The Man with the Hoe and Other Poems: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Man with the Hoe and Other Poems, credited to Edwin Markham, 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 Man with the Hoe and Other Poems by Edwin Markham. Read in English by Larry Wilson Edwin Markham was an American poet whose poems often drew attention to the laborers of the world and frequently expressed elements of faith. The Man with the Hoe, perhaps his best known poem, was written after seeing a painting of the same name by the French artist Millet, who also depicted working men and women in rural settings. Many of these poems were previously published in The Atlantic and other magazines. - Summary by Larry Wilson

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Man with the Hoe and Other Poems
• Author credits: Edwin Markham
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 73
• Listed recording duration: 1:27:50

Opening tracks: first 24 of 73

1. 01 - The Man with the Hoe — 3:06
2. 02 - A Look into the Gulf — 1:22
3. 03 - Brotherhood — 1:00
4. 04 - Song of the Followers of Pan — 0:54
5. 05 - Little Brothers of the Ground — 1:19
6. 06 - Wail of the Wandering Dead — 2:34
7. 07 - A Prayer — 1:03
8. 08 - The Poet — 1:12
9. 09 - The The Whirlwind Road — 1:19
10. 10 - The Desire of Nations — 5:10
11. 11 - The Elf Child — 1:00
12. 12 - The Goblin Laugh — 0:57
13. 13 - Poetry — 0:28
14. 14 - A Meeting — 1:03
15. 15 - Infinite Depths — 0:29
16. 16 - A Leaf from the Devil's Jest-Book — 1:06
17. 17 - The Paymaster — 0:32
18. 18 - The Last Furrow — 1:01
19. 19 - In the Storm — 0:28
20. 20 - After Reading Shakspeare — 1:01
21. 21 - The Hidden Valley — 1:00
22. 22 - The Poets — 0:33
23. 23 - Love's Vigil — 1:04
24. 24 - Two at a Fireside — 0:28

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