Carpenter's Geographical Reader: North America

Carpenter's Geographical Reader: North America

by Frank G. Carpenter

46 chapters8h 19mEnglish1898

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)

1General View of North America
611
2In our National Capital
602
3A Visit to the President and to the Halls of Congress
772
4The Departments of the Government
934
5Baltimore and our Oyster Beds
322
6In Philadelphia -- A Visit to the Mint
582
7New York and Some of its Wonders
716
8Our Foreign Commerce
908
9New England -- Commerce and Manufactures
838
10Among the Mountains and Lakes of New England
557
11In Boston
705
12From New England South by Steamer
903
13In the Land of Cotton
875
14Among the Ricefields
494
15A Visit to a Turpentine Farm
514
16Florida and its Orange Groves
433
17Through the Mississippi Jetties to New Orleans
719
18A Visit to a Sugar Plantation
693
19Up the Mississippi River to St. Louis
755
20Indian Corn and the Corn Belt
452
21A Visit to a Great Wheat Farm
648
22A Journey on the Great Lakes
700
23The Iron and Copper Mines of Lake Superior
542
24Life in the Lumber Regions
460
25Our Great Cities on the Lakes
500
26A Visit to Niagra Falls
647
27Travels in the Oil Regions
800
28Travels in the Coal Regions
705
29Pittsburg and its Iron Works
641
30The Greatest Lake Port in the World
795
31The Wonders and Treasures of the Rocky Mountain Region
621
32A Visit to a Gold Mine
611
33A Day in a Silver Mine
700
34Across the Rockies to Salt Lake
648
35The Fairyland of California
779
36San Francisco and the Chinese
405
37The Pacific Northwest
496
38The Yellowstone National Park
486
39Amolng the Indians
680
40Alaska and the Seal Islands
745
41British America
713
42The Cities of Canada
985
43Spanish North America -- Mexico
731
44Travels in Mexico
798
45Central America
531

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