There Was a Cherry-Tree: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

There Was a Cherry-Tree, credited to James Whitcomb Riley, 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 volunteers bring you 18 recordings of There Was a Cherry-Tree by James Whitcomb Riley. This was the Weekly Poetry project for May 13, 2012. Riley began his career writing verses as a sign maker and submitting poetry to newspapers. Thanks in part to an endorsement from poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, he eventually earned successive jobs at Indiana newspaper publishers during the latter 1870s. Riley gradually rose in prominence during the 1880s through his poetry reading tours. He traveled a touring circuit first in the Midwest, and then nationally, holding shows and making joint appearances on stage with other famous talents. Regularly struggling with his alcohol addiction, Riley never married or had children, and was involved in a scandal in 1888 when he became too drunk to perform. He became more popular in spite of the bad press he received, and as a result extricated himself from poorly negotiated contracts that limited his earnings; he quickly became very wealthy. (Summary from Wikipedia)

Recording facts

• Recording title: There Was a Cherry-Tree
• Author credits: James Whitcomb Riley
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 18
• Listed recording duration: 21:47

Catalogue topics

• poetry
• instruction
• memoirs
• nature
• philosophy

Track guide

1. There Was a Cherry-Tree - Read by ALG — 1:00
2. There Was a Cherry-Tree - Read by AS — 1:08
3. There Was a Cherry-Tree - Read by DL — 1:08
4. There Was a Cherry-Tree - Read by Elli — 1:00
5. There Was a Cherry-Tree - Read by FS — 1:16
6. There Was a Cherry-Tree - Read by GC — 1:08
7. There Was a Cherry-Tree - Read by JCM — 1:09
8. There Was a Cherry-Tree - Read by JL — 1:15
9. There Was a Cherry-Tree - Read by JM2 — 1:15
10. There Was a Cherry-Tree - Read by JRPB — 1:15
11. There Was a Cherry-Tree - Read by KJS — 1:13
12. There Was a Cherry-Tree - Read by LAH — 1:06
13. There Was a Cherry-Tree - Read by LLW — 1:24
14. There Was a Cherry-Tree - Read by MJF — 1:27
15. There Was a Cherry-Tree - Read by REF — 1:24
16. There Was a Cherry-Tree - Read by RN — 1:28
17. There Was a Cherry-Tree - Read by RWH — 1:11
18. There Was a Cherry-Tree - Read by UM — 1:08

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