American Scenery, Vol. 1: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

American Scenery, Vol. 1, credited to Nathaniel Parker Willis, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of American Scenery, Vol. 1 by Nathaniel Parker Willis. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers. Although the focus of this book is the engravings depicting scenic sites of 19th century America, each is accompanied by a short description of the site and location. These vignettes give us rare glimpses of scenic locations as they appeared in 1840. All sites are in the eastern part of the United States, especially New England and New York. This is Volume One of a two-volume set. (Summary by Larry Wilson)

Recording facts

• Recording title: American Scenery, Vol. 1
• Author credits: Nathaniel Parker Willis
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 66
• Listed recording duration: 6:57:18

Catalogue topics

• nature
• history
• New York
• New England
• Boston
• scenery

Opening tracks: first 24 of 66

1. 00 - Preface — 2:53
2. 01 - American Scenery — 8:39
3. 02 - Niagara Falls, from the Ferry — 5:10
4. 03 - View from West Point — 4:56
5. 04 - Trenton Falls, View down the Ravine — 6:37
6. 05 - View from Mount Holyoke — 6:29
7. 06 - The Outlet of Niagara River — 6:30
8. 07 - The Palisades, Hudson River — 5:49
9. 08 - The Rapids above the Falls of Niagara — 5:47
10. 09 - Saratoga Lake — 6:04
11. 10 - The Colonnade of Congress Hall, Saratoga Springs — 5:09
12. 11 - Albany — 5:49
13. 12 - Crow’s Nest, from Bull Hill, West Point — 6:45
14. 13 - View below Table Rock — 5:41
15. 14 - Lake Winipiseogee — 6:16
16. 15 - Kosciusko’s Monument — 5:49
17. 16 - The Horseshoe Falls at Niagara, with the Tower — 5:54
18. 17 - The Narrows, at Staten Island — 6:32
19. 18 - View of the Capitol at Washington — 6:39
20. 19 - View of the Ruins of Fort Ticonderoga — 5:14
21. 20 - View from Fort Putnam — 5:55
22. 21 - View of State Street, Boston — 9:04
23. 22 - Niagara Falls, from Clifton House — 6:38
24. 23 - View from Hyde Park — 5:58

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