Join host Ruth Chambers as she shares stories from 1800 to 1920 in the dialogue and dialects of the time as written by the authors. You'll hear Gold Rush and Wild West Stories, Tall Tales, and plenty of Mark Twain. Some of the stories were written by the reader herself! Tune in, sit back, and enjoy a taste of simpler times.
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Chambers Street Theatre for 11am on Mar 28th, 2013Fri, 03/29/2013 - 10:50am | Ruth ChambersRuth reads from "The Wizard of Oz." The first two chapters cover the one room house on the Kansas prairie and other differences from the movie of the 1930s. It's fun to hear how the story was originally. It's a good listen. |
Chambers Street Theatre for 11am on Mar 21st, 2013Thu, 03/21/2013 - 11:35am | Ruth ChambersShow #59. Ruth reads from "The Autobiography of Mark Twain." She reads the chapter on Dueling and how Twain got out of being killed. Very funny as we can expect from Twain. |
Chambers Street Theatre for 11am on Mar 14th, 2013Thu, 03/14/2013 - 11:35am | Ruth ChambersShow #58. Two stories about the Pony Express are read today. Ruth starts with Mark Twain's book "Roughing It," and the chapter on the Pony Express. Then she reads her own story from "The Weight of Gold," Pony Express chapter. Here are two different veiws to make the listening fun. |
Chambers Street Theatre for 11am on Mar 7th, 2013Thu, 03/07/2013 - 11:35am | Ruth ChambersToday Ruth reads from "Just So Stories." The first two chapters are about a whale and then about a camel. These are delightful tales for family reading and listening. Children of all ages will laugh and enjoy... This book is a perfect present. |
Chambers Street Theatre for 11am on Feb 28th, 2013Thu, 02/28/2013 - 11:35am | Ruth ChambersThe 56th show. "The Wizard of Oz" is read, and that's always fun. The book is slightly different from the movie so Ruth goes over some of the differences. The three chapters: "The Search for the Wicked Witch," "The Rescue," and "The Winged Monkeys" are read in an edited version. |
Chambers Street Theatre for 11am on Feb 21st, 2013Thu, 02/21/2013 - 12:45pm | Ruth ChambersThe 55th show. "Black Elk Speaks" is the reading. We hear the stories told in 1930 by Indian elders who fought when teenagers during the Indian Wars. Chapter 1 is the Pipe sharing followed by Chapter 2 about their youth and meeting the white man. These stories were written in shorthand as the Indians spoke. This is their story in their way of telling. |
Chambers Street Theatre for 11am on Feb 14th, 2013Thu, 02/14/2013 - 11:35am | Ruth ChambersThe 54th show. Ruth reads from "The Education of Little Tree," the chapter called "The Farm in the Clearing." This is a post Civil War story of an assortment of people both good and bad in those trouble times. It is believed these are family stories handed down and retold by the author. |
Chambers Street Theatre for 11am on Feb 7th, 2013Thu, 02/07/2013 - 11:35am | Ruth ChambersThe 53rd Show. This week we hear "Two Years Before the Mast," Chapters 1&2. This story is before the Gold Rush, and there was little hope for a better life by most working people. Richard Henry Dana Jr. left Harvard because he was having trouble with his eyes. He went to sea to restore his health. It was a hard life on board ship. Sailors often were mistreated. Dana returned to Harvard to finish his law degree, and later spent much time correcting the wrongs he saw at sea. |
Chambers Street Theatre for 11am on Jan 31st, 2013Thu, 01/31/2013 - 11:35am | Ruth Chambers52nd show Ruth reads one of her stories, "A Walk In Time." The story relates to slavery sales in Sacramento after 1850 when California came into the Union as a Free State. Yet there were slave sales. Hear the story and learn about the people. Ruth wrote this story because so little has been written about slave sales after 1850. |
Chambers Street Theatre for 11am on Jan 24th, 2013Tue, 01/29/2013 - 5:45pm | Ruth ChambersThe 52nd show. There are tech problems, but you can listen to the show. Ruth redoes the show next week without the funny sound. |
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Thanks to all the folk I meet in town who recognize my voice and say how much they like my show. I like every one of you and we always have a nice chat about Mark Twain. You all are the best of people.
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