Little Folks of North America by Mary Hazelton Wade

About this eBook

Author

Wade, Mary Hazelton Blanchard, 1860-1936

Title

Little Folks of North America Stories about children living in the different parts of North America

Credits

Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Canada Team at www.pgdpcanada.net

Language

English

LoC Class

E011: History: America: America

Subject

Children -- North America

Category

Text

eBook-No.

37280

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37280

Release Date

August 31, 2011

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Little Folks of North America
2. 2.13 CHAPTER I Little Folks of Iceland — Geysers and Glaciers. — In the Homes. — Getting Fish. — The Cave of Surtur.
3. 3.26 CHAPTER II Little Folks of Greenland — The Coming of Eric the Red — The Eskimos. — Hunting for Food. — Eskimo Dogs. — Nannook, the Bear. — After the Walrus. — The Narwhal. — Springtime. — The Skin-boat, or Kayak. — The Reindeer. — New Settlers.
4. 4.55 CHAPTER III Little Folks of Alaska — The Coming of Behring — The Little Eskimos. — Among the Indians. — Candle Fish. — Catching Salmon. — Bears. — Whales and Sea Otters. — Seal-Hunting. — Hunting in Alaska. — The Gold Mines. — Sitka.
5. 5.80 CHAPTER IV Little Folks of Canada — The First White Settlers — The Explorer Champlain. — The Coming of the English. — Henry Hudson and the Great Lone Land. — Alexander Mackenzie and his long Journey. — Among the Eskimos and Indians. — Wild Animals of the Forest and Prairie. — Off for the Hunt. — Winter Sports. — The Big Cities. — On the Farms. — In a Lumber Camp. — Beyond the Mountains. — The Klondike Mines.
6. 6.116 CHAPTER V Little Folks of Labrador — The Indians of Labrador.
7. 7.120 CHAPTER VI Little Folks of Newfoundland — After the Birds. — The Copper Mines.
8. 8.128 CHAPTER VII Little Folks of the United States — The Mound Builders. — The Indians. — After Many Years. — The Coming of the English. — Lewis and Clark, and What They Saw. — On a Wheat Farm. — The Cornfields. — On a Cattle Ranch. — Down South. — Among the Factories. — Fishing. — In a Lumber Camp. — Getting Coal. — Among the Rocky Mountains. — The Colorado Canyon. — The National Park. — Niagara Falls. — A Peep at Big Cities.
9. 9.179 CHAPTER VIII Little Folks of Mexico — On the Coast. — Vera Cruz. — Getting Vanilla. — Acapulco. — The Mexican Farms. — The Big Market. — The Museums. — The Floating Gardens. — Volcanoes. — Among the Mines.
10. 10.206 CHAPTER IX Little Folks of Central America
11. 11.214 CHAPTER X Little Folks of the West Indies — Hurricanes. — In the Woods. — Among the Sugar-canes.

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