From Galileo to Grover Cleveland, from wasps to cattle, from dinosaurs to the railroad, Bill Nye's wide ranging wit pokes gentle fun at everything and everybody. This book is another wonderful collection of his thoughts on late 19th century America. - Summary by Tom Penn
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Bill Nye on the Cow Industry
07:34 - Chapter 2
A New Biography of Galileo
09:09 - Chapter 3
Methuselah
09:03 - Chapter 4
Note on Some Spring Styles
06:13 - Chapter 5
Hunting an Ichthyosaurus
07:15 - Chapter 6
True Merit Rewarded
04:58 - Chapter 7
Bill Nye Condoles with Cleveland
08:02 - Chapter 8
No Doubt as to His Condition and Cyclones
06:50 - Chapter 9
The Earth
08:55 - Chapter 10
Francisco Pizarro's Career
08:52 - Chapter 11
Bill Nye Discovers
06:50 - Chapter 12
Bill Nye 'Incubates.'
07:27 - Chapter 13
Bill Nye on Tobacco,--A discourager of Cannibalism
05:54 - Chapter 14
Bill Nye's Arctic-le
08:58 - Chapter 15
Bill Nye's Answers to Correspondents
05:55 - Chapter 16
Bill Nye Preparing a Political Speech in Advance for a Time of Need
07:23 - Chapter 17
Bill Nye on Railroads
07:04 - Chapter 18
Bill Nye's Letter
06:17 - Chapter 19
Bill Nye Attends
06:26 - Chapter 20
Favored a Higher Fine
04:50 - Chapter 21
How Bill Nye Failed to Make the Amende Honorable--a Pathetic Incident
05:07 - Chapter 22
Seeing a Saw Mill
03:28 - Chapter 23
How a Chinaman Rides the Untamed Broncho
04:24 - Chapter 24
Bill Nye Wants to Know How to Preserve Game
08:07 - Chapter 25
Bill Nye Attends Booth's 'Hamlet'
07:47 - Chapter 26
Bill Nye's Advice
06:46 - Chapter 27
A Would-be Hostelry
08:41 - Chapter 28
Bill Nye's Hornets
02:35 - Chapter 29
A Tragedy
02:03 - Chapter 30
The Bronco Cow
02:32 - Chapter 31
Autumn Thoughts
04:34 - Chapter 32
Bill Nye's Advice Bag
07:13 - Chapter 33
Mr. Sweeney's Cat
04:06 - Chapter 34
Bill Nye's Letter
05:55 - Chapter 35
Declined With Thanks
06:59