Carpenter's Geographical Reader: North America

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Travel & Geography, Reference

Authors: Frank G. Carpenter In Year : 1898

Book Language: English

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Preface
General View of North America
In our National Capital
A Visit to the President and to the Halls of Congress
The Departments of the Government
Baltimore and our Oyster Beds
In Philadelphia -- A Visit to the Mint
New York and Some of its Wonders
Our Foreign Commerce
New England -- Commerce and Manufactures
Among the Mountains and Lakes of New England
In Boston
From New England South by Steamer
In the Land of Cotton
Among the Ricefields
A Visit to a Turpentine Farm
Florida and its Orange Groves
Through the Mississippi Jetties to New Orleans
A Visit to a Sugar Plantation
Up the Mississippi River to St. Louis
Indian Corn and the Corn Belt
A Visit to a Great Wheat Farm
A Journey on the Great Lakes
The Iron and Copper Mines of Lake Superior
Life in the Lumber Regions
Our Great Cities on the Lakes
A Visit to Niagra Falls
Travels in the Oil Regions
Travels in the Coal Regions
Pittsburg and its Iron Works
The Greatest Lake Port in the World
The Wonders and Treasures of the Rocky Mountain Region
A Visit to a Gold Mine
A Day in a Silver Mine
Across the Rockies to Salt Lake
The Fairyland of California
San Francisco and the Chinese
The Pacific Northwest
The Yellowstone National Park
Amolng the Indians
Alaska and the Seal Islands
British America
The Cities of Canada
Spanish North America -- Mexico
Travels in Mexico
Central America

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)