Bill Nye's Cordwood

by Bill Nye

35 chapters3h 44mEnglish1887

About this book

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

Chapters (35)

1Bill Nye on the Cow Industry

454

2A New Biography of Galileo

549

3Methuselah

543

4Note on Some Spring Styles

373

5Hunting an Ichthyosaurus

435

6True Merit Rewarded

298

7Bill Nye Condoles with Cleveland

482

8No Doubt as to His Condition and Cyclones

410

9The Earth

535

10Francisco Pizarro's Career

532

11Bill Nye Discovers

410

12Bill Nye 'Incubates.'

447

13Bill Nye on Tobacco,--A discourager of Cannibalism

354

14Bill Nye's Arctic-le

538

15Bill Nye's Answers to Correspondents

355

16Bill Nye Preparing a Political Speech in Advance for a Time of Need

443

17Bill Nye on Railroads

424

18Bill Nye's Letter

377

19Bill Nye Attends

386

20Favored a Higher Fine

290

21How Bill Nye Failed to Make the Amende Honorable--a Pathetic Incident

307

22Seeing a Saw Mill

208

23How a Chinaman Rides the Untamed Broncho

264

24Bill Nye Wants to Know How to Preserve Game

487

25Bill Nye Attends Booth's 'Hamlet'

467

26Bill Nye's Advice

406

27A Would-be Hostelry

521

28Bill Nye's Hornets

155

29A Tragedy

123

30The Bronco Cow

152

31Autumn Thoughts

274

32Bill Nye's Advice Bag

433

33Mr. Sweeney's Cat

246

34Bill Nye's Letter

355

35Declined With Thanks

419

Bill Nye's Cordwood

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Chapters (35)

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