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American Scenery, Vol. 2

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 Two of a two-volume set. - Summary by Larry Wilson

The Book Coordinators for this project were Larry Wilson and Linette Geisel

Genre(s): Travel & Geography

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	The Catterskill Falls	mpvoice	00:07:32
Play 02	Winter Scene on the Catterskills	mpvoice	00:08:20
Play 03	Rogers’ Slide, Lake George	mpvoice	00:06:24
Play 04	The Gothic Church, New Haven	Larry Wilson	00:05:51
Play 05	Niagara Falls from the Top of the Ladder on the American Side	BettyB	00:04:25
Play 06	Saw-Mill at Centre Harbour, Lake Winnipiseogee	Larry Wilson	00:06:37
Play 07	Little Falls, on the Mohawk	BettyB	00:06:04
Play 08	Bridge at Norwich, Connecticut	BettyB	00:07:39
Play 09	Undercliff, near Cold Spring	BettyB	00:14:34
Play 10	Boston, and Bunker Hill, from the East	Larry Wilson	00:06:20
Play 11	Mount Jefferson, from Mount Washington	mpvoice	00:05:53
Play 12	Mount Tom, and the Connecticut River	mpvoice	00:05:49
Play 13	The Silver Cascade, in the Notch of the White Mountains	Larry Wilson	00:02:17
Play 14	View of New York, from Weehawken	BettyB	00:05:50
Play 15	The President’s House from the River	BettyB	00:05:29
Play 16	View on the Susquehanna, at Liverpool	BettyB	00:05:33
Play 17	Desert Rock Light-house, Maine	Larry Wilson	00:06:10
Play 18	Washington’s House, Mount Vernon	BettyB	00:06:09
Play 19	Village of Little Falls, Mohawk River	Vern Seward	00:05:15
Play 20	Harper’s Ferry, from the Blue Ridge	Vern Seward	00:03:49
Play 21	Barhydt’s Lake, near Saratoga	Vern Seward	00:05:31
Play 22	Fairmount Gardens, Philadelphia	Vern Seward	00:06:48
Play 23	Sing-Sing Prison, and Tappan Sea	Vern Seward	00:05:07
Play 24	Washington, from the President’s House	Vern Seward	00:05:09
Play 25	View of Baltimore	Vern Seward	00:06:42
Play 26	The Exchange and Girard’s Bank, Philadelphia	BettyB	00:05:32
Play 27	Principal Front of the Capitol, Washington	BettyB	00:05:16
Play 28	The Narrows, Lake George	BettyB	00:06:37
Play 29	Natural Bridge, Virginia	BettyB	00:06:39
Play 30	View of the Passaic Falls	BettyB	00:06:38
Play 31	View of Northumberland, on the Susquehanna	BettyB	00:05:31
Play 32	Pulpit Rock, White Mountains	BettyB	00:06:50
Play 33	View of Hudson City, and the Catskill Mountains	BettyB	00:06:27
Play 34	Scene among the Highlands on Lake George	BettyB	00:06:09
Play 35	Schuylkill Water Works, Philadelphia	BettyB	00:05:31
Play 36	The United States Bank, Philadelphia	BettyB	00:06:03
Play 37	Brock’s Monument, from the American Side	BettyB	00:06:25
Play 38	Village of Catskill	Kyle Van DeGlast	00:05:01
Play 39	View from Gowanus’ Heights, Brooklyn	Kyle Van DeGlast	00:05:15
Play 40	View on the Susquehanna, above Owago	Kyle Van DeGlast	00:01:06
Play 41	Bridge at Glens Fall, on the Hudson	Kyle Van DeGlast	00:01:47
Play 42	View from Mount Ida, near Troy	Diana Schmidt	00:05:24
Play 43	View from Glenmary Lawn, on the Owago	BettyB	00:08:26
Play 44	View near Anthony’s Nose, Hudson Highlands	BettyB	00:05:56
Play 45	Washington’s Monument, Baltimore	BettyB	00:06:20
Play 46	East Port, and Passamaquoddy Bay	Maggie Travers	00:08:03
Play 47	Cemetery of Mount Auburn	Maggie Travers	00:02:31
Play 48	Northampton, Massachusetts	Maggie Travers	00:05:41
Play 49	Chapel of our Lady of Coldspring	Maggie Travers	00:05:57
Play 50	The Mountain House, on the Catskills	Maggie Travers	00:07:12
Play 51	Faneuil Hall, from the Water	Larry Wilson	00:07:32

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