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Just Folk

By Edgar A. Guest
Michael Caine
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Just Folk
Length2h 37m

About this audiobook

"Just Folks" by Edgar A. Guest is a collection of heartfelt and uplifting poems. The book combines everyday experiences and simple pleasures to create a warm depiction of home, family, and friendship. The poems vary in theme but consistently deliver a comforting and inspiring message, drawing upon Guest's personal experiences and views on life.
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Audiobook details

GenrePoetry
Length2 hrs 37 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 1, 1917
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1 Just Folks
61 Questions
2 As It Goes
62 Sausage
3 Hollyhocks
63 Friends
4 Sacrifice
64 A Boost for Modern Methods
5 Reward
65 The Man to Be
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6 See It Through
66 The Summer Children
7 To the Humble
67 October
8 When Nellie's on the Job
68 On Quitting
9 The Old, Old Story
69 The Price of Riches
10 Since Jessie Died
70 The Other Fellow
11 Hard Luck
71 The Open Fire
12 Vacation Time
72 Improvement
13 The Little Hurts
73 Send Her a Valentine
14 The Lanes of Memory
74 Bud
15 The Day of Days
75 The Front Seat
16 A Fine Sight
76 There Are No Gods
17 Manhood's Greeting
77 The Auto
18 Fishing Nooks
78 The Handy Man
19 Show the Flag
79 The New Days
20 Constant Beauty
80 The Call
21 A Patriotic Creed
81 Songs of Rejoicing
22 Home
82 Another Mouth to Feed
23 The Old-Time Family
83 The Little Church
24 The Job
84 Sue's Got a Baby
25 Toys
85 The Lure That Failed
26 The Mother on the Sidewalk
86 The Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving
27 Memorial Day
87 The Old-Fashioned Pair
28 Memory
88 At Pelletier's
29 The Stick-Together Families
89 At Christmas
30 Childless
90 The Little Army
31 The Crucible of Life
91 Who Is Your Boss?
32 Unimportant Differences
92 The Truth About Envy
33 Grown Up
93 Living
34 Departed Friends
94 On Being Broke
35 Laughter
95 The Broken Drum
36 The Scoffer
96 Mother's Excuses
37 The Pathway of the Living
97 As It Is
38 Lemon Pie
98 A Boy's Tribute
39 The Flag on the Farm
99 Up to the Ceiling
40 Heroes
100 Thanksgiving
41 The Mother's Question
101 The Boy Soldier
42 The Blue Flannel Shirt
102 My Land
43 Grandpa
103 Daddies
44 Pa Did It
104 Loafing
45 The Real Successes
105 When Father Played Baseball
46 The Sorry Hostess
106 About Boys
47 Yesterday
107 Curly Locks
48 The Beauty Places
108 Baby's Got a Tooth
49 The Little Old Man
109 Home and the Baby
50 The Little Velvet Suit
110 The Fisherman
51 The First Steps
111 The March of Mortality
52 Signs
112 Growing Down
53 The Family's Homely Man
113 The Roads of Happiness
54 When Mother Cooked With Wood
114 June
55 Midnight in the Pantry
115 When Mother Sleeps
56 The World Is Against Me
116 The Weaver
57 Bribed
117 The Few
58 The Home Builders
118 Real Swimming
59 My Books and I
119 The Love of the Game
60 Success
120 Roses and Sunshine

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