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American Scenery, Vol. 1

Nathaniel Parker Willis (1806 - 1867)

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)

Genre(s): Travel & Geography

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 00	Preface	Larry Wilson	00:02:53
Play 01	American Scenery	Lynne T	00:08:39
Play 02	Niagara Falls, from the Ferry	Scott Bennett	00:05:10
Play 03	View from West Point	Scott Bennett	00:04:56
Play 04	Trenton Falls, View down the Ravine	BarbLyonVO	00:06:37
Play 05	View from Mount Holyoke	BettyB	00:06:29
Play 06	The Outlet of Niagara River	BettyB	00:06:30
Play 07	The Palisades, Hudson River	BettyB	00:05:49
Play 08	The Rapids above the Falls of Niagara	bundy98	00:05:47
Play 09	Saratoga Lake	Diana Schmidt	00:06:04
Play 10	The Colonnade of Congress Hall, Saratoga Springs	Rob Cordes	00:05:09
Play 11	Albany	Rob Cordes	00:05:49
Play 12	Crow’s Nest, from Bull Hill, West Point	Diana Schmidt	00:06:45
Play 13	View below Table Rock	Rob Cordes	00:05:41
Play 14	Lake Winipiseogee	Larry Wilson	00:06:16
Play 15	Kosciusko’s Monument	Vern Seward	00:05:49
Play 16	The Horseshoe Falls at Niagara, with the Tower	TriciaG	00:05:54
Play 17	The Narrows, at Staten Island	BettyB	00:06:32
Play 18	View of the Capitol at Washington	BettyB	00:06:39
Play 19	View of the Ruins of Fort Ticonderoga	Kimberlie Sasan	00:05:14
Play 20	View from Fort Putnam	BettyB	00:05:55
Play 21	View of State Street, Boston	Larry Wilson	00:09:04
Play 22	Niagara Falls, from Clifton House	BettyB	00:06:38
Play 23	View from Hyde Park	BettyB	00:05:58
Play 24	Village of Sing-Sing	Dick Thomas	00:06:25
Play 25	View from Ruggle’s House, Newburgh	Rob Cordes	00:05:34
Play 26	Descent into the Valley of Wyoming	Vern Seward	00:06:22
Play 27	Boston, from Dorchester Heights	Larry Wilson	00:07:44
Play 28	View of Faneuil Hall, Boston	Larry Wilson	00:06:55
Play 29	New York Bay, from the Telegraph Station	Lazlo	00:05:19
Play 30	Peekskill Landing	BettyB	00:06:36
Play 31	Lighthouse near Caldwell Landing	BettyB	00:06:56
Play 32	Harper’s Ferry, from the Potomac Side	Kimberlie Sasan	00:11:24
Play 33	Caldwell, Lake George	BettyB	00:07:35
Play 34	Centre Harbour, Lake Winipiseogee	Larry Wilson	00:06:51
Play 35	Yale College, at New Haven	Larry Wilson	00:06:10
Play 36	Willey House—White Mountains	Kimberlie Sasan	00:05:07
Play 37	Battle Monument, Baltimore	Vern Seward	00:06:03
Play 38	Forest Scene on Lake Ontario	TriciaG	00:05:58
Play 39	Viaduct on the Baltimore and Washington Rail-road	Vern Seward	00:08:03
Play 40	The Indian Falls near Coldspring	Vern Seward	00:06:09
Play 41	Columbia Bridge, over the Susquehanna	Vern Seward	00:05:34
Play 42	The Genessee Falls, Rochester	Richard Shipp	00:05:38
Play 43	The Ferry at Brooklyn, New York	Richard Shipp	00:05:03
Play 44	Rail-road to Utica, Little Falls	Richard Shipp	00:10:06
Play 45	Utica & The Landing, on the American side, Falls of Niagara	Richard Shipp	00:06:02
Play 46	View From Mount Washington	BettyB	00:05:27
Play 47	Mount Washington, and the White Hills	BettyB	00:05:49
Play 48	The Park and City Hall, New York	BettyB	00:06:17
Play 49	The Two Lakes, and the Mountain House on the Catskills	BettyB	00:04:19
Play 50	Trenton High Falls	BettyB	00:05:06
Play 51	The Valley of the Shenandoah, from Jefferson’s Rock	BettyB	00:06:57
Play 52	Lockport, Erie Canal	TriciaG	00:08:20
Play 53	The Tomb of Washington, Mount Vernon	Kimberlie Sasan	00:05:12
Play 54	Black Mountain, Lake George	BettyB	00:07:21
Play 55	Valley of the Connecticut, from Mount Holyoke	Lazlo	00:05:13
Play 56	View on the Erie Canal, near Little Falls	TriciaG	00:06:12
Play 57	Hudson Highlands, from Bull Hill	Vern Seward	00:06:19
Play 58	Villa on the Hudson, near Weehawken	Vern Seward	00:06:47
Play 59	View of Meredith, New Hampshire	Larry Wilson	00:06:46
Play 60	Ballston Springs	Vern Seward	00:05:56
Play 61	The Narrows, from Fort Hamilton	Maggie Travers	00:05:44
Play 62	The Notch House, White Mountains	Maggie Travers	00:05:40
Play 63	Wilkesbarre, Vale of Wyoming	Maggie Travers	00:05:47
Play 64	Squawm Lake, New Hampshire	Maggie Travers	00:06:29
Play 65	Sabbath-Day Point, Lake George	Maggie Travers	00:07:46

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