Wolfville Days

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Wolfville Days

by Alfred Henry Lewis

EN·~7 hours·19 chapters

Chapters

19 total

CHAPTER I. The Great Wolfville Strike.

27:19

CHAPTER II. The Grinding of Dave Tutt.

16:08

CHAPTER III. The Feud of Pickles.

10:09

CHAPTER IV. Johnny Florer's Axle Grease.

26:36

CHAPTER V. Toothpick Johnson's Ostracism.

8:35

CHAPTER VI. The Wolfville Daily Coyote.

21:00

CHAPTER VII. Cherokee Hall Plays Poker.

18:57

CHAPTER VIII. The Treachery of Curly Ben

29:45

CHAPTER IX. Colonel Sterett's Reminiscences

30:49

CHAPTER X. How the Dumb Man Rode.

17:36
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Description

In the dusty crossroads of the Southwest, Wolfville hums with the clatter of copper mines, bustling cafés, and a lively dance hall that never seems to sleep. The town’s rhythm is interrupted when the local printers, fed up with long hours and meager pay, stage a bold strike that ripples through every corner of the community. From the seasoned old cattleman nursing his pipe to the curious newcomer from the East, the narrative captures the everyday lives that converge on the streets, saloons, and the newspaper office known as the Coyote.

Against this backdrop, a charismatic colonel and a scheming opera house manager each vie for influence, their ambitions intertwining with the workers’ fight for fairness. As tensions rise, the story paints a vivid portrait of a frontier town where loyalty, humor, and the promise of change hang in the balance, inviting listeners to experience the gritty, hopeful spirit of Wolfville’s early days.

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Language

en

Duration

~7 hours (439K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Release date

Jan 1, 2003

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Alfred Henry Lewis

Alfred Henry Lewis

1857–1914

A fast-talking newspaperman turned storyteller, this American writer brought the rough edges of the West and the backroom world of politics into vivid popular fiction. He was especially known for the wildly successful Wolfville stories and for sharp reporting on New York political corruption.

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