Miss Civilization

Miss Civilization

by Richard Harding Davis

Miss Civilization, a one act comedy, tells the story of a young woman who matches wits with three burglars attempting to rob her house. This recording was made in Chicago at the LibriVox World Gathering in May 2007. Cast: Kristin Hughes Betsie Bush Julian Jamison

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Richard Harding Davis was an American journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first American war correspondent to cover the Spanish–American War, the Second Boer War, a...

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