[COMPLETE] Great Men and Famous Women Vol 2 by Charles F Horne - availle

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wib66
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Great Men and Famous Women Volume 2, by Charles F. Horne (1870 - 1942)

This project is now complete. All files can be found on the catalog page:
https://librivox.org/great-men-and-famous-women-vol-2-by-charles-f-horne/

A collection of writings about a variety of men and women from history who were some of the most prominent people around at the time. Marshal Turenne, Charles XII Of Sweden, John Duke Of Marlborough, Prince Eugene Of Savoy, General James Wolfe and Frederick The Great are just some of the contenders. This is volume two of eight volumes. (Summary by Michele Eaton )
Source text (please read only from this text!): http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26422

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Genres for the project: *Non-fiction/History; *Non-fiction
Keywords that describe the book: history, famous people, famous women, famous men, key figures in history, historical facts
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"Section # of Great Men and Famous Women Volume 2. 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."] "Great Men and Famous Women Volume 2, by Charles F. Horne. Section Title."
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"End of section #." [Optional, and if not stated in the intro: "Read by your name, city, date."]
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"End of Great Men and Famous Women Volume 2, by Charles F. Horne."
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Filename: greatmenfamouswomen2_##_horne_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. greatmenfamouswomen2_01_horne_128kb.mp3)

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wib66
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I will also be DPL on this project.
Would it be possible to reduce the length of the filename. I didn't know whether I could change it in the first post or it needed to be done by an MC. Happy to do it if need be thanks
Michele
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Ah, another series - always good to be part of those. :wink:
I'm happy to MC this for you. MW will come a bit later.

As for the filename - the first book had kind of a subtitle "Soldiers and Sailors", maybe this one has too? Otherwise we could do with gmfw2 ;-)
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wib66
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Availle wrote: April 7th, 2021, 6:12 pm Ah, another series - always good to be part of those. :wink:
I'm happy to MC this for you. MW will come a bit later.

As for the filename - the first book had kind of a subtitle "Soldiers and Sailors", maybe this one has too? Otherwise we could do with gmfw2 ;-)
The other volumes later on have a subtitle but this one does not. I think we could go with gmfw2 if that's okay many thanks.
Michele
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Okay, your MW has arrived - thou mayest proceed. :D

I checked the filename for vol. 1 and it was "greatmenfamouswomen1", so maybe we should stick with this one. I always think it's best to use something memorable as much as possible. You can always change the filename yourself in the first post, if I find it totally untenable, I can always change it en masse during cataloging.

Other than that, this looks good to go. :thumbs:
I'll send you a pm about something else "soon". :wink:
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Availle wrote: April 8th, 2021, 3:54 am Okay, your MW has arrived - thou mayest proceed. :D

I checked the filename for vol. 1 and it was "greatmenfamouswomen1", so maybe we should stick with this one. I always think it's best to use something memorable as much as possible. You can always change the filename yourself in the first post, if I find it totally untenable, I can always change it en masse during cataloging.

Other than that, this looks good to go. :thumbs:
I'll send you a pm about something else "soon". :wink:
That's great thank you happy to go with that for consistency. Ooh I am intrigued. :hmm:
Michele
When you're having what you feel like is a 'bad day' and then someone comes along out of nowhere and extends to you the simplest of kind gestures, you feel it so deeply within your heart.” ―Miya Yamanouchi
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Post by Teabender »

Hello! May I claim Frederick the Great (I think that's section 7)?
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Post by wib66 »

Hi I will sign you up to that section when I have completed the MW. The content list in the text is not the order which they are in not sure why but will make sure I sign you up to the one you want. I will be doing that this weekend.
Michele
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Post by alanmapstone »

Where are the Famous Women? This seems to be entirely about men :hmm:
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alanmapstone wrote: April 9th, 2021, 7:54 pm Where are the Famous Women? This seems to be entirely about men :hmm:
Yes this volume is only men. There are some women in the later volumes, which I am going to work my way through, but there are not very many it is very male dominated. :D
Michele
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I see the Magic Window has arrived, time to move over to "Readers Wanted". :D
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Post by wib66 »

Great thanks
Michele
When you're having what you feel like is a 'bad day' and then someone comes along out of nowhere and extends to you the simplest of kind gestures, you feel it so deeply within your heart.” ―Miya Yamanouchi
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Post by jenno »

May I claim chapters 12 and 30 please ?


Cheers


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Post by Ebele »

May I claim Section 29?
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jenno wrote: April 16th, 2021, 9:32 pm May I claim chapters 12 and 30 please ?


Cheers


Jennifer
Thank you I will sign you up
Michele
When you're having what you feel like is a 'bad day' and then someone comes along out of nowhere and extends to you the simplest of kind gestures, you feel it so deeply within your heart.” ―Miya Yamanouchi
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