This week we’re listening to a sample from Harris Newmark’s memoir, “Sixty Years in Southern California".

We’ll be listening to the first 2 chapters in which Newmark recounts his upbringing and how he ended up traveling to California from Prussia covering the years 1834-1853

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In this episode we’re meeting the 19th century humorist, journalist and author known for his witty satirical columns and depictions of western life.

1. Mush and Melody has Mr. Nye attempting to provide a grand solution for a non-problem, providing that if you squint hard enough anything can turn into a crisis.
2. ‘Flying Machines’ showcases a range of aerial contraptions that hover somewhere between ‘mildly impressive’ and ‘why on Earth would anyone try that?’
3. In ‘The Amateur Carpenter’ Nye really leans into the amateur part; the results of these carpentry projects may resemble disasters.
4. Up next is ‘One Kind of Fool’ with Nye’s portrait of a young drifter who’s about as skilled at lying as a toddler trying to play poker.
5. And to wrap up, Bill Nye draws a curious parallel between his prose and the illustrious Noah Webster, proving that even in writing, comparisons can stretch the limits of credulity.

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In this episode we’re sampling Kate Chopin.

1. ‘The Kiss’ is a short story about a calculating young woman managing a love triangle and highlights themes of irony, pragmatism over romantic love, and the manipulation of social roles.
2. Kate Chopin’s ‘A Pair of Silk Stockings’ explores the conflict between a woman's duty to family and her personal desires for independence and self-identity, common in Chopin's work.
3. "A Reflection" is a brief, philosophical meditation contrasting the relentless "moving procession of human energy" with the stillness of those left behind.

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This episode holds 3 essays and musings of Sir Richard Steele. These writings hail from as far back as we’ve ventured so far.

Sir Richard Steele born in Ireland in 1672, was an essayist, dramatist, and politician.

Steele's work focused on reforming manners and morals with wit, mixing social observation with political commentary, and establishing a successful formula for mass-market journalism. His final years were marked by financial troubles and declining health, eventually leading to his 1729 death in Wales.

• "The Storyteller and His Art" outlines key techniques for engaging storytelling.
• "Of Companions and Flatterers" explores the crucial difference between genuine friendship and deceitful flattery.
• "Sir Roger and the Widow" details the charming, benevolent but hopelessly smitten Sir Roger de Coverley's long, unrequited love for a beautiful, teasing widow.

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On this episode of Narrated Archives is the story, The Scarlet Woman, by Louis Bromfield, which was published in McClure's magazine in January of 1927 and was awarded one of the prizes for best stories for October 1926 to September 27 by the O. Henry Memorial Prize Committee.

The Scarlet Woman centers on Vergie Winters, a simple milliner in a conventional American town, who falls in love with a respected, up and coming handsome lawyer who later becomes a Senator.

The story is praised for its intense focus on Vergie's struggle against rigid social conventions, highlighting the hypocrisy of small-town values through stark realism and emotional depth.

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In the depths of winter Narrated Archives is taking a trip to warmer climates with Robert Louis Stevenson. We're heading to the South Seas with a selection from “In the South Seas”.

The narrative describes arriving at the Marquesas, the stunning beauty of the islands and the excitement of encountering their inhabitants, which includes both initial trepidation and eventual camaraderie with the locals.

Then From “Essays of Travel: Forest Notes” we have a description of idyllic relaxation in Idle Hours.

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This week, as we are smack dab in the throes of winter, Narrated Archives is leaning into the season with a selection from Henry David Thoreau, Winter Animals from Walden or Life in the Woods.

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In this episode I’ve pulled a few stories and poems from an anthology called Prairie Gold, an anthology of Iowan authors and artists. Created during the social upheaval of World War I, the collection emphasizes cooperation and humanitarian ideals through pieces that showcase Iowa's landscapes, people, and culture. The book uses local legends and natural imagery to evoke pride and unity, offering a diverse array of personal narratives and reflections.

• “Bread” by Ellis Parker Butler will have you salivating for some fresh baked bread;
• “A Field” by Minnie Stichter vividly chronicles a year in the life of an Iowa prairie ecosystem;
• “Old Bill” by Henry C. Wallace pays tribute to a farm family’s loyal horse.
• Poems:
  • “A Load of Hay” by James B Weaver,
  • “Sonny’s Wish” by Bertha M. H. Shambaugh
  • “A Box From Home” by Helen Cowles LeCron.

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