This project is now complete! All audio files can be found on the catalog page for this project: http://librivox.org/the-man-without-a-country-and-other-tales-by-edward-everett-hale/
Edward Everett Hale (1822 – 1909) was an American author, historian and Unitarian clergyman. Hale first came to notice as a writer in 1859, when he contributed the short story "My Double and How He Undid Me" to the Atlantic Monthly. He soon published other stories in the same periodical. His best known work was "The Man Without a Country", published in the Atlantic in 1863 and intended to strengthen support in the Civil War for the Union cause in the North. Though the story is set in the early 19th century, it is an allegory about the upheaval of the American Civil War. As in some of his other non-romantic tales, he employed a minute realism which led his readers to suppose the narrative a record of fact. These two stories and such others as "The Skeleton in the Closet", gave him a prominent position among short-story writers of 19th century America. Each story in this collection has an introduction. (Summary by Wikipedia and David Wales)
- Target completion date: 2013-Jun-01
- Text source (only read from this text!): http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16493
- Type of proof-listening required (Note: please read the PL FAQ): standard
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Keywords that describe the book:
Christmas; patriotism; sea stories; humor; American Civil War; nineteenth century - The reader will record the following at the beginning and end of each file:
No more than 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning of the recording!
Start of recording (Intro)- "Chapter [number] of The Man Without A Country And Other Tales . - This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org"
- If you wish, say:
"Recording by [your name]" - Say:
" The Man Without A Country And Other Tales , by Edward Everett Hale . [Chapter]"
- "Chapter [number] of The Man Without A Country And Other Tales by Edward Everett Hale . This LibriVox recording is in the Public Domain."
- If you wish, say:
"Recording by [your name]" - Only if applicable, say:
"[Chapter title]"
- At the end of the section, say:
"End of [Chapter]" - If you wish, say:
"Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]" - At the end of the book, say (in addition):
"End of The Man Without A Country And Other Tales , by Edward Everett Hale . "
There should be 5 seconds silence at the end of the recording, or 10 seconds for files longer than 30 minutes. - Example filename
manwithout_##_hale.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is your section number. (e.g. manwithout_01_hale.mp3) - Example ID3 V2 tags
Title: ## - [Section title]
Artist: Edward Everett Hale
Album: The Man Without A Country And Other Tales
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