im lacking english skills i fear, and i dont have any experience with how long that one will take to record.
maybe i will post a suggestion in the suggestion thread, instead (and notify you here)..
...and if you are finishing this project, i will put it aside or suggest it or contribute to another prose collection...
that caused some headache... (i cut 15 minutes of bloopers - in the second (to 4th) version) but, finally, i have a version uploaded.
next thing is: i do hope, my english is somehow understandable..
So glad that you preservered! (since my spell check doesn't recognize this word, I can't figure out how to spell it and so I will say "stuck to it" instead . . . )
A brief description: Although written in 1920, two years after the end of the First World War, the essay “Five Inches” from A. P. Herbert’s book “Little Rays of Moonshine” refers to the veterans of that war who lost limbs in battle. Herbert himself had first-hand knowledge of the war. He joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve at the outbreak of the War, later serving as an officer with the Royal Naval Division. He fought in the Gallipoli campaign and on the Western Front, becoming his battalion's adjutant in 1917, after which he was injured and did not return to the frontline before the end of the war.
“Reading one book is like eating one potato chip.”
―Diane Duane, So You Want to Be a Wizard.
I would like to record "America's Purpose: The Establishment of Justice Between the Nations" An address given in New York by Pres. Woodrow Wilson, 27 September 1918.
If it's okay and I'm not duplicating too much or taking too many slots, I'd also like to read the full "Fourteen Points" message to Congress from January 1918.
If I can only do one, I'd rather do the "America's Purpose" Speech.
Awesome, I will get to work on these over the weekend!
Just one thought, should the order of them in the MW be reversed as the Fourteen Points speech predates the other by 8 months? I haven't read the texts in detail yet, but it would be clearer in chronological order if any of Wilson's ideas are modified by September as circumstances changed in the field and the world stage. I believe for one thing, Russia/USSR had made their separate peace with the Axis between the two speeches.
Colleen McMahon
No matter where you go, there you are. -- Buckaroo Banzai
Tom,
Welcome to Librivox! This is a great project to start out on.
I'll add your claims to the MW. Don't forget to post a short description when you are done, I'll be posting a PDF with a description of the various selections when the project is cataloged.
Any questions, just ask.
Oh, and my question for you : How do you want to appear in the catalog? Some people use their forum name, some their real name, some something totally different. I've used your forum name to set up your reader page, but would be happy to change it. https://librivox.org/reader/12586
One quick question - in the introduction of the recording when I state the title and author, should I also mention that it is from the New York Times Current History? Or mention the date/year it is from?
As for my reader page, I'd like to appear as Thomas Pacey.
