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Carpenter's Geographical Reader: North America

by Frank G. CARPENTER (1855 - 1924)

Travels in the Coal Regions

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 Visit to a Gold Mine , Across the Rockies to Salt Lake , Alaska and the Seal Islands , Amolng the Indians , British America , Central America , Pittsburg and its Iron Works , San Francisco and the Chinese , Spanish North America -- Mexico , The Cities of Canada , The Fairyland of California , The Greatest Lake Port in the World , The Pacific Northwest , The Wonders and Treasures of the Rocky Mountain Region , The Yellowstone National Park , Travels in Mexico