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 Jul 16th, 2015Thu, 07/16/2015 - 11:35am | Ruth ChambersAnd from Mark Twain's Audobiography, Ruth reads Chapter 53. Twain is Twain so get ready for "good writin'." |
Chambers Street Theatre for 11am on Jul 9th, 2015Thu, 07/09/2015 - 11:35am | Ruth ChambersToday Ruth reads from Mark Twain's Autobiography again. This week it's about Dueling and how Twain tried to get out of it. As usual, Twain is funny. We also hear two versions of "Happy Trails" written by Dale Evans. |
Chambers Street Theatre for 11am on Jul 2nd, 2015Thu, 07/02/2015 - 11:35am | Ruth ChambersAnd here we are with Mark Twain again. This time it's from his Autobiography, Chapter 15, and the Watermellon story. No more needs to be said. Watermellon says it all. Don't miss it. |
Chambers Street Theatre for 11am on Jun 25th, 2015Thu, 06/25/2015 - 11:35am | Ruth ChambersAnd it's back to Mark Twain and his "Autobiography." Ruth reads from Chapter 15. Twain tells of his first heart breaks and something of the ladies who rejected him. Twain also shares memories of some of his boyhood chums. It's a good chapter and worth the reading or listening. |
Chambers Street Theatre for 11am on Jun 18th, 2015Thu, 06/18/2015 - 11:35am | Ruth ChambersWith all this hot weather, it's time for a little Robert W. Service and the Yukon. It's 60 below, and that's a good thought. Listen in to good times on the Dawson Trail. |
Chambers Street Theatre for 11am on Jun 11th, 2015Thu, 06/11/2015 - 11:35am | Ruth ChambersToday Ruth goes back to the beginnings of Tom Sawyer in "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer." Mark Twain recalls some of the fun he and his friends had as boys. We start with Chapter One with Aunt Polly trying to raise two boys, and it's not easy. Tom is a bit full of "the Old Scratch," a past term for the Devil... but a more polite name to use for a Bible reading Aunt. |
Chambers Street Theatre for 11am on Jun 4th, 2015Thu, 06/04/2015 - 11:35am | Ruth Chambers"Tom Sawyer Abroad" was written by Mark Twain latter in life. He wrote other subject matter, but came back to Huck, Tom and Jim. This time he borrowed from Jules Verne and put our three friends in an air balloon over the African desert. The two sections Ruth reads from are about caravans. |
Chambers Street Theatre for 11am on May 28th, 2015Thu, 05/28/2015 - 11:35am | Ruth ChambersToday Ruth reads from "Roughing It" by Mark Twain. It's Spring and so Spring Fever has hit Mark Twain. He wants a change. He wants to go somewhere. He wants variety. Well, he gets it. He's made Editor of the newspaper for a week. Twain has no loss of words for how difficult the Editor's job is. It's not the writing, it's the topic. If only he had something to write about. Listen in for some Twain fun at the paper. |
Chambers Street Theatre for 11am on May 21st, 2015Thu, 05/21/2015 - 11:35am | Ruth ChambersMark Twain was a reader so he knew all about balloon trips and detective stories. Twain used the balloon trip idea in "Tom Sawyer Abroad," and off Tom, Jim, and Huck go up in the air. As usual, Twain makes a few side trips, and today Ruth reads the opening of Chapter 1 telling the travlin' story of Postmaster Nat Parsons. Nat goes to Washington to see the President about a letter to someone unknown with postage due. |
Chambers Street Theatre for 11am on May 14th, 2015Thu, 05/14/2015 - 11:35am | Ruth ChambersToday Ruth reads from Mark Twain's "Roughing It," Chapter 22. This is the Tahoe chapter when Twain was going to go into the lumber business, but didn't do a very good job of it. After the Twain reading, Ruth talks about her experiences hiking in the same area with some safety tips recommended by the Sierra Club. Be sure to take a whistle, is one tip. Tune in for more. |
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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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