Last of the Great Scouts, by Helen Cody Wetmore - kd

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Last of the Great Scouts, by Helen Cody Wetmore (1850 - 1911)
A biographical account of the boy who became "Buffalo Bill" written by his sister. A wide variety of experiences from his first job as a mule-driver on the Kansas plains, as a Pony Express rider, a cavalry scout and Indian fighter, a buffalo hunter, and a celebrity with his famous "Wild West Show." (Summary by Barry Eads)
Source text (please read only from this text!): https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1248/1248-h/1248-h.htm

Target completion date: 2024-06-25

Prooflistening level: Standard
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Genres for the project: Action & Adventure Fiction; Westerns

Keywords that describe the book: history, biography, buffalo bill, William Cody

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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 Last of the Great Scouts. 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."] "Last of the Great Scouts, by Helen Cody Wetmore. Section Title."
For the second and subsequent sections, you may use the shortened intro if you wish:
"Section (or Chapter) # of Last of the Great Scouts, by Helen Cody Wetmore. 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 Last of the Great Scouts, by Helen Cody Wetmore."
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end.

Filename: lastofgreatscouts_##_wetmore_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. lastofgreatscouts_01_wetmore_128kb.mp3)

Upload to the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader

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I had a listener request for me to record this book. ColleenMc has agreed to DPL. :)
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Post by ColleenMc »

Wow it’s got a lot finished already! I have my lineup for this afternoon while I’m waiting for a friend at the doctor’s!

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Parts 0 through 4 are PL OK!
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I forgot when I PL'd the first 5 sections the other day that they had not yet been run through the Checker. Fortunately the Checker passed them all. However, I ran the chapters through 9 through the checker and chapters 5 and 7 failed as they had a noise level above 50. I haven't listened to either yet but if you want to do some noise reduction on the files and reupload, I can check it again when I prooflisten tonight or tomorrow. I haven't checked the files after 9 yet as I have to sign off here for a doctor's appt in a few.

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Chapters 5, 7, 10, 11, 14, and 17 have all been re-uploaded.
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I'm getting a 404 error on chapters 22, 23, and 24. Chapters 25 and 26 are present and accounted for.

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ColleenMc wrote: June 2nd, 2024, 12:04 pm I'm getting a 404 error on chapters 22, 23, and 24. Chapters 25 and 26 are present and accounted for.

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Uploaded now. Guess I better make sure I just forgot to upload them and didn't upload them into someone else's folder. :shock:
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I just uploaded chapter 29; there is a part later in the chapter of a black preacher that I had some trouble with. It took a while to try and get it to "flow"; wish the author had just written it normally.
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Chapter 6 through 11 PL OK!
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Last chapter has been uploaded. No hurry to finish the PL though. :D
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Post by ColleenMc »

I’m looking forward to listening to more of this! Hoping to do another multi chapter gulp today.
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