Mark Twain's Letters from Hawaii
Mark Twain
Play
Length 8 h 38 min
Chapters 25
First published 1866
By the time Mark Twain worked as a roving reporter for the Sacramento Union, he had held positions with other newspapers in Nevada and California. However, his assignment in 1866 to visit and report on the Sandwich Islands, changed his life. These 25 "letters" from Hawaii gave him an international "scoop" and opened the door for a lifetime of speaking engagements. “I went to Maui to stay a week and remained five. I had a jolly time. I would not have fooled away any of it writing letters under any consideration whatever.” –Mark Twain - Summary by John Greenman and Wikipedia
Chapters
1
Letter #1 - CLIMATIC Read by John Greenman 9:05
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Letter #2 - THE AJAX VOYAGE CONTINUED Read by John Greenman 14:17
3
Letter #3 - STILL AT SEA Read by John Greenman 13:36
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Letter #4 - OUR ARRIVAL ELABORATED A LITTLE MORE Read by John Greenman 17:38
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Letter #5 - BOARD AND LODGING SECURED Read by John Greenman 14:27
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Letter #6 - COMING HOME FROM PRISON Read by John Greenman 22:34
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Letter #7 - THE EQUESTRIAN EXCURSION CONCLUDED Read by John Greenman 15:23
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Letter #8 - OFF Read by John Greenman 19:33
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Letter #9 - SAD ACCIDENT Read by John Greenman 18:29
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Letter #10 - THE WHALING TRADE Read by John Greenman 16:18
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Letter #11 - PARADISE AND THE PARI (JOKE) Read by John Greenman 15:54
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Letter #12 - HAWAIIAN LEGISLATURE Read by John Greenman 14:59
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Letter #13 - LEGISLATURE CONTINUED - THE SOLONS AT WORK Read by John Greenman 15:45
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Letter #14 - "HOME AGAIN" Read by John Greenman 24:41
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Letter #15 - BURNING OF THE CLIPPER SHIP HORNET AT SEA Read by John Greenman 41:56
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Letter #16 - A MONTH OF MOURNING Read by John Greenman 28:16
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Letter #17 - FUNERAL OF THE PRINCESS Read by John Greenman 28:24
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Letter #18 - AT SEA AGAIN Read by John Greenman 24:59
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Letter #19 - STILL IN KONA - CONCERNING MATTERS AND THINGS Read by John Greenman 23:56
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Letter #20 - GREAT BRITAIN'S QUEER MONUMENT TO CAPTAIN COOK Read by John Greenman 15:25
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Letter #21 - A FUNNY SCRAP OF HISTORY Read by John Greenman 21:29
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Letter #22 - THE ROMANTIC GOD LONO Read by John Greenman 24:41
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Letter #23 - THE HIGH CHIEF OF SUGARDOM Read by John Greenman 35:13
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Letter #24 - A NOTABLE DISCOVERY Read by John Greenman 25:36
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Letter #25 - THE GREAT VOLCANO OF KILAUEA Read by John Greenman 15:33
From LibriVox, read by volunteers and in the public domain. LibriVox page (opens librivox.org) , the text (opens gutenberg.net.au) , all files on the Internet Archive (opens archive.org) .
