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A Book at Bedtime

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Cabbages and Kings by O. HENRY abridged for radio in ten parts and read by Ramsay Williams (1)
O. Henry 's saga of life in the banana republics of Latin America at the turn of the century. It relates the flight of President Mirflores of Anchuria with his beautiful mistress and a large quantity of state treasure, and also the fate of those American expatriates, fortune-hunters and beachcombers who inhabited the coastal towns of those exotic lands washed by the Caribbean. Producer STUART GRIFFITHS

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O. Henry
Read By:
Ramsay Williams
Read By:
O. Henry
Producer:
Stuart Griffiths
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