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Carpenter's Geographical Reader: North America

by Frank G. CARPENTER (1855 - 1924)

In our National Capital

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