Audiobook6 hours
Birdseye Views of Far Lands
Written by James T. Nichols
Narrated by LibriVox Community
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
()
About this audiobook
Birdseye Views of Far Lands is an interesting, wholesome presentation of something that a keen-eyed, alert traveler with the faculty of making contrasts with all classes of people in all sorts of places, in such a sympathetic way as to win their esteem and confidence, has been able to pick up as he has roamed over the face of the earth for a quarter of a century.
The book is not a geography, a history, a treatise on sociology or political economy. It is a Human Interest book which appeals to the reader who would like to go as the writer has gone and to see as the writer has seen the conformations of surface, the phenomena of nature and the human group that make up what we call a "world."
The reader finds facts indicating travel and study set forth in such vigorous, vivid style that the attention is held by a story while most valuable information is being obtained. The casual reader, the pupil in the public school and student in the high school, professional men and women, will all find the book at once highly interesting and instructive. In no other book with which I am acquainted can so much that is interesting be learned of the world in so short time and in such a pleasing way.
Teachers in rural schools will find the book especially helpful. It will inspire the pupils in the upper grades in these schools to do some observation work themselves and to in this manner seek to learn their own localities better, while at the same time it will suggest the collection of materials about other countries, their peoples, products, characteristics and importance from sources other than text books.
Every rural school as well as every high school and public library in the land should have one or more copies of this book. (Summary from book's Introduction.)
Related to Birdseye Views of Far Lands
Related audiobooks
The Classic of Filial Piety: The classic book of Confucian wisdom for children Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsChina and Japan: Facing History Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Useful Enemies: Islam and The Ottoman Empire in Western Political Thought, 1450-1750 Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Great State: China and the World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Princeton Guide to Historical Research Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Way of the Writer: Reflections on the Art and Craft of Storytelling Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Our Little Korean Cousin Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDead Souls Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Role of the Scroll: An Illustrated Introduction to Scrolls in the Middle Ages Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Life's Ultimate Question: Unraveling the Purpose of Our Existence Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsUkraine in Histories and Stories: Essays by Ukrainian intellectuals Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Soviet Century: Archaeology of a Lost World Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Invention And Discovery: Curious Facts And Characteristic Sketches Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Book Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Empire of the Romans: From Julius Caesar to Justinian: Six Hundred Years of Peace and War, Volume II: Select Anthology Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Art of Literature Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5American Character and Other Essays Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Rise of the West: A History of the Human Community; with a Retrospective Essay Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Middle Ground: Indians, Empires, and Republics in the Great Lakes Region, 1650-1815 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Gulliver's Travels Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Summary and Insight: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Japanese Mythology for Beginners: Experience the Exciting Sagas of Japan and Discover Step by Step the Culture of the Country Japan Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWriting Fiction, Tenth Edition: A Guide to Narrative Craft Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Rescuing Socrates: How the Great Books Changed My Life and Why They Matter for a New Generation Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Great Fossil Enigma: The Search for the Conodont Animal Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRussia's Empires Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Upside-Down World: Meetings with the Dutch Masters Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSightings: a collection of poetry Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGiants of French Literature: Balzac, Flaubert, Proust, and Camus Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Shoal of Time: A History of the Hawaiian Islands Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Travel For You
The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row (Oprah's Book Club Summer 2018 Selection) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Court of Thorns and Roses Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5One Last Stop Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Your Table Is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maître D' Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Look for Me There: Grieving My Father, Finding Myself Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Outlander Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Concrete Rose: A Printz Honor Winner Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Spotting Danger Before It Spots You: Build Situational Awareness To Stay Safe Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5World Travel: An Irreverent Guide Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Eat, Pray, #FML Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Once Upon a River: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5America the Beautiful?: One Woman in a Borrowed Prius on the Road Most Travelled Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Black Enough Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5South Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Arthur: The Dog Who Crossed the Jungle to Find a Home Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5In the Weeds Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5What I Was Doing While You Were Breeding: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fox & I: An Uncommon Friendship Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Summer on the Bluffs: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Atlas of Improbable Places: A Journey to the World's Most Unusual Corners Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Chosen and the Beautiful Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Primate's Memoir: A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life Among the Baboons Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Storyteller: how to be an audio book narrator Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Birdseye Views of Far Lands
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
0 ratings0 reviews