Swamp Island: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Swamp Island, credited to Mildred A. Wirt-Benson, 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 Swamp Island by Mildred A. Wirt-Benson. Read in English by Bellona Times Late entry in the Penny Parker teen girl mystery series (1939-47) by one of the early ghostwriters (as Carolyn Keene) of Nancy Drew concerns an escaped embezzler, his revenge on the reporter whose articles helped convict him, and a long missing $50 grand. - Summary by BellonaTimes

Recording facts

• Recording title: Swamp Island
• Author credits: Mildred A. Wirt-Benson
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 25
• Listed recording duration: 4:46:32

Catalogue topics

• Mystery
• teenagers
• newspaper
• 1940's
• girl detectives
• Penny Parker
• Stratemeyer Syndicate

Opening tracks: first 24 of 25

1. 01 - The Bearded Stranger — 9:12
2. 02 - Alerting All Cars — 13:10
3. 03 - Unfinished Business — 12:26
4. 04 - A Traffic Accident — 9:45
5. 05 - The Red Stain — 12:20
6. 06 - Ambulance Call — 9:57
7. 07 - An Empty Bed — 10:51
8. 08 - In Search of Jerry — 8:16
9. 09 - The Widow Jones — 13:20
10. 10 - Inside the Woodshed — 10:47
11. 11 - An Abandoned Car — 13:06
12. 12 - A Job For Penny — 12:24
13. 13 - Into the Swamp — 9:18
14. 14 - A Code Message — 9:16
15. 15 - Beyond the Boardwalk — 10:53
16. 16 - Treed by a Boar — 9:27
17. 17 - Rescue — 10:47
18. 18 - Wanted: A Guide — 15:08
19. 19 - Penny's Plan — 10:20
20. 20 - Trailing Hod Hawkins — 11:05
21. 21 - The Tunnel of Leaves — 9:32
22. 22 - Help From Tony — 13:21
23. 23 - Lost in the Hyacinths — 11:10
24. 24 - Under the Fencepost — 13:07

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