The Story of a Loaf of Bread: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Story of a Loaf of Bread, credited to Thomas Barlow Wood, 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 Story of a Loaf of Bread by Thomas Barlow Wood. Read in English by Karl Thornton; jenno; Linda Johnson; realisticspeakers; Kathleen Moore; mpcarlisle According to the author in the preface, he has "ventured to write this little book with some diffidence, for it deals with farming, milling and baking, subjects on which everyone has his own opinion." The earlier chapters give a brief sketch of the growing and marketing of wheat, followed by chapters on various aspects that impact the quality of wheat, the baking process and the characteristic of the final product, bread. The author aimed at making the reader realise that the farmer’s share in the production of the staple food of the people is by no means the simple affair it appears to be. - Summary by Leni

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Story of a Loaf of Bread
• Author credits: Thomas Barlow Wood
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 8
• Listed recording duration: 3:28:54

Catalogue topics

• farming
• bread
• wheat

Track guide

1. 01 - Wheat-growing — 23:53
2. 02 - Marketing — 21:47
3. 03 - The Quality of Wheat — 31:12
4. 04 - The Quality of Wheat from the Miller's Point of View — 33:58
5. 05 - The Milling of Wheat — 26:05
6. 06 - Baking — 25:53
7. 07 - The Composition of Bread — 15:54
8. 08 - Concerning Different Kinds of Bread — 30:11

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