Private Pinkerton Millionaire
Harold Ashton
Read by Steve C
The sketches and stories in this little volume must be read as fiction. But they are all, or nearly all, founded on fact, and built up from scenes and incidents I myself either witnessed or heard, first-hand, during my sojourn in France and Flanders as Special Correspondent for a London morning newspaper.
Private Pinkerton I met in the flesh several times—a gallant young English gentleman, if there ever was one, a cool and clever fighter, a dead shot, but shy as a schoolgirl when it came to the telling of his own adventures. I have rarely met a millionaire so engaging, so kindly, so well loved by 'the boys', but so courageous withal. (Extract from text Introduction) (6 hr 8 min)
Chapters
Front Matter: Epigraph & Introduction | 2:58 | Read by Steve C |
Chpts 1 & 2: The Idyll of Skeleton Tree & The Battle of the Bagpipes | 31:39 | Read by Steve C |
Chpts 3 & 4: Browney Boy & 'My Soldier Lad!' | 31:28 | Read by Steve C |
Chpts 5 & 6: William the Conqueror & The Green Death | 31:01 | Read by Steve C |
Chpts 7 & 8: The Wolf in the Fold & The Prussian 'Blues' | 31:43 | Read by Steve C |
Chpts 9 &10: Swanker The Invincible & 'Baby Bunting' | 31:29 | Read by Steve C |
Chpts 11&12: Home, Sweet Home & The Killing of the Fatted Calf | 29:15 | Read by Steve C |
Chpts 13&14: Uncle Sam & The Merry Manglers' Club | 31:20 | Read by Steve C |
Chpts 15&16: Romeo and Juliet & 'Back to the Filter' | 33:30 | Read by Steve C |
Chpts 17&18: Exploit of Gingerbread Glue & The Mince-Pie Mule Train | 33:37 | Read by Steve C |
Chpts 19&20: Lamb Cutlets & Golgotha | 31:45 | Read by Steve C |
Chpts 21&22&23: Death and Glory & The Home-Coming & 'Cupid, All Armed' | 48:21 | Read by Steve C |