{"id":9242,"date":"2026-08-28T20:24:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T01:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wmfhlp.org\/?p=9242"},"modified":"2026-08-28T20:24:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T01:24:34","slug":"saturday-august-29-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.wmfhlp.org\/?p=9242","title":{"rendered":"Saturday August 29 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<table>\n<tr><th>Hour<\/th><th>Title<\/th><th>Author<\/th><th>length<\/th><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Midnight<\/td><td>The Man Who Married an Hotel<\/td><td>P. G. Wodehouse<\/td><td>40:03<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>1 AM<\/td><td>Thomas Paine<\/td><td>John Watts<\/td><td>32:37<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>2 AM<\/td><td>The Purple Pileus<\/td><td>H. G. Wells<\/td><td>26:45<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>3 AM<\/td><td>Barker&#8217;s Luck<\/td><td>Bret Harte<\/td><td>48:44<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>4 AM<\/td><td>All Gold Canyon<\/td><td>Jack London<\/td><td>48:47<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>5 AM<\/td><td>The Griffin and the Minor Canon<\/td><td>Frank R. Stockton<\/td><td>30:55<\/td><\/tr>\n\n<tr class=\"history\"  ><td>6 AM<\/td><td>Campaigning with Grant &#8211; ch 19-20<\/td><td>Horace Porter<\/td><td>45:58<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"history\"  ><td>7 AM<\/td><td>Campaigning with Grant &#8211; ch 21<\/td><td>Horace Porter<\/td><td>29:54<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"history\"  ><td>8 AM<\/td><td>Campaigning with Grant &#8211; ch 22<\/td><td>Horace Porter<\/td><td>33:53<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"history\"  ><td>9 AM<\/td><td>Campaigning with Grant &#8211; ch 23-24<\/td><td>Horace Porter<\/td><td>59:21<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"history\"  ><td>10 AM<\/td><td>Campaigning with Grant &#8211; ch 25-26<\/td><td>Horace Porter<\/td><td>55:12<\/td><\/tr>\n\n<tr><td>11 AM<\/td><td>The Magic Egg<\/td><td>Frank R. Stockton<\/td><td>30:44<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Noon<\/td><td>A Double-Dyed Deceiver<\/td><td>O. Henry<\/td><td>24:07<\/td><\/tr>\n\n<tr class=\"western\"  ><td>1 PM<\/td><td>Yosemite &#8211; ch 12 (end) <\/td><td>Carl Parcher Russell<\/td><td>32:02<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"western\"  ><td>2 PM<\/td><td>Frontier in Amerian History &#8211; ch 1-3<\/td><td><\/td><td>36:48<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"western\"  ><td>3 PM<\/td><td>Frontier in Amerian History &#8211; ch 4-5<\/td><td>Frederick Jackson Turner<\/td><td>37:23<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"western\"  ><td>4 PM<\/td><td>Frontier in Amerian History &#8211; ch 6-7<\/td><td>Frederick Jackson Turner<\/td><td>28:51<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"western\"  ><td>5 PM<\/td><td>Frontier in Amerian History &#8211; ch 8-10<\/td><td>Frederick Jackson Turner<\/td><td>36:09<\/td><\/tr>\n\n<tr><td>6 PM<\/td><td>Beauty and the Beast<\/td><td>Mme. d&#8217;AuLnoy<\/td><td>31:36<\/td><\/tr>\n\n<tr class=\"novel\"    ><td>7 PM<\/td><td>Middlemarch &#8211; ch 13-14<\/td><td>George Eliot<\/td><td>45:55<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"novel\"    ><td>8 PM<\/td><td>Middlemarch &#8211; ch 15<\/td><td>George Eliot<\/td><td>37:11<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"novel\"    ><td>9 PM<\/td><td>Middlemarch &#8211; ch 16<\/td><td>George Eliot<\/td><td>35:35<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"novel\"    ><td>10 PM<\/td><td>Middlemarch &#8211; ch 17-18<\/td><td>George Eliot<\/td><td>54:46<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"novel\"    ><td>11 PM<\/td><td>Middlemarch &#8211; ch 19-20<\/td><td>George Eliot<\/td><td>42:20<\/td><\/tr>\n\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hour Title Author length Midnight The Man Who Married an Hotel P. 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