The Illiterate Digest: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Illiterate Digest, credited to Will Rogers, 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 The Illiterate Digest by Will Rogers. Read in English by S. Emily Lee. In "The Illiterate Digest," the renowned humorist Will Rogers makes his characteristically gentle but insightful commentary on American culture, society, daily life, and, last but not least, politics. As a collection of social commentaries from the early 20th century America, it touches upon the political issues of the time, such as the prohibition and the oil lease scandal, as well as more day-to-day topics, such as corsets and restaurant etiquette. Regardless of whether he is poking fun at politicians or questioning unnecessary formalities, his genuine sense of care and self-deprecating attitude come through in this collection. (Summary by S. Emily Lee)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Illiterate Digest
• Author credits: Will Rogers
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 34
• Listed recording duration: 4:48:12

Catalogue topics

• american wit and humor

Opening tracks: first 24 of 34

1. 01 - Two Letters and a Dedication — 6:59
2. 02 - Introduction — 9:08
3. 03 - Breaking Into the Writing Game — 9:08
4. 04 - Settling the Corset Problem of This Country — 5:48
5. 05 - How to Tell a Butler, And Other Etiquette — 8:07
6. 06 - Defending My Soup Plate Position — 10:35
7. 07 - Helping the Girls With Their Income Taxes — 7:04
8. 08 - The Greatest Document in American Literature — 9:26
9. 09 - Prospectus for “The Remodeled Chewing Gum Corporation” — 10:39
10. 10 - Inside Stuff on the Total Eclipse — 10:02
11. 11 - It’s Time Somebody Said a Word for California — 8:38
12. 12 - Promoting the Oceanless One-Piece Suit — 7:43
13. 13 - Warning to Jokers: Lay Off the Prince — 8:57
14. 14 - Spring Is Here, With Poems and Bath Tubs — 8:25
15. 15 - My Ford and Other Political Self-Starters — 6:26
16. 16 - Wilson Could Laugh at a Joke on Himself — 10:32
17. 17 - A Job With the James Family — 9:06
18. 18 - Let’s Treat Our Presidents Like Human Beings — 10:00
19. 19 - What With Fruit Juice and Consomme, It Was a Wild Party — 8:31
20. 20 - What We Need Is More Fred Stones — 11:53
21. 21 - One Oil Lawyer Per Barrel — 7:55
22. 22 - Another Confession in the Oil Scandal — 8:16
23. 23 - The Whole Truth and Nothing But the Truth — 7:55
24. 24 - Well, Who Is Prunes? — 9:03

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