Moncure Daniel Conway was an American abolitionist, Unitarian, clergyman and author. This second volume of his autobiography covers the years from the US Civil War to roughly 1904. (Summary by JoeD)
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JoeD wrote:I started filling in the magic window - but am not quite finished. I will finish the rest this evening.
My goodness! You got a lot done! Will you be PMing Vol. 1 readers... or shall I go ahead and blast the word out?
Are there more volumes or does #2 complete the set?
I'm also interested in a Conway title he mentions in Vol. 1, but it's not in Gutenberg-- maybe we can find that one somedamnwhar.
~Susan
OK, the magic window is all filled out and ready to take claims! I am claiming section 30.
Carolin, I made a typo in my MW template. I only need 45 sections, so there are 10 extra. Sorry about that.
Susan, yes this completes the set. This autobiography covers Conway's life to about 1904, and he died in 1907. He wrote plenty of books, and all of them should be on archive.org. He edited a large compilation of Thomas Paine's works and included several of his own essays along with it. This work is discussed in volume 2, and I believe I have seen that on Project Gutenberg.
JoeD wrote:I started filling in the magic window - but am not quite finished. I will finish the rest this evening.
I'm also interested in a Conway title he mentions in Vol. 1, but it's not in Gutenberg-- maybe we can find that one somedamnwhar.
~Susan
Susan, yes this completes the set. This autobiography covers Conway's life to about 1904, and he died in 1907. He wrote plenty of books, and all of them should be on archive.org. He edited a large compilation of Thomas Paine's works and included several of his own essays along with it. This work is discussed in volume 2, and I believe I have seen that on Project Gutenberg.
THANKS, I found it!! Another reader-friend had said he might like to do a project with me, so I'll see if he's interested first, and then if not maybe we can?
~Susan
Vision issues and routine, long travel make audbiobooks a MUST for me-- THANK YOU. Apologies in advance for ypto's in my posts.