1001 Stories From The Gilded Age

Jon Hagadorn Podcast Host
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1001 Stories From The Gilded Age

1001 Stories From The Gilded Age (Formerly 1001 Greatest Love & Life Stories) brings you a wide mix of classic short stories and long-form family-friendly novels, a perfect mix of timeless classics from another age - when life was slower, men and women dressed well in public, , and courtesy, manners, and morals were practiced. From this age comes great stories from woman authors as well as popular stories such as The Secret Garden, Anne of Green Gables and Black Beauty. Our "Gilded Age' collection spans mostly from 1875-1919. Please share with a friend!

  1. 2 DAYS AGO

    DEACON PITKIN'S FARM (PT 2) HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

    In this heartwarming conlusion the family gathers for their seventh Thanksgiving and Diane, who has become the keeper of the house for mother, announces the she has a surprise for "Uncle" Silas.  Check out www.bestof1001stories.com for all our shows and episodes.  Give our new podcast 1001 True Crime From Another Time a try!  You'll be glad you did- lots of investigations to come.

    1h 1m

  2. NOV 10

    DEACON PITKIN'S FARM: A THANKSGIVING STORY (PT 1) BY HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

    A young man returning home from college in new England finds his father on the verge of losing his farm and decides to quit college to help the family through.

    38 min

  3. NOV 3

    MISS MIX, KIDNAPPER by KATHLEEN NORRIS

    The father of a college age boy receives a letter from his son announcing his engagenet to an older lady (32) and dad assumes the worst. He leaves NY for California with plans of convincing his son to call it off. He meets Miss Mix as she is working in her back yard chicken coup, believing he (Mr Fox, Anthony's dad) to be the repairman she had called. Once they get things straightened out, he begins to realoly admire her for taking his son under her wing. Its a great story. I'm a little hoarse, my apologies.

    35 min

  4. OCT 27

    THE AFFAIR AT GROVER STATION by WILLA CATHER

    A three way attraction leads to a murder in Wyoming and one man knows the secret of who did it and why.

    39 min

  5. OCT 20

    MISS SALLY'S LETTER by LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY

    A domineering grandma with no faith in young men helps a young man in her neighborhood prepare and decorate a small house he had just purchased for his bride to be. Miss Sally, the grandma, has a daughter around the same age as the young man, whose name is Willard, but Miss Sally keeps a tight hold on her daughter, not wanting her to be disappointed in love like she was.  Visit our website at www.bestof1001stories.com to leave reviews- as Apple and Spotify have been very slow in bringing them to me. Thanks

    30 min

  6. OCT 13

    BRIDGING THE YEARS by KATHERINE NORRIS

    In this moving story by Katherine Norris a young mother living in San Francisco around the turn of the century receives an unusual visitor to her home who turns out to be an older gentleman who had lived there previously and wanted to share his memories.    Join us at our new website at www.bestof1001stories.com. Also- support us at Patreon by visiting www.patreon.com/1001storiesnetwork.

    46 min

  7. OCT 6

    BEYOND THE BAYOU by KATE CHOPIN

    Kate Chopin wrote about life on the Louisiana Bayou after the Civil War, and she portrays the life of blacks on the plantation with tenderness and understanding. In this story a woman named LaFolle, who lives alone in a cabin far from the main home due to a terrifying event in her childhood, which has prevented her from crossing the secrtion between her cabin and all the others, saves the life of the white owner's son by conquering her fears.  Fo0llow Me at AMERICA'S BEST OF TIMES: A BOOMER JOURNAL  (1949-1969)  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-americas-best-of-times-a-boomer-journal-1949-1969/id1483649026

    16 min

  8. SEP 29

    THE VILLAGE SINGER by MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN

    A great creative piece about an aging lead singer who is shown the door by her church members but decices she isn't ready for retirement. With her house located only steps from the open church windows she begins singing and playing her organ to compete loudly with the newly hired singer and soon stirs up a hornets nest.   For all our 1001 podcasts visit our new website at www.bestof1001stories.com.

    36 min
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1001 Stories From The Gilded Age (Formerly 1001 Greatest Love & Life Stories) brings you a wide mix of classic short stories and long-form family-friendly novels, a perfect mix of timeless classics from another age - when life was slower, men and women dressed well in public, , and courtesy, manners, and morals were practiced. From this age comes great stories from woman authors as well as popular stories such as The Secret Garden, Anne of Green Gables and Black Beauty. Our "Gilded Age' collection spans mostly from 1875-1919. Please share with a friend!

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  • Creator
    Jon Hagadorn Podcast Host
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2024
  • Episodes
    228
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © All Rights Reserved 2024
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