Sam Lawson's Oldtown Fireside Stories

Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Narrated by Michele Fry

A sequel to Oldtown Folks, featuring some of the same characters, these are 15 charming short stories told by ole' Sam Lawson to entertain Horace and Bill, two impressionable, curious and clever young boys of Oldtown (a fictional 1850's New England village), during evenings gathered around the hearth, or roaming with Sam around the countryside. Stowe faithfully and masterfully captures many of the colloquial expressions, superstitions, beliefs, customs and habits of the period that have almost completely faded from modern American culture, as well as conveying many truths about the human condition that haven't changed a bit. ~ Summary by soloist Michele Fry

• Language: English
• Publisher: LibriVox
• Release date: Aug 25, 2014

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811–1896) was an abolitionist, writer, and teacher at Hartford Female Seminary. Stowe escaped the restrictions on women of the nineteenth century through her novel writing and antislavery activism. Stowe is best known for her depiction of African American life before the Civil War in Uncle Tom’s Cabin, which was extremely influential in both the United States and Britain.