Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 039

Author(s): Various

Genre(s): *non-fiction, Essays & Short Works

Narrators: Michele Fry, Craig Campbell, MaryAnn, Availle, Mr5th, Newgatenovelist, Eric Metzler, Son Of The Exiles, Sue Anderson

Number of Chapters: 18

Length: 06 hours

Language: English

Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include literary figures--Alice Mangold Diehl, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Arthur Hugh Clough; philosophers--Hegel, Kierkegaard; religious thinkers--Martin Luther, Cotton Mather; political leaders--Thomas Jefferson, John F. Kennedy; important documents--the Constitution of Japan (1946), the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom; moments in history--the Battle of the Crater, the Dred Scott Decision; historical figures--the Pseudo Dionysius and Xenophon; and, lastly, shopper's tips for watermelons and cantaloupes. (Summary by Sue Anderson)

Hegel's The Problem was translated by William T. Harris
Xenophon's On Horsemanship was translated by Morris H. Morgan