The Sturdy Oak

About this film

LibriVox recording of The Sturdy Oak: A composite Novel of American Politics by fourteen American authors, read by volunteer readers. Authors: Mary Hunter Austin, 1868-1934; Marjorie Benton Cooke, 1876-1920; Dorothy Canfield Fisher, 1879-1958; Fannie Hurst, 1889-1968; Samuel Merwin, 1874-1936; Alice Duer Miller, 1874-1942; Ethel Watts Mumford, 1878-1940; Kathleen Thompson Norris, 1880-1966; Anne O'Hagan, 1869-1934; Leroy Scott, 1875-1929; Mary Heaton Vorse, 1874-1966; Henry Kitchell Webster, 1875-1932; William Allen White, 1868-1944; Harry Leon Wilson, 1867-1939 and editor: Elizabeth Garver Jordan, 1867-1947. At a certain committee meeting held in the spring of 1916, it was agreed that fourteen leading American authors, known to be extremely generous as well as gifted, should be asked to write a composite novel.... Third, to have the novel finished and published serially during the autumn Campaign of 1917. The carrying out of these requirements has not been the childish diversion it may have seemed. Splendid team work, however, has made success possible. Every author represented, every worker on the team, has gratuitously contributed his or her services; and every dollar realized b…

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Subjects

Librivox; audiobook; fiction; suffrage; elections; politics; intrigue; corruption; romance; women;

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