The Ransom of Red Chief
by O Henry
22 minutes, 4 seconds
Unabridged Short Story
1907
"It looked like a good thing: but wait till I tell you. We were down South, in Alabama--Bill Driscoll and myself-when this kidnapping idea struck us. It was, as Bill afterward expressed it, during a moment of temporary mental apparition; but we didn't find that out till later."
The classic humorous tale about a kidnapping gone awry by the beloved O Henry. Read by Alex Wilson.
Categories: 100 cents, 15-30 minutes, 2004 Release, 20th Century AD, Adventure, Alex Wilson (Reader), Humor, Mystery, O Henry, Popular Author, Short Story, Western
This recording will be released under the Creative Commons Attribution License on April 9, 2009 or after 100,000 purchases, whichever comes first. Read more.
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22 minutes, 4 seconds
Unabridged Short Story
1907
"It looked like a good thing: but wait till I tell you. We were down South, in Alabama--Bill Driscoll and myself-when this kidnapping idea struck us. It was, as Bill afterward expressed it, during a moment of temporary mental apparition; but we didn't find that out till later."
The classic humorous tale about a kidnapping gone awry by the beloved O Henry. Read by Alex Wilson.
Categories: 100 cents, 15-30 minutes, 2004 Release, 20th Century AD, Adventure, Alex Wilson (Reader), Humor, Mystery, O Henry, Popular Author, Short Story, Western
O Henry (1862-1910), born William Sidney Porter, was an American author of over three hundred short stories, including the still-beloved classics "The Gift of the Magi," and "The Ransom of Red Chief." In story writing, he said, "the unusual is the ordinary rather than the unexpected."
Alex Wilson is a writer and stage/film actor from northern Ohio and now based in Carrboro, North Carolina. He starred in the North American Premiere of Richard Taylor's musical Whistle Down the Wind and recently filmed The Third Cord with Emmy-nominated director Jack Lucido. His animated comics-parody film All's Fair in Love and Police Actions was recently selected as an iFilm Pick. He is the founder of Telltale Weekly and Spoken Alexandria. See his website for more. [new windows, all].
This recording will be released under the Creative Commons Attribution License on April 9, 2009 or after 100,000 purchases, whichever comes first. Read more.
Posted by alex at April 9, 2004 8:33 PM
