United States
Across the twilight lawn at Hampton Institute straggles a group of sturdy young men with copper-hued complexions. Their day has been devoted to farming, carpentry, blacksmithing, or some other trade. Their evening will be given to study. Those silent dignified Indians with str...
Across the twilight lawn at Hampton Institute straggles a group of sturdy young men with copper-hued complexions. Their day has been devoted to farming, carpentry, blacksmithing...
2. Chapter 2America forms the longest and straightest bone in the earth's skeleton. The skeleton consists of six great bones, which may be said to form a spheroidal tetrahedron, or pyramid...
3. Chapter 3The four great physical divisions of North America--the Laurentian highland, the Appalachian highland, the plains, and the western cordillera--are strikingly different in form a...
4. Chapter 4No part of the world can be truly understood without a knowledge of its garment of vegetation, for this determines not only the nature of the animal inhabitants but also the occ...
5. Chapter 5When the white man first explored America, the parts of the continent that had made most progress were by no means those that are most advanced today. * None of the inhabitants,...