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 Nov 22nd, 2012Thu, 11/22/2012 - 11:00am | Ruth ChambersDue to the Thanksgiving Holiday, there is no broadcast today so there is no show to listen to. Hoping all had a pleasant holiday. Eat that turkey and enjoy the cranberries. |
Chambers Street Theatre Nov 15th, 2012Thu, 11/15/2012 - 11:00am | Ruth ChambersThe 43rd show. "Treasure Island" by Robert Lewis Stevenson, and "Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain (first pages) are read by Ruth. Here are two examples of the beginning of young boys and their adventures being told in book form. Before these books, the heros were mostly grown men of the hero/knight variety. |
Chambers Street Theatre Nov 8th, 2012Thu, 11/08/2012 - 11:00am | Ruth ChambersThe 42nd show. "Five Weeks in a Balloon" by Jules Verne started a worldwide hot air balloon fad. This first major balloon event (fictional) was sailing over Africa in comfort without illness or torture on the ground. It was fiction, but it started a fad. Next read is "Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum and of course the Wizard is taking off in his hot air balloon. |
Chambers Street Theatre Nov 1st, 2012Thu, 11/01/2012 - 11:00am | Ruth ChambersThe 41st show. "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea," by Jules Verne, and "Cremation of Sam McGee," by Robert W. Service are read this week, and what a combination they are. A lot of fun... |
Chambers Street Theatre Oct 25th, 2012Thu, 10/25/2012 - 11:00am | Ruth ChambersThe 40th show. Today we hear some tough and tumble tales from the Old West. John Muir tells of being in an Avalanche in Yosemite. This story is from "Sequoia Tall Tree," "Sierra Club Bulletin," January 1920. Then we hear "Journalism in Tennessee" by Mark Twain. Talk about rough! |
Chambers Street Theatre Oct 18th, 2012Thu, 10/18/2012 - 11:00am | Ruth ChambersThe 39th show. "Firebelle Lillie" is read. Lillie was a lady from San Francisco so you be the judge if what she did was shocking. It certainly was fun. |
Chambers Street Theatre Oct 11th, 2012Thu, 10/11/2012 - 11:00am | Ruth ChambersThe 38th show. Again we read from Louisa May Alcott's "Hospital Sketches." On Sept. 20 we heard about Alcott getting a pass, and today we hear of her day in the hospital. And remember this is just after Fredricksburg in the Civil War. Then Ruth reads "The Cat and the Frog" from her book. |
Chambers Street Theatre Oct 4th, 2012Thu, 10/04/2012 - 11:00am | Ruth ChambersThe 37th show. The 150 year celebration of the Union Pacific. Ruth reads about the trians that made the West -- from "Sacramento" by W. Holden. This is THE research book on Sacramento. It's available at the Sacramento History Museum. |
Chambers Street Theatre Sep 27th, 2012Thu, 09/27/2012 - 11:00am | Ruth ChambersThe 36th show. Two stories by Ruth are read. "Sam and Tom" about two miners with a role reversal, and "The Cabin" about two young lovers. I write these stories because no on else has covered these topics, and the stories of the time should to be heard. |
Chambers Street Theatre Sep 20th, 2012Thu, 09/20/2012 - 11:00am | Ruth ChambersThe 35th show. Here we are again with Louisa May Alcott, who was the author of "Little Women," but also a nurse during the Civil War. Here is a story from her book "Hospital Sketches." This reading is "Getting a Pass." It's always so difficult to do anything "well meaning" but just like Alcott, we can stick with it and make a difference. Also read is Ruth's story "The Cat and the Frog." |
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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.
Here's our offering for your collection. It's an ode to our kitty Katie ...
A wonderfully warm Katie Cat
would come running whenever you sat.
She'd rumble and purr,
and had wonderful fur
to cuddle and nuzzle and pat.
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