This project is now complete. All recordings can be downloaded from the catalog page:
https://librivox.org/over-prairie-trails-by-frederick-philip-grove/
Source text (please read only from this text!): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6111When Frederick Philip Grove settled in a remote area of Manitoba in the early years of the 20th century, he found work teaching in a school over 30 miles from his home. He commuted by horse-and-wagon or horse-and-sleigh each weekend, and seven of those long and challenging journeys are recorded in “Over Prairie Trails,” published in 1922.
Grove has a sharp eye for details of nature that were of life-and-death importance to the lone prairie traveller — the shifting aspects of skies, wind, fog, and snow. On one level, the book is a treasury of documentary observation and nature writing.
However, while Grove claims to offer a naturalist’s “plain truth,” we come to realize that he is creating a “tale” as much as a nature diary. He selects and arranges his material. Sometimes this means transforming his accounts into archetypal heroic journeys, casting himself as the Odyssean adventurer who battles his way through seas of snow and fog to return to his wife and child. At other times, his reports launch meditations on the nature of observation, consciousness, and the construction of meaning.
“Over Prairie Trails” is a landmark in Canadian writing, influencing the way nature — especially the Canadian winter— would be written about for decades to come.
(Summary by Bruce Pirie)
Target completion date: 2021-12-31
Prooflistening level: Standard
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Magic Window:
BC Admin
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Genres for the project: *Non-fiction/Biography & Autobiography/Memoirs
Keywords that describe the book: prairie, Canada, snow, winter, manitoba, fog, nature writing
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LibriVox recording settings: mono (1 channel), 44100 Hz sample rate, 128 kbps constant bit rate MP3. See the Tech Specs
Intro to recording:
Leave 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning.
For the first section, say:
For the second and subsequent sections, you may use the shortened intro if you wish:"Section # of Over Prairie Trails. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit librivox.org." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "Over Prairie Trails, by Frederick Philip Grove. Section Title."
End of recording:"Section # of Over Prairie Trails, by Frederick Philip Grove. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "Section Title."
Say:
If you are recording the final section of the book, add:"End of section #."
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end."End of Over Prairie Trails, by Frederick Philip Grove."
Filename: overprairietrails_##_grove_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. overprairietrails_01_grove_128kb.mp3)
Upload to the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader
MC to select: availle
Copy and paste the file link generated by the uploader into the relevant Listen URL field in the Section Compiler, enter the duration in the Notes field, and post in this thread to let your PL and MC know that you have uploaded a file. You may also post the file link in the thread.
