Carpenter's World Travels: France to Scandinavia


Read by BettyB

(4 stars; 2 reviews)

A travelogue through the countries of France, Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden for young and old alike. Interesting big cities and lesser known areas that provide a glimpse of Europe nearly 100 years ago. Summary by BettyB (7 hr 12 min)

Chapters

Just a Note Before We Start 3:07 Read by BettyB
A Modern Columbus 19:51 Read by BettyB
Our Mortgage on France 9:10 Read by BettyB
Through Normandy by Motor Car 8:23 Read by BettyB
How France Was Made New 22:09 Read by BettyB
Bringing Back the Coal Mines 11:04 Read by BettyB
American Footsteps on French Battlefields 9:49 Read by BettyB
Paris at Work 11:34 Read by BettyB
Shops Large and Small 9:23 Read by BettyB
How Paris Keeps House 10:07 Read by BettyB
The Servant Problem in France 7:32 Read by BettyB
Restaurants & Cafes - The Halles 19:10 Read by BettyB
A Ghost that Frightens the French 9:51 Read by BettyB
Increasing the Baby Crop 8:32 Read by BettyB
Among the Farmers 11:24 Read by BettyB
The City of Silk 14:15 Read by BettyB
No Sluggards Need Apply 9:34 Read by BettyB
Automobiling through Belgium 10:04 Read by BettyB
From Liege to Ypres 9:30 Read by BettyB
Snapshots in Flanders 9:43 Read by BettyB
A Visit to the Coal Pits 8:12 Read by BettyB
Antwerp and Brussels 15:45 Read by BettyB
Holland from an Airplane 9:35 Read by BettyB
Through the Canals to Rotterdam 13:32 Read by BettyB
Where the Mayflower Pilgrims Prayed 8:24 Read by BettyB
The Queen and her Realm 9:58 Read by BettyB
Around About the Zuider Zee 12:11 Read by BettyB
Diamond Cutting in Amsterdam 12:11 Read by BettyB
A Sane Nation in the Madhouse of Europe 9:19 Read by BettyB
Copenhagen, the Gate to the Baltic 6:32 Read by BettyB
Where the Farmer is King 10:59 Read by BettyB
How They Do It in Denmark 9:07 Read by BettyB
The Helpful Hen and the Cooperative Cow 11:59 Read by BettyB
The Alaska of Europe 8:54 Read by BettyB
In Christiania 11:03 Read by BettyB
The Land of the Midnight Farm 7:30 Read by BettyB
Norwegian Woods and Waters 9:02 Read by BettyB
An Island City of the North 14:18 Read by BettyB
Industrial Sweden 19:22 Read by BettyB

Reviews

A gem


(3 stars)

This book fascinated me. It's a travelogue, and took me through lands I've longed to see. The writer was engaging, and Betty the reader, delivered every chapter in an engaging way. I will remember especially the descriptions of Paris cafe's and markets, and the highly organized egg industry in Denmark, which I don't think exists today. A very worthwhile listen.

the best bedtime stories


(5 stars)

nice consistent dictation and not recording problems