NRR Project: 'The Little Engine That Could" (1949)

 

NRR Project: “The Little Engine That Could”

Narrated by Paul Wing

Recorded 1949

13:44

This children’s classic receives its definitive oral rendition here. The story, narrated by Paul Wing, is written about by Roy E.Plotnick here.

The National Recording Registry Project tracks one writer’s expedition through all the recordings in the National Recording Registry in chronological order. Next time: Hank Williams plays Lovesick Blues.