Carpenter's Geographical Reader: North America
by Frank G. Carpenter
About this book
The purpose of this book is to give to its readers a living knowledge of some of the wonders of the country and continent in which they live. Upon a personally conducted tour they are taken by the author through the most characteristic parts of the North American continent. They travel through the United States, British America, Mexico, and Central America, studying the most interesting features of life and work among the people of each country, learning how they are governed, and what they do in order to live. Much information is also given concerning the natural resources and the physical features of the countries visited. (From the preface)
Chapters (45)
1 General View of North America
2 In our National Capital
3 A Visit to the President and to the Halls of Congress
4 The Departments of the Government
5 Baltimore and our Oyster Beds
6 In Philadelphia -- A Visit to the Mint
7 New York and Some of its Wonders
8 Our Foreign Commerce
9 New England -- Commerce and Manufactures
10 Among the Mountains and Lakes of New England
11 In Boston
12 From New England South by Steamer
13 In the Land of Cotton
14 Among the Ricefields
15 A Visit to a Turpentine Farm
16 Florida and its Orange Groves
17 Through the Mississippi Jetties to New Orleans
18 A Visit to a Sugar Plantation
19 Up the Mississippi River to St. Louis
20 Indian Corn and the Corn Belt
21 A Visit to a Great Wheat Farm
22 A Journey on the Great Lakes
23 The Iron and Copper Mines of Lake Superior
24 Life in the Lumber Regions
25 Our Great Cities on the Lakes
26 A Visit to Niagra Falls
27 Travels in the Oil Regions
28 Travels in the Coal Regions
29 Pittsburg and its Iron Works
30 The Greatest Lake Port in the World
31 The Wonders and Treasures of the Rocky Mountain Region
32 A Visit to a Gold Mine
33 A Day in a Silver Mine
34 Across the Rockies to Salt Lake
35 The Fairyland of California
36 San Francisco and the Chinese
37 The Pacific Northwest
38 The Yellowstone National Park
39 Amolng the Indians
40 Alaska and the Seal Islands
41 British America
42 The Cities of Canada
43 Spanish North America -- Mexico
44 Travels in Mexico
45 Central America
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