The Workers - An Experiment in Reality: The West: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Workers - An Experiment in Reality: The West, credited to Walter A. Wyckoff, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of The Workers - An Experiment in Reality: The West by Walter A. Wyckoff. Read by PhyllisV A young scholar, recently graduated from Princeton College, travels across the United States as a member of the working class, taking any job he could find, enduring hardships and struggling to make a living. He travelled mainly on foot, designing for himself a social experiment on experiencing different class and culture structures and the reality of working conditions at the end of the 19th century. This volume continues the story that began in the first volume (The Workers - the East), and spans the region from Illinois to California - Summary by Phyllis Vincelli

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Workers - An Experiment in Reality: The West
• Author credits: Walter A. Wyckoff
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 26
• Listed recording duration: 10:59:37

Catalogue topics

• social science
• working class
• working conditions
• economic history

Opening tracks: first 24 of 26

1. 01 - Chapter 1 - Part I - The Army of the Unemployed — 19:29
2. 02 - Chapter 1 - Part II - The Army of the Unemployed — 23:45
3. 03 - Chapter 1 - Part III - The Army of the Unemployed — 26:48
4. 04 - Chapter 2 - Part I - Living by Odd Jobs — 31:13
5. 05 - Chapter 2 - Part II - Living by Odd Jobs — 21:45
6. 06 - Chapter 2 - Part III - Living by Odd Jobs — 24:54
7. 07 - Chapter 3 - Part I - Finding Steady Work — 20:45
8. 08 - Chapter 3 - Part II - Finding Steady Work — 26:16
9. 09 - Chapter 3 - Part III - Finding Steady Work — 30:01
10. 10 - Chapter 3 - Part IV - Finding Steady Work — 27:25
11. 11 - Chapter 4 - Part I - A Hand-Truckman in a Factory — 28:13
12. 12 - Chapter 4 - Part II - A Hand-Truckman in a Factory — 20:28
13. 13 - Chapter 4 - Part III - A Hand-Truckman in a Factory — 25:23
14. 14 - Chapter 5 - Part I - Among the Revolutionaries — 22:31
15. 15 - Chapter 5 - Part II - Among the Revolutionaries — 26:25
16. 16 - Chapter 5 - Part III - Among the Revolutionaries — 31:28
17. 17 - Chapter 5 - Part IV - Among the Revolutionaries — 23:49
18. 18 - Chapter 6 - Part I - A Road Builder on the World's Fair Grounds — 26:55
19. 19 - Chapter 6 - Part II - A Road Builder on the World's Fair Grounds — 20:04
20. 20 - Chapter 6 - Part III - A Road Builder on the World's Fair Grounds — 24:27
21. 21 - Chapter 7 - Part I - From Chicago to Denver — 20:47
22. 22 - Chapter 7 - Part II - From Chicago to Denver — 25:11
23. 23 - Chapter 7 - Part III - From Chicago to Denver — 22:59
24. 24 - Chapter 7 - Part IV - From Chicago to Denver — 17:39

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