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Carpenter's Geographical Reader: North America

Public domain audiobook

Carpenter's Geographical Reader: North America

by Frank G. Carpenter

English· 08:19:20· 46 chapters
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)

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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    Preface

    03:28
  2. Chapter 2

    General View of North America

    10:11
  3. Chapter 3

    In our National Capital

    10:02
  4. Chapter 4

    A Visit to the President and to the Halls of Congress

    12:52
  5. Chapter 5

    The Departments of the Government

    15:34
  6. Chapter 6

    Baltimore and our Oyster Beds

    05:22
  7. Chapter 7

    In Philadelphia -- A Visit to the Mint

    09:42
  8. Chapter 8

    New York and Some of its Wonders

    11:56
  9. Chapter 9

    Our Foreign Commerce

    15:08
  10. Chapter 10

    New England -- Commerce and Manufactures

    13:58
  11. Chapter 11

    Among the Mountains and Lakes of New England

    09:17
  12. Chapter 12

    In Boston

    11:45
  13. Chapter 13

    From New England South by Steamer

    15:03
  14. Chapter 14

    In the Land of Cotton

    14:35
  15. Chapter 15

    Among the Ricefields

    08:14
  16. Chapter 16

    A Visit to a Turpentine Farm

    08:34
  17. Chapter 17

    Florida and its Orange Groves

    07:13
  18. Chapter 18

    Through the Mississippi Jetties to New Orleans

    11:59
  19. Chapter 19

    A Visit to a Sugar Plantation

    11:33
  20. Chapter 20

    Up the Mississippi River to St. Louis

    12:35
  21. Chapter 21

    Indian Corn and the Corn Belt

    07:32
  22. Chapter 22

    A Visit to a Great Wheat Farm

    10:48
  23. Chapter 23

    A Journey on the Great Lakes

    11:40
  24. Chapter 24

    The Iron and Copper Mines of Lake Superior

    09:02
  25. Chapter 25

    Life in the Lumber Regions

    07:40
  26. Chapter 26

    Our Great Cities on the Lakes

    08:20
  27. Chapter 27

    A Visit to Niagra Falls

    10:47
  28. Chapter 28

    Travels in the Oil Regions

    13:20
  29. Chapter 29

    Travels in the Coal Regions

    11:45
  30. Chapter 30

    Pittsburg and its Iron Works

    10:41
  31. Chapter 31

    The Greatest Lake Port in the World

    13:15
  32. Chapter 32

    The Wonders and Treasures of the Rocky Mountain Region

    10:21
  33. Chapter 33

    A Visit to a Gold Mine

    10:11
  34. Chapter 34

    A Day in a Silver Mine

    11:40
  35. Chapter 35

    Across the Rockies to Salt Lake

    10:48
  36. Chapter 36

    The Fairyland of California

    12:59
  37. Chapter 37

    San Francisco and the Chinese

    06:45
  38. Chapter 38

    The Pacific Northwest

    08:16
  39. Chapter 39

    The Yellowstone National Park

    08:06
  40. Chapter 40

    Amolng the Indians

    11:20
  41. Chapter 41

    Alaska and the Seal Islands

    12:25
  42. Chapter 42

    British America

    11:53
  43. Chapter 43

    The Cities of Canada

    16:25
  44. Chapter 44

    Spanish North America -- Mexico

    12:11
  45. Chapter 45

    Travels in Mexico

    13:18
  46. Chapter 46

    Central America

    08:51