — 7:50
4. 04 - In the Trail of the Hun/SOME STUNT—TRY IT/WHEN THE HUN QUIT SMOKING — 17:23
5. 05 - When ''Ace'' Lufbery Bagged No. 13/HORSE AND HORSE/WHY TOMMY JOINED THE CHURCH — 13:10
6. 06 - Life at the Front — 14:16
7. 07 - The “Fiddler’s Truce” at Arras — 3:26
8. 08 - Harry Lauder Does His Bit/CAUSE FOR GRIEVANCE/DOUBLY ANNOYING — 13:46
9. 09 - King George Under Fire/THE FEMALE STANDARD OF SIZE — 9:52
10. 10 - Story of Our First Shot/HE KNEW WHAT TO DO/ THAT WAS THE HYMN NUMBER — 5:25
11. 11 - Stories from the Front/FUNNY THEY HADN’T MET/NO END TO THE GAME — 7:16
12. 12 - Uncle Sam, Detective/DRIVING IS TOO GOOD FOR THEM/NOW THEY DON’T SPEAK — 26:17
13. 13 - Didn’t Raise His Boy to Be a “Slacker”/CONSOLING INFORMATION/HE WAS ALL RIGHT — 6:01
14. 14 - The 100-Pound Terror of the Air — 11:28
15. 15 - The Watch-Dogs of the Trenches/ ALL IN THE SAME COUNTRY — 9:39
16. 16 - General Bell Redeems His Promise/NO GREAT LOSS — 5:56
17. 17 - Letters from the Front — 15:15
18. 18 - Meet Tommy, D. C. Medal Man — 9:46
19. 19 - German Falcon Killed in Air Duel — 5:56
20. 20 - He Taught the Tank to Prowl and Slay/NOT A SELF-STARTER/TRY IT ON YOUR WIFE/HE WAS GOING AWAY FROM THERE — 9:41
21. 21 - Taking Moving Pictures Under Shell-fire/COSTS MORE NOW — 14:11
22. 22 - Weighty Measures Involving Uncle Sam’s Navy/ NEVER TALK BACK/GOING HOME — 8:02
23. 23 - Enlisted Men Tell Why They Joined the Army/ THE NATIONAL GAME — 6:07
24. 24 - Tommy Atkins, Rain-soaked and War-worn, Still Grins — 7:50

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