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Uncle Josh's Punkin Centre Stories

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  1. 00-Preface

    2:57

  2. 01-Old Yeller Almanac

    3:13

  3. 02-Uncle Josh Weathersby's Arrival in New York

    5:53

  4. 03-Uncle Josh in Society

    4:27

  5. 04-Uncle Josh in a Chinese Laundry

    4:38

  6. 05-Uncle Josh in a Museum

    3:56

  7. 06-Uncle Josh in Wall Street

    3:39

  8. 07-Uncle Josh and the Fire Department

    3:58

  9. 08-Uncle Josh in an Auction Room

    2:33

  10. 09-Uncle Josh on a Fifth Avenue Bus

    3:26

  11. 10-Uncle Josh in a Department Store

    3:42

  12. 11-Uncle Josh's Comments on the Signs Seen in New York

    3:22

  13. 12-Uncle Josh on a Streetcar

    4:24

  14. 13-My First Pair of Copper Toed Boots

    2:10

  15. 14-Uncle Josh in Police Court

    5:11

  16. 15-Uncle Josh at Coney Island

    4:47

  17. 16-Uncle Josh at the Opera

    3:49

  18. 17-Uncle Josh at Delmonico's

    3:03

  19. 18-It Is Fall

    2:58

  20. 19-Si Pettingill's Brooms

    4:30

  21. 20-Uncle Josh Plays Golf

    4:26

  22. 21-Jim Lawson's Hogs

    4:48

  23. 22-Uncle Josh and the Lightning Rod Agent

    4:10

  24. 23-A Meeting of the Annanias Club

    4:22

  25. 24-Jim Lawson's Hoss Trade

    4:29

  26. 25-A Meeting of the School Directors

    4:06

  27. 26-The Weekly Paper at Punkin Centre

    3:34

  28. 27-Uncle Josh at a Camp Meeting

    3:11

  29. 28-The Unveiling of the Organ

    2:10

  30. 29-Uncle Josh Plays a Game of Baseball

    2:51

  31. 30-The Punkin Centre and Paw Paw Valley Railroad

    3:36

  32. 31-Uncle Josh on a Bicycle

    3:31

  33. 32-A Baptizin' At Hickory Corners Church

    3:18

  34. 33-Reminiscence of My Railroad Days

    3:46

  35. 34-Uncle Josh at a Circus

    5:11

  36. 35-Uncle Josh Invites the City Folks to Visit Him

    3:12

  37. 36-Yosemite Jim, or A Tale of the Great White Death

    4:59

  38. 37-Uncle Josh Weathersby's Trip to Boston

    5:08

  39. 38-Who Marched in Sixty-One

    1:46

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A farmer's confidence meets the complications of city life when Uncle Josh Weathersby visits New York. Cal Stewart gives his fictional country storyteller a voice full of rural expressions, elaborate comparisons and cheerful misunderstandings. In the opening account, a sleeping car becomes a source of trouble as Josh struggles with his clothes, boots and a treasured collar button. Familiar farm experience supplies his explanations for the unfamiliar things around him.

Back in Punkin Centre, the comedy turns on neighbours who pride themselves on knowing a good bargain. Si Pettingill brings brooms to Ezra Hoskins's store, where their negotiations draw an audience of local regulars. Poems and short sketches sit alongside these spoken yarns in this 1903 collection. The appeal lies in the timing of Josh's narration, the shop talk and the way everyday dealings grow into occasions for extravagant storytelling.

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Reading time
About 100 minutes
Pages
79
Language
English
Formats
PDF, EPUB, Read online, Audiobook
Audio read by
Philip Martin