From Pillar to Post: Leaves from a Lecturer's Note-Book

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bangs, John Kendrick, 1862-1922

Contributor:

Neill, John R. (John Rea), 1877-1943

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"From Pillar to Post: Leaves from a Lecturer's Note-Book" by John Kendrick Bangs is a humorous memoir of experiences shared from a lecturer's touring career, written in the early 20th century. The book delves into the challenges and amusing anecdotes associated with life as a public speaker on the lecture circuit, showcasing the various characters encountered along the way. At the start of the book, Bangs reflects on the anxiety that comes before delivering a speech, recounting a nerve-wracking event where he experienced palpable fear before an audience of eager listeners. He relates the pressures of public speaking with humor, sharing a story about the comforting words of fellow speaker Julia Ward Howe, which bolstered his confidence. This opening sets the stage for a series of charming and insightful anecdotes, illustrating the deeper lessons learned through his interactions with diverse personalities encountered during his travels across the country. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Contents:

Getting used to it

Southern hospitality

Getting the level

The good Samaritan

A vagrant poet

Back-handed compliments

Friends of the road

Chairmen I have met

Chance acquaintances

Humors of the road

Mine host

Perils of the platform

Embarrassing moments

"Slings and arrows"

Emergencies

A pioneer manager.

Credits:

E-text prepared by Steve Read, Suzanne Shell, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/toronto)

Notes:

Reading ease score: 62.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.

Release date is 2011-05-03