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Birdseye Views of Far Lands

by James T. Nichols

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1922
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  1. Introduction and Acknowledgment

    4:30

  2. The Land of Opposites - China

    14:32

  3. The Pearl of the Orient - Philippines

    16:47

  4. The Country America Opened to Civilization - Japan

    15:55

  5. The Transformation of a Nation - Korea

    15:08

  6. A Great Unknown Land - Manchuria

    17:57

  7. The Land of Sorrow - Siberia

    17:19

  8. The Home of Bolshevism - Russia

    15:55

  9. The Nation That Conquers the Sea - Holland

    13:00

  10. The Nation That the World Honors - Belgium

    14:06

  11. A Glimpse of America's Friend - France

    12:06

  12. Some Impressions of the Great Peace Conference

    12:15

  13. The Nightmare of Europe - Alsace-Lorraine

    10:12

  14. The Home of the Passion Play - Oberammergau

    15:36

  15. The Country Where the War Started - Servia

    16:23

  16. A World-Famous Land - Palestine

    13:17

  17. A World-Famous City - Jerusalem

    13:12

  18. A World-Famous River - The Jordan

    12:23

  19. The Playground of Moses - Egypt

    14:44

  20. A Country With a Thousand Rivers - Venezuela

    11:59

  21. A Land of Great Industries - Brazil

    15:01

  22. Uruguay and Paraguay

    13:02

  23. The Wonderful Argentine Republic

    13:25

  24. Yankeedom of South America - Chile

    14:05

  25. The Switzerland of South America - Bolivia

    10:53

  26. The Land of Mystery - Peru

    12:19

  27. The World's Great Crossroad - Panama Canal

    13:41

  28. The Seven Wonders of the World

    13:39

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An imagined view from an aeroplane provides the starting point for James T. Nichols's survey of distant countries. Published in 1922, the volume moves through China, Japan, Korea, European nations, Palestine, Egypt and South America in short geographical chapters. Nichols combines accounts of his visits with descriptions of local industries, farming, buildings and customs, often comparing unfamiliar places with features of the United States.

The opening chapter credits China with inventions and engineering achievements, from paper and printing to canals. Later passages turn to the wood carvers and religious theater of Oberammergau, then to small farms, plum orchards and arrangements for helping neighbors in Serbia. These changes of scale, from national resources to village practices, make the book useful for readers interested in how an American traveler described the world a century ago. Its judgments also reflect the assumptions of that period.

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Book facts

First published
1922
Reading time
About 4 hours
Pages
116
Language
English
Formats
PDF, EPUB, Read online, Audiobook
Audio read by
TriciaG, Easton, Hugh Gillis and others