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Carpenter's Geographical Reader: North America

Name: Carpenter's Geographical Reader: North America
Author: Frank G. Carpenter

Frank G. Carpenter

Read by MaryAnn, BettyB, John Demetre, J. M. Smallheer, realisticspeakers, Garth Burton, Paige Al Qasem and Andrea Kotzer · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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Preface (3:28)
General View of North America (10:11)
In our National Capital (10:02)
A Visit to the President and to the Halls of Congress (12:52)
The Departments of the Government (15:34)
Baltimore and our Oyster Beds (5:22)
In Philadelphia -- A Visit to the Mint (9:42)
New York and Some of its Wonders (11:56)
Our Foreign Commerce (15:08)
New England -- Commerce and Manufactures (13:58)
Among the Mountains and Lakes of New England (9:17)
In Boston (11:45)
From New England South by Steamer (15:03)
In the Land of Cotton (14:35)
Among the Ricefields (8:14)
A Visit to a Turpentine Farm (8:34)
Florida and its Orange Groves (7:13)
Through the Mississippi Jetties to New Orleans (11:59)
A Visit to a Sugar Plantation (11:33)
Up the Mississippi River to St. Louis (12:35)
Indian Corn and the Corn Belt (7:32)
A Visit to a Great Wheat Farm (10:48)
A Journey on the Great Lakes (11:40)
The Iron and Copper Mines of Lake Superior (9:02)
Life in the Lumber Regions (7:40)
Our Great Cities on the Lakes (8:20)
A Visit to Niagra Falls (10:47)
Travels in the Oil Regions (13:20)
Travels in the Coal Regions (11:45)
Pittsburg and its Iron Works (10:41)
The Greatest Lake Port in the World (13:15)
The Wonders and Treasures of the Rocky Mountain Region (10:21)
A Visit to a Gold Mine (10:11)
A Day in a Silver Mine (11:40)
Across the Rockies to Salt Lake (10:48)
The Fairyland of California (12:59)
San Francisco and the Chinese (6:45)
The Pacific Northwest (8:16)
The Yellowstone National Park (8:06)
Amolng the Indians (11:20)
Alaska and the Seal Islands (12:25)
British America (11:53)
The Cities of Canada (16:25)
Spanish North America -- Mexico (12:11)
Travels in Mexico (13:18)
Central America (8:51)