Bill Nye and Boomerang; Or the Tale of a Meek-Eyed Mule, and Some Other Literar…


Read by DaleBarkley

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Humorist Bill Nye was the first editor of the daily paper in Laramie, Wyoming, and named it the Laramie Boomerang in honor of his mule. As Nye’s son Frank said, something about the word “boomerang” piqued Nye’s imagination, as it described the "eccentricity of his orbit". “His mule, his mine, his newspaper, his [first] book [Bill Nye and Boomerang], all bore the trademark.” The book, according to Nye, includes "some little epics and ethereal flights of fancy..." and said "it affords me great pleasure...to know what a feeling of blessed rest and childlike confidence and assurance - and some more things of that nature - will follow the publication of this work." Warning: Common side-effects include uncontrollable side-slapping laughter and giggling. Listen with extreme caution. - Summary by Dale Barkley, proudly from Laramie (8 hr 17 min)

Chapters

To My Mule Boomerang 1:17 Read by DaleBarkley
The Apology 2:01 Read by DaleBarkley
Apostrophe to an Orphan Mule 2:16 Read by DaleBarkley
A Miners' Meeting - My Mine - A Mirage on the Plains 7:51 Read by DaleBarkley
The True Story of Damon and Pythias 7:30 Read by DaleBarkley
Sad Memories of the Dead Year 4:44 Read by DaleBarkley
Bill Nye's Thirteenth Grand Semi-Annual Farewell Circus and Hippodrome 7:01 Read by DaleBarkley
Letter from Paris 4:05 Read by DaleBarkley
Prehistoric Crockery 5:18 Read by DaleBarkley
Suggestions for a School of Journalism 7:33 Read by DaleBarkley
The Fragrant Mormon 2:51 Read by DaleBarkley
Recollections of the Opera 5:04 Read by DaleBarkley
A Sunny Little Incident 3:22 Read by DaleBarkley
He Rewarded Her 1:11 Read by DaleBarkley
The Modern Parlor Stove 3:18 Read by DaleBarkley
Remarks to Originators 3:02 Read by DaleBarkley
Queer 0:53 Read by DaleBarkley
Sic Semper Gloria Houseplant 1:49 Read by DaleBarkley
How to Tell 1:20 Read by DaleBarkley
Biography of Colorow 2:48 Read by DaleBarkley
Diary of a Saucy Young Thing 2:16 Read by DaleBarkley
Killing off the James Boys 2:26 Read by DaleBarkley
A Relic 2:12 Read by DaleBarkley
Some Reasons why I can't be an Indian Agent 5:27 Read by DaleBarkley
The Picnic Snoozer's Lament 1:13 Read by DaleBarkley
Billious Nye and Boomerang in the Gold Mines 6:21 Read by DaleBarkley
Two Great Men 2:51 Read by DaleBarkley
Dirty Murphy 2:30 Read by DaleBarkley
A Rocky Mountain Sunset 2:31 Read by DaleBarkley
The Temperature of the Bumble-bee 1:53 Read by DaleBarkley
Drawbacks of Public Life 3:31 Read by DaleBarkley
The Glad, Free Life of the Miner 4:57 Read by DaleBarkley
Some Thoughts of Childhood 3:20 Read by DaleBarkley
The New Adjustable Campaign Song 3:28 Read by DaleBarkley
Sitting down on a Venerable Joke 3:02 Read by DaleBarkley
A Hairbreadth Escape 3:43 Read by DaleBarkley
Myself, Dr. Talmage and Other Divines 6:20 Read by DaleBarkley
Fine-cut as a Means of Grace 3:07 Read by DaleBarkley
The Weather and Some Other Things 5:22 Read by DaleBarkley
The Parable of the Unjust Steward 4:09 Read by DaleBarkley
Ode to Spring 1:05 Read by DaleBarkley
The Parable of the Prodigal Son 4:29 Read by DaleBarkley
The Indian and the Everlasting Gospel 6:27 Read by DaleBarkley
The Muse 12:08 Read by DaleBarkley
Shoeing a Broncho 5:13 Read by DaleBarkley
Pumpkin Jim; or the Tale of a Busted Jackass Rabbit 13:19 Read by DaleBarkley
William Nye and the Heathen Chinee 6:04 Read by DaleBarkley
Hong Lee's Grand Benefit at Leadville 3:25 Read by DaleBarkley
You Fou 2:32 Read by DaleBarkley
The Lop-eared Lovers of the Little Laramie 13:37 Read by DaleBarkley
Speech of Spartacus 8:30 Read by DaleBarkley
Correspondence 11:03 Read by DaleBarkley
He Went Out West for His Health 6:09 Read by DaleBarkley
A Quiet Little Wedding without any Frills 6:06 Read by DaleBarkley
Thoughts on Spring 3:50 Read by DaleBarkley
The Same Old Thing 6:34 Read by DaleBarkley
The Veteran who died while getting his Pension 5:37 Read by DaleBarkley
Gingerbread Poems and Cold Pickled Facts 5:13 Read by DaleBarkley
Origin of Beautiful Snow 6:03 Read by DaleBarkley
Ute Eloquence 3:30 Read by DaleBarkley
The Aged Indian's Lament 3:54 Read by DaleBarkley
How a Mining Stampede breaks out 4:23 Read by DaleBarkley
The Great Rocky Mountain Re-union of Yaller Dogs 3:54 Read by DaleBarkley
What Woman's Suffrage has done for Wyoming 5:12 Read by DaleBarkley
Portuguese without a Master 5:45 Read by DaleBarkley
The Rocky Mountain Hog 3:11 Read by DaleBarkley
The Buckness wherewith the Buck Beer Bucketh 1:53 Read by DaleBarkley
Billious Nye and the Amateur Stage 3:36 Read by DaleBarkley
A Journalistic Correction 1:31 Read by DaleBarkley
Bankrupt Sale of Literary Gems 1:45 Read by DaleBarkley
Thoughts on Marriage 4:42 Read by DaleBarkley
A Ute Presidential Convention 11:52 Read by DaleBarkley
The Club-footed Lover of Piute Pass 7:17 Read by DaleBarkley
The Automatic Liar 3:45 Read by DaleBarkley
Some Post-office Fiends 6:01 Read by DaleBarkley
Agriculture at an altitude of 7,500 feet 2:53 Read by DaleBarkley
The Gentle Youth from Leadville 3:04 Read by DaleBarkley
A Snide Journalist 6:42 Read by DaleBarkley
He Was Blind 3:49 Read by DaleBarkley
Thoughts of the Mellow Previously 3:43 Read by DaleBarkley
My Tombstone Mine 6:22 Read by DaleBarkley
Bankrupt Sale of a Circus 5:58 Read by DaleBarkley
Greeley versus Valley Tan 1:38 Read by DaleBarkley
The Eternal Fitness of Things 3:01 Read by DaleBarkley
They Unanimously Arose and Hung Him 4:04 Read by DaleBarkley
Rhetoric versus Woodtick 5:32 Read by DaleBarkley
The Model Wife 5:53 Read by DaleBarkley
Some Overland Tourists 6:01 Read by DaleBarkley
Catching Mountain Trout at an elevation of 8,000 feet 4:23 Read by DaleBarkley
Home-made Indian Relics 6:38 Read by DaleBarkley
The Previous Reporter 3:02 Read by DaleBarkley
The Peace Commission 4:20 Read by DaleBarkley
Some Answers to Correspondents 6:19 Read by DaleBarkley
The Crow Indian and His Caws 4:25 Read by DaleBarkley
The Nuptials of Dangerous Davis 4:18 Read by DaleBarkley
The Holiday Hog 1:35 Read by DaleBarkley
Some Census Conundrums 2:29 Read by DaleBarkley
The Gentle Power of a Woman's Influence 4:18 Read by DaleBarkley
The Native Inborn Shiftlessness of the Prairie Dogs 2:03 Read by DaleBarkley
Answers to Correspondents 7:14 Read by DaleBarkley
The Secret of Garfield's Election 4:35 Read by DaleBarkley
Perils of the Butternut Picker 6:57 Read by DaleBarkley
A Word or Two about the Swallow 4:10 Read by DaleBarkley
Laughing Sam 3:02 Read by DaleBarkley
The Calamity Jane Consolidated 2:10 Read by DaleBarkley
The Nocturnal Cow 3:34 Read by DaleBarkley
The Relentless Garden Hose 1:31 Read by DaleBarkley
A Wail 2:16 Read by DaleBarkley
The Great, Horrid Man Receiveth New Year Calls 2:53 Read by DaleBarkley
Just the Thing 1:41 Read by DaleBarkley
Thanks 1:32 Read by DaleBarkley
An Anti-Mormon Town 1:33 Read by DaleBarkley
A Christmas Ride in July 2:01 Read by DaleBarkley
Examining the Brand on a Frozen Steer 1:28 Read by DaleBarkley
Onion Peelin's 3:20 Read by DaleBarkley