The Dead Joke and The Funny Man

About this film

LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 recordings of The Dead Joke and The Funny Man by James Whitcomb Riley. This was the Weekly Poetry project for January 8, 2017. Read in English by Bev J Stevens; Bruce Kachuk; David Lawrence; Lee Ann Howlett; Matthew Datcher; Scotty Smith; Tomas Peter; tovarisch and The Voice before the Void. James Whitcomb Riley was an American writer, poet, and best-selling author. During his lifetime he was known as the "Hoosier Poet" and "Children's Poet" for his dialect works and his children's poetry respectively. As a poet, Riley achieved an uncommon level of fame during his own lifetime. He was honored with annual Riley Day celebrations around the United States and was regularly called on to perform readings at national civic events. ( Wikipedia) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . M4B Audiobook (5MB)

Directors & creators

James Whitcomb Riley

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks; literature; humor; philosophy; jokes

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