Episodi

  • Slave Narratives: Folk History of Slavery in the United States, Vol. VI, Kansas-US Work Projects Administration

    Slave Narratives: Folk History of Slavery in the United States, Vol. VI, Kansas-US Work Projects Administration
    Aug 24 2026
    In 1861, a 26-year-old Sam Clemens "went west" with his older brother Orion. By that time he'd had some experience with publishing his thoughts in local newspapers and was beginning to collect and tell stories. Orion sent him to work a silver mine that he and Calvin Higbie owned. This Saturday Evening Post article, dated September 11, 1920, paints a vivid picture of the young, soon-to-be-famous author, through the eyes of his new friend and fellow silver miner, Higbie. - Summary by John Greenman
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    30 min
  • Pictures of Jewish Home-Life Fifty Years Ago-Hannah Trager

    Pictures of Jewish Home-Life Fifty Years Ago-Hannah Trager
    Aug 23 2026
    In 1861, a 26-year-old Sam Clemens "went west" with his older brother Orion. By that time he'd had some experience with publishing his thoughts in local newspapers and was beginning to collect and tell stories. Orion sent him to work a silver mine that he and Calvin Higbie owned. This Saturday Evening Post article, dated September 11, 1920, paints a vivid picture of the young, soon-to-be-famous author, through the eyes of his new friend and fellow silver miner, Higbie. - Summary by John Greenman
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    1 ora e 36 min
  • Drugging a Nation-Samuel Merwin, Sr

    Drugging a Nation-Samuel Merwin, Sr
    Aug 22 2026
    In 1861, a 26-year-old Sam Clemens "went west" with his older brother Orion. By that time he'd had some experience with publishing his thoughts in local newspapers and was beginning to collect and tell stories. Orion sent him to work a silver mine that he and Calvin Higbie owned. This Saturday Evening Post article, dated September 11, 1920, paints a vivid picture of the young, soon-to-be-famous author, through the eyes of his new friend and fellow silver miner, Higbie. - Summary by John Greenman
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    4 ore e 6 min
  • Women's Wild Oats Essays on the Re-fixing of Moral Standards-Catherine Gasquoine Hartley

    Women's Wild Oats Essays on the Re-fixing of Moral Standards-Catherine Gasquoine Hartley
    Aug 21 2026
    In 1861, a 26-year-old Sam Clemens "went west" with his older brother Orion. By that time he'd had some experience with publishing his thoughts in local newspapers and was beginning to collect and tell stories. Orion sent him to work a silver mine that he and Calvin Higbie owned. This Saturday Evening Post article, dated September 11, 1920, paints a vivid picture of the young, soon-to-be-famous author, through the eyes of his new friend and fellow silver miner, Higbie. - Summary by John Greenman
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    5 ore e 6 min
  • Real Latin Quarter-Frank Berkeley Smith

    Real Latin Quarter-Frank Berkeley Smith
    Aug 20 2026
    In 1861, a 26-year-old Sam Clemens "went west" with his older brother Orion. By that time he'd had some experience with publishing his thoughts in local newspapers and was beginning to collect and tell stories. Orion sent him to work a silver mine that he and Calvin Higbie owned. This Saturday Evening Post article, dated September 11, 1920, paints a vivid picture of the young, soon-to-be-famous author, through the eyes of his new friend and fellow silver miner, Higbie. - Summary by John Greenman
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    2 ore e 38 min
  • Crisis A Record of the Darker Races, Vol. I, No. 4-W. E. B. Du Bois

    Crisis A Record of the Darker Races, Vol. I, No. 4-W. E. B. Du Bois
    Aug 19 2026
    In 1861, a 26-year-old Sam Clemens "went west" with his older brother Orion. By that time he'd had some experience with publishing his thoughts in local newspapers and was beginning to collect and tell stories. Orion sent him to work a silver mine that he and Calvin Higbie owned. This Saturday Evening Post article, dated September 11, 1920, paints a vivid picture of the young, soon-to-be-famous author, through the eyes of his new friend and fellow silver miner, Higbie. - Summary by John Greenman
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    2 ore e 25 min
  • Droll Stories of Isthmian Life-Evelyn Saxton

    Droll Stories of Isthmian Life-Evelyn Saxton
    Aug 18 2026
    In 1861, a 26-year-old Sam Clemens "went west" with his older brother Orion. By that time he'd had some experience with publishing his thoughts in local newspapers and was beginning to collect and tell stories. Orion sent him to work a silver mine that he and Calvin Higbie owned. This Saturday Evening Post article, dated September 11, 1920, paints a vivid picture of the young, soon-to-be-famous author, through the eyes of his new friend and fellow silver miner, Higbie. - Summary by John Greenman
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    5 ore e 19 min
  • Symbolism of Freemasonry-Albert Mackey

    Symbolism of Freemasonry-Albert Mackey
    Aug 17 2026
    In 1861, a 26-year-old Sam Clemens "went west" with his older brother Orion. By that time he'd had some experience with publishing his thoughts in local newspapers and was beginning to collect and tell stories. Orion sent him to work a silver mine that he and Calvin Higbie owned. This Saturday Evening Post article, dated September 11, 1920, paints a vivid picture of the young, soon-to-be-famous author, through the eyes of his new friend and fellow silver miner, Higbie. - Summary by John Greenman
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    7 ore e 46 min