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Coffee Break Collection 021 - Fairy Tales, Tall Stories and Scams

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Read by Colleen McMahon, ChadH94, Craig Campbell, Michele Fry, William Allan Jones, KevinS and Son of the Exiles · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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Capture of a Clever Swindler by Thomas Furlong (11:50)
The Daisy By Hans Christian Andersen (8:10)
Dear Old Grandmother by Lucy A. Yendes (1:57)
The Fair Princess by Alfred M. Williams (2:40)
Fraudulent Cosmetics and 'Anti-Aging' Products by the FBI (3:02)
The Gardener by Robert Louis Stevenson (1:21)
A Good Boy by Robert Louis Stevenson (1:05)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Chapter 1 by Mark Twain (8:41)
Identity Theft by the FBI (2:44)
The Startling Adventures of Baron von Munchausen: An Adventure with a Lion and a Crocodile by R.E Raspe (5:56)
The Matrimonial Swindle by W.H. Cove (5:00)
My Mother by Carr (1:59)
My Shadow by Robert Louis Stevenson (1:47)
Nigerian Letter or “419” Fraud by the FBI (4:19)
Stiffner and Jim (Thirdly, Bill) by Henry Lawson (17:01)