[COMPLETE] Andersonville by John McElroy - dc

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Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons, by John McElroy (1846 - 1929)

All audio files can be found on our catalog page: https://librivox.org/andersonville-a-story-by-john-mcelroy/

A comprehensive four-volume history of one soldier's 15 months in Andersonville Prison during the Civil War. The book is divided into 83 chapters, each with a different event witnessed during the author's incarceration. Andersonville was a notoriously cruel Confederate prisoner camp, with many of the Union soldiers imprisoned dying due to the deplorable conditions within. All four volumes will be covered as a complete book. [CHAPTER LXXXI. Written by a Rev. Sheppard and omitted in this edition.]
(Summary by Jeffery Smith)

Source text (please read only from this text!): https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/3072
Target completion date: 2022-03-31
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Genres for the project: *Non-fiction; *Non-fiction/War & Military; *Non-fiction/History/Modern (19th C) Keywords that describe the book: civil war, andersonville, prison camp, confederate
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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:

"Section (or Chapter) # of Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons. 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."] "Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons, by John McElroy. Section Title."

For the second and subsequent sections, you may use the shortened intro if you wish:

"Section (or Chapter) # of Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons, by John McElroy. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "Section Title."

End of recording: Say:

"End of section (or chapter) #." [Optional, and if not stated in the intro: "Read by your name, city, date."]

If you are recording the final section of the book, add:

"End of Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons, by John McElroy."

Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end.
Filename: andersonvilleastory_##_mcelroy_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. andersonvilleastory_01_mcelroy_128kb.mp3) Upload to the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader

MC to select: craigdav1
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.

[craigdav1]

MW coming up.

edit: I shortened the file name. Long ones cause problems.

[JefferySmith]

Sounds good. Seems like I did the same thing with a long name before. In the 1800s, they liked long names (like the ridiculous one Melville attached at the end of Moby Dick's title.

Jeff

[craigdav1]

Record at your own pace and as you are the BC you will need to enter the information in the MW.

[JefferySmith]

Will do! Thanks for everything Dave.

[craigdav1]

Moving topic to Going Solo forum to keep the Launch Pad tidy.

[JefferySmith]

Dave,
I cannot figure out what is going wrong. I posted the introduction through the uploader, went to the MW, and it is there (13+ minutes long) but it is total silence on my computer. Help!

[JefferySmith]

Okay, I figured it out. It just wouldn't play through my interface. It does have sound through my computer speakers.

[JefferySmith]

The introduction is uploaded (finally!).

https://librivox.org/uploads/craigdav1/andersonvilleastory_00_mcelroy_128kb.mp3

Recording time: 13'46"

Thanks!!!

[craigdav1]

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In the intro you say "section 1." This is section 0. Rather than say "section 0" you could say "introduction" and then say "chapter x" for all future sections. Otherwise pl ok!

[JefferySmith]

Got it. I'll have to do it in the morning or else wait until the renovations on the house next door are halted for lunch or dinner.

JLS

[craigdav1]

If you decide to read the preface you could add it at the end of this section (Introduction and Preface) or put it at the beginning of the next section (Preface and Chapter 1). If you decide not to read the preface then of course the next section will be "Chapter 1."

[JefferySmith]

GAAA! There are two prefaces, the second being the Author's Preface. Can we insert another section in the MW in the No. two position?

[craigdav1]

I only see one preface (Author's) followed by a poem. Regardless, to keep the section and chapter numbers identical I would add the preface(s) and poem either to the end of Section 0 (called "Introduction and Preface") or at the beginning of Section 1 ("Preface and Chapter 1"). Section 2 would then be Chapter 2, Section 3 is Chapter 3, etc.

[JefferySmith]

The intro I did this morning is before the author's preface (and I think that ends with a poem). Let me combine them and change the first few lines and last few lines of the intro. That we we can hang onto the single section.

Good idea!