American Scenery, Vol. 2: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

American Scenery, Vol. 2, 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. 2 by Nathaniel Parker Willis. Read in English by mpvoice; Larry Wilson; BettyB; Vern Seward; Kyle Van DeGlast; Diana Schmidt; Maggie Travers 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 Two of a two-volume set. - Summary by Larry Wilson

Recording facts

• Recording title: American Scenery, Vol. 2
• Author credits: Nathaniel Parker Willis
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 51
• Listed recording duration: 5:05:06

Catalogue topics

• history
• Americana
• Massachusetts
• New York
• Philadelphia
• New England
• new hampshire
• baltimore

Opening tracks: first 24 of 51

1. 01 - The Catterskill Falls — 7:32
2. 02 - Winter Scene on the Catterskills — 8:20
3. 03 - Rogers’ Slide, Lake George — 6:25
4. 04 - The Gothic Church, New Haven — 5:51
5. 05 - Niagara Falls from the Top of the Ladder on the American Side — 4:25
6. 06 - Saw-Mill at Centre Harbour, Lake Winnipiseogee — 6:37
7. 07 - Little Falls, on the Mohawk — 6:04
8. 08 - Bridge at Norwich, Connecticut — 7:39
9. 09 - Undercliff, near Cold Spring — 14:34
10. 10 - Boston, and Bunker Hill, from the East — 6:20
11. 11 - Mount Jefferson, from Mount Washington — 5:53
12. 12 - Mount Tom, and the Connecticut River — 5:49
13. 13 - The Silver Cascade, in the Notch of the White Mountains — 2:17
14. 14 - View of New York, from Weehawken — 5:50
15. 15 - The President’s House from the River — 5:29
16. 16 - View on the Susquehanna, at Liverpool — 5:33
17. 17 - Desert Rock Light-house, Maine — 6:10
18. 18 - Washington’s House, Mount Vernon — 6:09
19. 19 - Village of Little Falls, Mohawk River — 5:15
20. 20 - Harper’s Ferry, from the Blue Ridge — 3:49
21. 21 - Barhydt’s Lake, near Saratoga — 5:31
22. 22 - Fairmount Gardens, Philadelphia — 6:48
23. 23 - Sing-Sing Prison, and Tappan Sea — 5:07
24. 24 - Washington, from the President’s House — 5:09

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