Boardwalk Empire Free Bonus Material

The Speakeasy Guide to Prohibition Era Slang – Extended Edition

By: Kevin C. Fitzpatrick

Narrated by: Oliver Wyman

Length: 14 mins

Publisher's summary

After a long night in Atlantic City performing “research” for Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City, a group of Audible staffers slunk out of a casino thinking they were completely busted. That’s when they hit the jackpot – behind a dusty, old, cobweb-covered moonshine barrel, they discovered a few pages of genuine Prohibition-Era slang, a true relic of one of history’s most storied periods. They turned to Kevin C. Fitzpatrick, President of the Dorothy Parker Society, to authenticate and restore the find. Now, we present to you a treasure trove of flapper secrets, including the origins of words and phrases still used today, if not fondly remembered, like cat’s pajamas, lollygagger, blind date, home wrecker, gadget, and behind the eight ball.

Oliver Wyman reads The Speakeasy Guide and captures the rich atmosphere and enduring cultural influence of the roaring ‘20s. While the anecdote about Audible staffers stumbling out of an anonymous casino might be in doubt, one thing’s for sure – this fun listen is the bee’s knees.

If you watched the video version of this guide on our homepage, note that this is the extended version, with approximately 10 additional minutes of words and phrases to enjoy.

Be sure to check out Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City the inspiration for our Speakeasy Guide, as well as the upcoming HBO® series, written by Nelson Johnson and narrated by Joe Mantegna, in our store now.

©2010 Kevin C. Fitzpatrick (P)2010 Audible, Inc.

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The first article on what makes a leader is probably the best person that I've ever listen. I would prefer to suggest this audio-book to all interested newbies.

Evidence of Audible's Devotion to Audiobooks

If Audible can even make excerpts from an encyclopedia engaging, doesn't that prove their dedication and talentin making audiobooks? Mission: Accomplished

cool!

It's so interesting to learn about that time. they seem so creative and fun back then!

Glad It Was Free

I enjoyed the introduction where it went over the history. As soon as a new category started it was a rapid fire of terms. Often times referring back to previously mentioned slang terms.

Fun read

I enjoyed learning where some of my favorite everyday phrases originated from. Wish it was longer!

volume is very low

The Volume is very low. Even at 10/10, Max Volume. But not a bad program.

Not a story

This is just fun bonus material for the Boardwalk Empire book. I dig old slang, so this is really up my alley.

Fun!

Exactly as expected! Fun and quick audiobook. Grab some giggle water and have a listen.

dry, but educating

Is there anything you would change about this book?

It's a list of definitions of sorts of phrases, and words of interest to those who follow Boardwalk Empire and the Roaring Twenties. It isn't Boardwalk Empire the entertaining series.

What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?

Some phrases were familiar maybe confirm unsure definitions.

Did Oliver Wyman do a good job differentiating all the characters? How?

He was okay. He was basically a voice to convey the material contained within. He wasn't there to enhance it. At least that is my opinion.

Did Boardwalk Empire Free Bonus Material inspire you to do anything?

Watch the HBO series, read the resource materials.

Any additional comments?

It's brief in duration and if you get any information on the first listen, you probably won't re listen. It is what it is. And it's free.

excellent

great content. I'll be leaving to this a few more times to get more familiar with the list phrases