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Chambers Street Theatre for 11am on Jun 11th, 2015

Today 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 May 28th, 2015

Today 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, 2015

Mark 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, 2015

Today 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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