Carpenter's geographical reader: North America: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Carpenter's geographical reader: North America, credited to Frank G. Carpenter, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Carpenter's geographical reader: North America by Frank G. Carpenter. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers. 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)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Carpenter's geographical reader: North America
• Author credits: Frank G. Carpenter
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 46
• Listed recording duration: 8:19:20

Catalogue topics

• north america
• united states
• canada
• mexico
• geography

Opening tracks: first 24 of 46

1. 00 - Preface — 3:28
2. 01 - General View of North America — 10:11
3. 02 - In our National Capital — 10:02
4. 03 - A Visit to the President and to the Halls of Congress — 12:52
5. 04 - The Departments of the Government — 15:34
6. 05 - Baltimore and our Oyster Beds — 5:22
7. 06 - In Philadelphia -- A Visit to the Mint — 9:42
8. 07 - New York and Some of its Wonders — 11:56
9. 08 - Our Foreign Commerce — 15:08
10. 09 - New England -- Commerce and Manufactures — 13:58
11. 10 - Among the Mountains and Lakes of New England — 9:17
12. 11 - In Boston — 11:45
13. 12 - From New England South by Steamer — 15:03
14. 13 - In the Land of Cotton — 14:35
15. 14 - Among the Ricefields — 8:14
16. 15 - A Visit to a Turpentine Farm — 8:34
17. 16 - Florida and its Orange Groves — 7:13
18. 17 - Through the Mississippi Jetties to New Orleans — 11:59
19. 18 - A Visit to a Sugar Plantation — 11:33
20. 19 - Up the Mississippi River to St. Louis — 12:35
21. 20 - Indian Corn and the Corn Belt — 7:32
22. 21 - A Visit to a Great Wheat Farm — 10:48
23. 22 - A Journey on the Great Lakes — 11:40
24. 23 - The Iron and Copper Mines of Lake Superior — 9:02

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