A Book Suggestion [Two Horatio Alger books]

SopB · Post by **SopB** » May 23rd, 2020, 2:40 pm

I'd like to reccomend a book by Horatio Alger, called Phil the Fiddler. It was published in 1872, I think, so it should be in the public domain. As for the text, here is one:
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/671
there's another one that I really liked by Horatio Alger, called The Young Salesman. It was published in 1896. There is a link to the text :http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/56798

Post by **mightyfelix** » May 23rd, 2020, 4:43 pm

Yes, these are both public domain, and it looks like neither has been recorded yet. It might help to generate some interest if you'd give a little synopsis of the books, or maybe a paragraph or so about what you liked about them.

SopB · Post by **SopB** » May 24th, 2020, 12:41 pm

I'm not sure what it was, but I just remember reading the Young Salesman and really liking it. It's along the old lines of Horatio Alger books: the boy starts out poor, and then gets rich by being good, stuff like that. Phil the Fiddler is the same. I know I definitely have read very many Horatio Alger books, and that name I just remembered.

SopB · Post by **SopB** » September 5th, 2020, 7:02 am

I would like to suggest "The Young Salesman" by Horatio Alger. I think it's really good.

Post by **annise** » September 5th, 2020, 7:11 am

Do you have a link to an eText ?

SopB · Post by **SopB** » September 5th, 2020, 4:21 pm

Yes but it might be a minute before I can get it...let me see...

SopB · Post by **SopB** » September 5th, 2020, 5:19 pm

There are many other Horatio Alger books that are quite good to. For example, Andy Grant's Pluck, Ben's Nugget, Bound to Rise, and so on. I know I really liked Randy of the River. I'm pretty sure all of those have eTexts. Speaking of eTexts, let me find that one before I get too distracted here...

SopB · Post by **SopB** » September 5th, 2020, 5:23 pm

This should be what we're looking for.
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/56798/56798-h/56798-h.htm

Post by **mightyfelix** » September 5th, 2020, 6:56 pm

This is the same book and the same text that you suggested in your original post of this thread. There is really no need to suggest something a second time. I understand that you may be eager to have a favorite book turned into an audiobook, but repeated requests are not quite the thing. Some book suggestions are picked up immediately. Some are picked up months or years later. And there are some suggestions on this forum that are a decade old and have still not been picked up. We don't have any way of knowing how it will turn out with a given book suggestion.

If you're really that eager, you can always read the book yourself. viewtopic.php?f=28&t=13513

SopB · Post by **SopB** » September 11th, 2020, 12:39 pm

Sorry!

What do you mean by "Read the book yourself"?

Post by **mightyfelix** » September 11th, 2020, 7:26 pm

No need to apologize. I just wanted you to know that repeating a suggestion doesn't necessarily help its chances.

By "read it yourself," I mean that you could record the whole book yourself as a solo. Here's how: viewtopic.php?f=28&t=13513

You have already read a few sections in group projects, which is all the experience that we ask before someone starts a solo recording. If you don't want to take on that commitment, though, then you'll just have to wait until someone else decides to record or coordinate this book. We have no way of predicting when/if that will happen.