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Living My Life, by Emma Goldman (1869 - 1940)
Living My Life is the autobiography of Lithuanian-born anarchist Emma Goldman, who became internationally renowned as an activist based in the United States. It was published in two volumes in 1931 (Alfred A. Knopf) and 1934 (Garden City Publishing Company). Goldman wrote it while living in Saint-Tropez, France, following her disillusionment with the Bolshevik role in the Russian revolution.

The text thoroughly covers her personal and political life from early childhood through to 1927. The book has constantly remained in print since, in original and abridged editions. Since the autobiography was published nine years before Goldman died in 1940, it does not record her role in the Spanish Civil War. (Summary by Wikipedia)
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"Section # of Living My Life. 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."] "Living My Life, by Emma Goldman. Section Title."
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That copyright renewal database is only from 1978 onward. The original would have been renewed in 1959 or thereabouts. And there is also the murky area of whether it was published elsewhere first, or within a certain number of days of being published in the US...all sorts of ugliness regarding works published less than 95 years ago.

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and here it is in the forum: viewtopic.php?t=72912

Moving this off the Launch Pad for now.
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Post by flavo5000 »

Here's an edition on Hathitrust flagged as PD:
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015046864115&view=1up&seq=7

I also did a copyright renewal search on it and didn't find anything, so I think it should be ok to read from.
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Okay, HT verification is good.

Over 900 pages of text? :shock: You'll need to verify that your sections are under about 10,000 words each, and this is going to be a LONG project to complete.

(I won't be MC'ing; my MC plate is full.)
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flavo5000 wrote: May 4th, 2023, 11:30 am Here's an edition on Hathitrust flagged as PD:
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015046864115&view=1up&seq=7

I also did a copyright renewal search on it and didn't find anything, so I think it should be ok to read from.
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TriciaG wrote: May 4th, 2023, 11:44 am Okay, HT verification is good.

Over 900 pages of text? :shock: You'll need to verify that your sections are under about 10,000 words each, and this is going to be a LONG project to complete.

(I won't be MC'ing; my MC plate is full.)
I can do that. Thank you!
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I will be the BC.

I think I'll need help with proof listening :shock: .
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You'll be the BC, yes. I'm not sure what the DC is. ;)

DPL is the dedicated proof-listener. Is that what you meant?

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Post by TriciaG »

OK, I've set this up.

In the first post, you'll want to change the intro/outro to say either "chapter" or "section". If you're dividing chapters into parts, I recommend using "section"; otherwise "chapter" works best.

I'm headed out of town tomorrow morning, so I won't be around to answer any questions. I've been assured by at least one other admin that they'll keep an eye on this and answer any questions you have.

Have fun!
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Post by TriciaG »

Moving to Going Solo.
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TriciaG wrote: May 14th, 2023, 5:14 pm Moving to Going Solo.
This is supposed to be group. Why was it moved to Going Solo?
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ncdidio wrote: May 22nd, 2023, 1:33 pm
TriciaG wrote: May 14th, 2023, 5:14 pm Moving to Going Solo.
This is supposed to be group. Why was it moved to Going Solo?
Because I goofed. :oops: Sorry!

Moving it to Readers Wanted!
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Post by Ciufi »

I’d like to claim section 1, please.
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Ciufi wrote: June 7th, 2023, 8:55 am I’d like to claim section 1, please.
It's yours!
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