The Wonder-Smith and His Son: A Tale from the Golden Childhood of the World: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Wonder-Smith and His Son: A Tale from the Golden Childhood of the World, credited to Ella Young, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Wonder-Smith and His Son: A Tale from the Golden Childhood of the World by Ella Young. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers. This 1928 Newbery Honor book is a collection of fourteen Irish folktales about the Gubbaun Saor, a mythologized historical architect and smith who lived in the 6th century, A.D. He was a builder in both wood and stone, and many churches, oratories, and bell towers were attributed to him. - Summary by Lynette Caulkins

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Wonder-Smith and His Son: A Tale from the Golden Childhood of the World
• Author credits: Ella Young
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 14
• Listed recording duration: 1:38:39

Track guide

1. 00 - Greeting, Foreward, Acknowledgements — 5:56
2. 01 - How the Gubbaun Saor Got His Trade — 4:34
3. 02 - How the Gubbaun Proved Himself — 7:18
4. 03 - How the Gubbaun Saor Got His Son — 3:27
5. 04 - How the Gubbaun Tried His Hand at Match-Making — 3:51
6. 05 - How the Son of the Gubbaun Met with Good Luck — 5:58
7. 06 - How the Gubbaun Saor Welcomed Home His Daughter — 7:35
8. 07 - How the Gubbaun Quarreled with Aunya and What Came of It — 4:36
9. 08 - How the Son of the Gubbaun Saor Talked with Lords from a Strange Country — 10:50
10. 09 - The Building of Balor's Dune — 8:49
11. 10 - How the Djinn Out of Balor's Country Brought a Message to Aunya — 7:23
12. 11 - The Embassy of Balor's Son — 7:21
13. 12 - The Gubbaun Saor's Feast — 8:52
14. 13 - How the Gubbaun Saor Went Into the Country of the Ever-Young, and The Great Piast — 12:09

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