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Of remarkable Deliverances

In The Storm

Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)

Daniel Defoe

The Storm (1704) holds a special place in the writings of Daniel Defoe. Widely considered a founding document of modern journalism, The Sto…

My Escape from Slavery

In African-American Collection

Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)

Frederick Douglass

This collection recognizes Black History Month, February 2007. Two excellent resources for public domain African American writing are Africa…

Conclusion

In The Eventful History of the Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of H.M.S. Bounty: Its …

Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)

Sir John Barrow

The mutiny on the Bounty occurred aboard a British Royal Navy ship on 28 April 1789. The mutiny was led by Fletcher Christian against the co…

16 - Our Roof Garden among the Tenements

In Neighbors - Life Stories of the Other Half

Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)

Jacob A. Riis

These stories have come to me from many sources—some from my own experience, others from settlement workers, still others from the records o…

Little Black Boy, The (Innocence)

In Songs of Innocence and Experience

Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)

William Blake

William Blake’s volume of poetry entitled Songs of Innocence and Experience is the embodiment of his belief that innocence and experience we…

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