[COMPLETE] Daring Deeds of Famous Pirates, by Edward Keble Chatterton - icequeen

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Daring Deeds of Famous Pirates, by Edward Keble Chatterton (1878 - 1944)

This project is now complete! All audio files can be found on our catalog page: https://librivox.org/daring-deeds-of-famous-pirates-by-edward-keble-chatterton/

Edward Chatterton, a prolific British author of maritime adventures, presents fascinating stories of pirates and their exploits from earliest times through the 19th century. Chapters include the history of piracy in Tudor and Elizabethan times and stories of legendary pirates such as Black Beard, Henry Morgan, and Captain Kidd. (Summary by Larry Wilson)
Source text (please read only from this text!): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64954

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This paragraph is temporary and will be replaced by the MC with the list of sections and reader (Magic Window) once this project is in the admin system.

[list]
[*]Project Code: 7hquXs40
[*]Link to author on Wikipedia (if available): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Keble_Chatterton (Edward Keble Chatterton)
[*]Link to title on Wikipedia (if available):
[*]Number of sections (files) this project will have: 21
[*]Does the project have an introduction or preface: No
[*]Original publication date (if known): 1917
[*]If you are a new volunteer, how would you like your name (or pseudonym) credited in the catalog?
[*]Do you have a URL you would like associated with your name?:
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Genres for the project: *Non-fiction/War & Military; *Non-fiction/History/Modern (19th C)

Keywords that describe the book: pirates, sea, piracy, sailing, maritime, captain kidd, privateers, henry morgan, naval, north sea, black beard, corsairs, captain avery, paul jones, aaron smith

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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.

Say:
"Chapter [Number] of Daring Deeds of Famous Pirates. 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."] "Daring Deeds of Famous Pirates, by Edward Keble Chatterton. [Chapter Title]."
End of recording:
Say:
"End of chapter [Number]." [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 Daring Deeds of Famous Pirates, by Edward Keble Chatterton."
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end.

Filename: famouspirates_##_chatterton_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. famouspirates_01_chatterton_128kb.mp3)

Upload to the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader
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~ Larry
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Post by silverquill »

PIRATES!
~ Larry
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Post by icequeen »

Hi Larry! I can MC this one for you! Back in a moment with your MW! Argh!
Ann

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Post by icequeen »

Your MW is ready to set sail, captain! We will wait here a day or two to see if we can scare us up a first mate, properly known as a DPL!
Ann

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Post by silverquill »

Thank ye, s'much!

Looking for the first mate DPL to come aboard!

All able bodied seamen and women welcome to sail with us.
~ Larry
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Post by icequeen »

Setting sail for Readers Wanted!
Ann

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Post by lflegal »

Ahoy!

I would love to read CHAPTER II: THE NORTH SEA PIRATES.

Thanks!
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Post by silverquill »

lflegal wrote: May 10th, 2021, 9:37 am Ahoy!

I would love to read CHAPTER II: THE NORTH SEA PIRATES.

Thanks!
Thank you for our first claim!
~ Larry
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Post by Shasta »

I would like to claim Chapters 05, 06 and 07.
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Post by silverquill »

Shasta wrote: May 10th, 2021, 4:39 pm I would like to claim Chapters 05, 06 and 07.
You are on board for these.
Thanks so much!
~ Larry
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Post by Amendis »

May I please claim chapter 15 "The Exploits of Captain Avery"?

Thanks!
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Post by Amendis »

silverquill wrote: May 7th, 2021, 11:55 pm Thank ye, s'much!

Looking for the first mate DPL to come aboard!

All able bodied seamen and women welcome to sail with us.
Dear Larry,

If you haven't found someone yet, I would be happy to DPL this project. I have PL'd one other project (The Fables of Pilpay) - rather than have one DPL, the job was split between two of us, so it would be my first DPL project.

Thanks!
April
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Post by ReubenJames43 »

Hello,
I would like to read chapter 18 A notorious American pirate.

Thanks.
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Post by silverquill »

Amendis wrote: May 11th, 2021, 10:45 am May I please claim chapter 15 "The Exploits of Captain Avery"?

Thanks!
Thank you, April!
I've put you in for this section.

And, I would be most happy to welcome you aboard as our DPL. :clap:

I will, of course, PL your recordings.
~ Larry
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Post by silverquill »

ReubenJames43 wrote: May 11th, 2021, 7:43 pm Hello,
I would like to read chapter 18 A notorious American pirate.

Thanks.
Welcome aboard!
I've assigned you this section to read. :)
~ Larry
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