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The Alps, the Danube and the Near East

Frank G. Carpenter (1855 - 1924)

Journeying through many countries including Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Switzerland and Greece, the author gives an in-depth account of many aspects of the culture of the times and the people of the regions. (Summary by Betty B)

Genre(s): *Non-fiction, Social Science (Culture & Anthropology), Travel & Geography

Language: English

Keyword(s): culture (77), Europe (58), industry (19), customs (11), peoples (5), major cities (1)

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	Introducing Ourselves	BettyB	00:03:13
Play 02	At the World's Peace Capital	BettyB	00:18:13
Play 03	Europe's Oldest Republic	BettyB	00:17:07
Play 04	The Beehives of the Alps	BettyB	00:11:44
Play 05	From the Top of the Jungfrau	BettyB	00:14:00
Play 06	Venice	BettyB	00:14:12
Play 07	Over the Plains of Lombardy to Milan	BettyB	00:17:25
Play 08	The Eternal City	BettyB	00:16:05
Play 09	The Grandeur that was Rome	BettyB	00:23:43
Play 10	In Czechoslovakia	BettyB	00:17:16
Play 11	Motoring through Bohemia	BettyB	00:12:45
Play 12	A Nation of Athletes	BettyB	00:14:26
Play 13	From Prague to Vienna	BettyB	00:09:23
Play 14	Vienna	BettyB	00:14:00
Play 15	Austria, the Republic	BettyB	00:11:27
Play 16	In the Footsteps of the Hapsburgs	BettyB	00:11:09
Play 17	The Country of the Magyars	BettyB	00:09:05
Play 18	Budapest, Where East and West Meet	BettyB	00:14:40
Play 19	Bread Lands of the Danube	BettyB	00:15:42
Play 20	Belgrade	BettyB	00:15:36
Play 21	The Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes	BettyB	00:12:12
Play 22	Peasant Maids and Patchwork Farms	BettyB	00:10:44
Play 23	Athens	BettyB	00:16:57
Play 24	The Kings of Greece	BettyB	00:14:08
Play 25	Motoring through the Land of Homer	BettyB	00:15:09
Play 26	Digging Up Old Greece	BettyB	00:14:58
Play 27	Seen in Sofia	BettyB	00:15:10
Play 28	Bulgaria and Its King	BettyB	00:15:12
Play 29	A National Labor Army	BettyB	00:11:12
Play 30	Greater Rumania	BettyB	00:14:39
Play 31	In Rumania's Oil Fields	BettyB	00:13:26
Play 32	At the Queen's Table	BettyB	00:21:43
Play 33	Constantinople	BettyB	00:13:24
Play 34	The New Woman in Turkey	BettyB	00:13:01
Play 35	Here and There in Stamboul	BettyB	00:13:43
Play 36	Fanatics of Islam	BettyB	00:17:29
Play 37	The Passing of the Sultans	BettyB	00:13:09

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