This is this story of William Duncan, an English missionary, who established a colony among the Tsimshean people of the Pacific Northwest Coast of British Columbia and Alaska. He worked there from 1856 until his death in 1918 at the age of 86. ( Fritz)
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[*]Link to title on Wikipedia (if available): N/A
[*]Number of sections (files) this project will have: 43
[*]Does the project have an introduction or preface [y/n]: Yes
[*]Original publication date (if known): 1909
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Genres for the project: *Non-fiction; *Non-fiction/History /Modern (19th C); *Non-fiction/Biography & Autobiography
Keywords that describe the book: Tsimshian, William Duncan, Metlakahtla
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No more than 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning of the recording! START of recording (Intro):
"Introduction to The Apostle of Alaska, the Story of William Duncan of Metlakahtla, by John W. Arctander. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org"
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"Chapter [number] of The Apostle of Alaska, the Story of William Duncan of Metlakahtla, by John W. Arctander. This LibriVox recording is in the Public Domain."
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"Recording by [your name]"
Say: "[Chapter title]"
END of recording:
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There should be ~5 seconds silence at the end of the recording.
Example filename apostleofalaska_##_arctander_128kb.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is the section number (e.g. apostleofalaska_01_arctander_128kb.mp3)
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That would be awesome Larry. My wife sent me off on this journey with a copy of the book from her great aunt's library, who lived in Ketchikan in the early 20th century. Her husband ran a jewelry store and curio shop there for years, catering to tourists reaching there on the steam ships. I have flown surveys over the Alaskan Metlakahtla (now spelled without the "h"), but have never been on the ground there. Too bad I can't include the photographs from the book; there are many.
Fritz
"A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labors of a spasmodic Hercules."
I usually just make that part tiny instead of deleting it. I had someone get a little miffed with me once when I deleted that part. I can just delete it if you don't want it there, or we can leave it. It doesn't matter to me either way.
Thanks Larry. I usually plan on doing one section a week, but then I get anxious and end up doing more These were short so quick to do, but they get longer later on and will slow me down a bit. My voice only lasts for 5000 words or so.
Fritz
"A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labors of a spasmodic Hercules."
Chapter 2 ready for PL. I thought I was going to get two sections done today, but daughter and her husband came over to fix waffles this morning and then we went to look at puppies. Life got in the way.
Fritz
"A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labors of a spasmodic Hercules."
These were short so quick to do, but they get longer later on and will slow me down a bit. My voice only lasts for 5000 words or so.