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Carpenter's World Travels: France to Scandinavia

Frank G. Carpenter (1855 - 1924)

A travelogue through the countries of France, Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden for young and old alike. Interesting big cities and lesser known areas that provide a glimpse of Europe nearly 100 years ago. Summary by BettyB

Genre(s): Travel & Geography

Language: English

Keyword(s): history (879), travel (288), Europe (56), geography (52), cuture (2)

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	Just a Note Before We Start	BettyB	00:03:07
Play 02	A Modern Columbus	BettyB	00:19:51
Play 03	Our Mortgage on France	BettyB	00:09:10
Play 04	Through Normandy by Motor Car	BettyB	00:08:23
Play 05	How France Was Made New	BettyB	00:22:09
Play 06	Bringing Back the Coal Mines	BettyB	00:11:04
Play 07	American Footsteps on French Battlefields	BettyB	00:09:49
Play 08	Paris at Work	BettyB	00:11:34
Play 09	Shops Large and Small	BettyB	00:09:23
Play 10	How Paris Keeps House	BettyB	00:10:07
Play 11	The Servant Problem in France	BettyB	00:07:32
Play 12	Restaurants & Cafes - The Halles	BettyB	00:19:10
Play 13	A Ghost that Frightens the French	BettyB	00:09:51
Play 14	Increasing the Baby Crop	BettyB	00:08:32
Play 15	Among the Farmers	BettyB	00:11:24
Play 16	The City of Silk	BettyB	00:14:15
Play 17	No Sluggards Need Apply	BettyB	00:09:34
Play 18	Automobiling through Belgium	BettyB	00:10:04
Play 19	From Liege to Ypres	BettyB	00:09:30
Play 20	Snapshots in Flanders	BettyB	00:09:43
Play 21	A Visit to the Coal Pits	BettyB	00:08:12
Play 22	Antwerp and Brussels	BettyB	00:15:45
Play 23	Holland from an Airplane	BettyB	00:09:35
Play 24	Through the Canals to Rotterdam	BettyB	00:13:32
Play 25	Where the Mayflower Pilgrims Prayed	BettyB	00:08:24
Play 26	The Queen and her Realm	BettyB	00:09:58
Play 27	Around About the Zuider Zee	BettyB	00:12:11
Play 28	Diamond Cutting in Amsterdam	BettyB	00:12:11
Play 29	A Sane Nation in the Madhouse of Europe	BettyB	00:09:19
Play 30	Copenhagen, the Gate to the Baltic	BettyB	00:06:32
Play 31	Where the Farmer is King	BettyB	00:10:59
Play 32	How They Do It in Denmark	BettyB	00:09:07
Play 33	The Helpful Hen and the Cooperative Cow	BettyB	00:11:59
Play 34	The Alaska of Europe	BettyB	00:08:54
Play 35	In Christiania	BettyB	00:11:03
Play 36	The Land of the Midnight Farm	BettyB	00:07:30
Play 37	Norwegian Woods and Waters	BettyB	00:09:02
Play 38	An Island City of the North	BettyB	00:14:18
Play 39	Industrial Sweden	BettyB	00:19:22

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