akorn - Mighty Old Tales Retold
Mark Twain
Episodes
Wednesday Jul 29, 2020
Wednesday Jul 29, 2020
Mark Twain
Following the Equator - Chapter XXV
Bound for Bendigo—The Priest at Castlemaine—Time Saved by Walking—Description of Bendigo—A Valuable Nugget—Perseverence and Success—Mr. Blank and His Influence——Conveyance of an Idea—I Had to Like the Irishman—Corrigan Castle, and the Mark Twain Club—My Bascom Mystery Solved
Tuesday Jul 28, 2020
Tuesday Jul 28, 2020
Mark Twain
Following the Equator - Chapter XXIV
Road to Ballarat—The City—Great Gold Strike, 1851—Rush for Australia—"Great Nuggets"—Taxation—Revolt and Victory—Peter Lalor and the Eureka Stockade—"Pencil Mark"—Fine Statuary at Ballarat—Population—Ballarat English
Monday Jul 27, 2020
Monday Jul 27, 2020
Mark Twain
Following the Equator - Chapter XXIII
To Horsham (Colony of Victoria)—Description of Horsham—At the Hotel—Pepper Tree-The Agricultural College, Forty Pupils—High Temperature—Width of Road in Chains, Perches, etc.—The Bird with a Forgettable Name——The Magpie and the Lady—Fruit Trees—Soils—Sheep Shearing——To Stawell—Gold Mining Country—$75,000 per Month Income and able to Keep House—Fine Grapes and Wine—The Dryest Community on Earth—The Three Sisters—Gum Trees and Water
Sunday Jul 26, 2020
Sunday Jul 26, 2020
Mark Twain
Following the Equator - Chapter XXII
Continued Description of Aboriginals—Manly Qualities—Dodging Balls—Feats of Spring—Jumping—Where the Kangaroo Learned its Art—Well Digging—Endurance—Surgery—Artistic Abilities—Fennimore Cooper's Last Chance—Australian Slang
Saturday Jul 25, 2020
Saturday Jul 25, 2020
Mark Twain
Following the Equator - Chapter XXI
The "Weet-Weet"—Keeping down the Population—Victoria—Killing the Aboriginals—Pioneer Days in Queensland—Material for a Drama—The Bush—Pudding with Arsenic—Revenge—A Right Spirit but a Wrong Method—Death of Donga Billy
Friday Jul 24, 2020
Friday Jul 24, 2020
Mark Twain
Following the Equator - Chapter XX
A Caller—A Talk about Old Times—The Fox Hunt—An Accurate Judgment of an Idiot—How We Passed the Custom Officers in Italy
Thursday Jul 23, 2020
Thursday Jul 23, 2020
Mark Twain
Following the Equator - Chapter XIX
The Botanical Gardens—Contributions from all Countries—The Zoological Gardens of Adelaide--The Laughing Jackass—The Dingo—A Misnamed Province—Telegraphing from Melbourne to San Francisco—A Mania for Holidays—The Temperature—The Death Rate—Celebration of the Reading of the Proclamation of 1836—Some old Settlers at the Commemoration—Their Staying Powers—The Intelligence of the Aboriginal—The Antiquity of the Boomerang
Wednesday Jul 22, 2020
Wednesday Jul 22, 2020
Mark Twain
Following the Equator - Chapter XVIII
The Gum Trees-Unsociable Trees-Gorse and Broom-A Universal Defect-An Adventurer-Wanted L200, Got L20,000,000-A Vast Land Scheme-The Smashup-The Corpse Got Up and Danced-A Unique Business By One Man-Buying the Kangaroo Skin-The Approach to Adelaide-Everything Comes to Him Who Waits-A Healthy Religious Sphere-What is the Matter With the Specter?
Tuesday Jul 21, 2020
Tuesday Jul 21, 2020
Mark Twain
Following the Equator - Chapter XVII
The British Empire-Its Exports and Imports-The Trade of Australia-To Adelaide-Broken Hill Silver Mine-A Roundabout Road-The Scrub and its Possibilities for the Novelist-The Aborginal Tracker-A Test Case-How Does One Cow Track Differ From Another?
Monday Jul 20, 2020
Monday Jul 20, 2020
Mark Twain
Following the Equator - Chapter XVI
Melbourne and its Attractions—The Melbourne Cup Races—Cup Day—Great Crowds—Clothes Regardless of Cost—The Australian Larrikin—Is He Dead?—Australian Hospitality—Melbourne Wool-brokers—The Museums—The Palaces—The Origin of Melbourne