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The Boy Travellers in Mexico

by Thomas Wallace Knox

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  1. Preface

    4:43

  2. Chapter I - To Mexico by Rail. Battle of San Jacinto. Old Texas and Modern Changes. Arrival on the Frontier of Mexico.

    24:45

  3. Chapter II - Laredo. The Rio Grande. Mexican Tariffs. Adobe Houses. Mesa de los Cartujanos. Nuevo Leon. Monterey.

    22:41

  4. Chapter III - The American Invasion of To-day. Monterey. Short History of the Mexican War. In a Monterey House.

    24:10

  5. Chapter IV - Santa Caterina. Sierra Madre. Saltillo. The Alameda. Buena Vista.

    26:12

  6. Chapter V - Brigandage. Chihuahua. Santa Eulalia Mines. Torreon and Lerdo. Fresnillo. Calera. Zacatecas.</b>

    25:21

  7. Chapter VI - Zacatecas. Mines of Zacatecas. Farming in Mexico. Aguas Calientes. Women.

    24:36

  8. Chapter VII - Barrancas. Lagos. Leon. Silao. Guanajuato. Market Scenes. Education.

    23:31

  9. Chapter VIII - Aqueduct. Hill of the Bells. Revolutions in Mexico. Foreign Intervention. Juarez. Religion. Reform. Martyrs.

    25:03

  10. Chapter IX - Cazadero. Tula. Mexico City. The Mantilla. Lotteries.

    24:53

  11. Chapter X - The Cathedral. Teocalli. Iturbide. Calendar-stone. Aztecs.

    24:51

  12. Chapter XI - Lost Arts. Music. Antiquities. Aztec Warfare and Domestic Life. National Palace. Monte de Piedad.

    25:12

  13. Chapter XII - Mexican Politeness. Governor of Acapulco. Great Market. Chinampas, or Floating Gardens. Santa Anita. Festival of Fire.

    26:35

  14. Chapter XIII - Courtship. Marriage Ceremony. Funerals. Diseases. Domestic Servants.

    23:34

  15. Chapter XIV - Fine Arts. Pulquerias. Police-courts. Belem Prison. Running the Gantlet.

    24:19

  16. Chapter XV - Chapultepec. The Palace. National Military College. Capture of Vera Cruz. Fall of Chapultepec.

    25:56

  17. Chapter XVI - Noche Triste Tree. Conquest of Mexico. Expulsion of the Spaniards. Rule of Viceroys. The Church.

    23:23

  18. Chapter XVII - Mexico’s Population. President Juarez. Leperos and Brigands. Inquisition. Auto-da-fé.

    23:40

  19. Chapter XVIII - Popocatepetl. Amecameca. Tlamacas. Las Cruz. The Pico del Fraile.

    33:46

  20. Chapter XIX - Popocatepetl. Amecameca. Monte Sacro. A Ratero.

    32:14

  21. Chapter XX - Cargadores. Public Schools. Theatres and Hospitals. Bull-fighting. Processions. Ceremonials and Amusements.

    25:36

  22. Chapter XXI - Ancient City of the Toltecs. Morelos. Cuautla. Tierra Caliente. Yautepec and Cuernavaca.

    26:49

  23. Chapter XXII - Acapulco. Guadalajara. Hidalgo and the Spaniards. Señor Perez. Rodeo.

    25:23

  24. Chapter XXIII - President Diaz. Army and Navy of Mexico. Postal Service. Publications. Apizaco. Puebla. Cinco de Mayo.

    28:29

  25. Chapter XXIV - Puebla. Cholula. Great Pyramid. Tlascala. Apizaco.

    22:22

  26. Chapter XXV - The Cumbres. Maltrata. Tierra Templada. Orizaba. Rincon Grande, Cerro del Borrego. Cordoba. Tierra Caliente. Vera Cruz.

    24:20

  27. Chapter XXVI - Vera Cruz. Governor's Palace. San Juan de Ulloa. Mexican Prison. Jalapa. Cerro Gordo. Orizaba and Perote. Tampico.

    23:06

  28. Chapter XXVII - Tehuantepec. Mahogany Trade. Palenque. Lorillard City. Remains of Mitla. Pillar of Death.

    23:55

  29. Chapter XXVIII - The Mysterious City. Don Pedro Velasquez. Carmen and Campeachy. Underground Caves. The Quezal. The Yucatan.

    25:55

  30. Chapter XXIX - Merida. The Calesa. Indians, Spaniards, and Mestizos. Characteristics of the Maya Race. Euchre or Yucca.

    27:53

  31. Chapter XXX - Markets. Balls. Characteristic Indian Dances. Worship of the Sun. The Volan Coché. How the Owners of Estates Live.

    25:40

  32. Chapter XXXI - A Cenoté. A Subterranean Bath-house. A Noria. Native Superstitions. Uxmal. A Heetzmek. Uayalké.

    23:29

  33. Chapter XXXII - Legends. A Royal Palace. Maya Arches. Garapatas. An Ancient Watering-Place.

    23:04

  34. Chapter XXXIII - Archæology. Mayapan. Aké. Kabah. Chichen-itza. Other Ruined Cities.

    24:15

  35. Chapter XXXIV - Central America. Costa Rica. Tegucigalpa. Yuscaran. Farewell.

    35:39

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Frank and Fred travel through Mexico with Doctor Bronson in a story that mixes youthful adventure with lessons in geography and history. Published in 1890, Thomas Wallace Knox's The Boy Travellers in Mexico follows routes through northern and central Mexico, Campeachey, and Yucatan. Its chapter headings connect railway travel and city streets with markets, mining, food, farming, and the country's past.

One scene follows the boys into the Church of San Domingo and the nearby School of Medicine. The school occupies a building that has served several earlier purposes, giving their sightseeing a historical dimension. Conversations with their guide and the Doctor turn observations into explanations.

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Thomas Wallace Knox (1835-1896) was an American journalist, author and world traveller. He reported on the American Civil War as a correspondent for the New York Herald. He also wrote a series of travel adventure books for boys, among them "The Boy Travellers in Mexico".

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First published
1890
Reading time
About 11 hours
Pages
385
Language
English
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BettyB, mpinedag, Richard Stibbard and others