Alps, the Danube and the Near East

by Frank G. Carpenter

*Non-fiction Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)Travel & Geography

37 chapters8h 47mEnglish1924

About this book

Journeying through many countries including Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Switzerland and Greece, the author gives an in-depth account of many aspects of the culture of the times and the people of the regions. (Summary by Betty B)

Chapters (37)

1Introducing Ourselves

193

2At the World's Peace Capital

1093

3Europe's Oldest Republic

1027

4The Beehives of the Alps

704

5From the Top of the Jungfrau

840

6Venice

852

7Over the Plains of Lombardy to Milan

1045

8The Eternal City

965

9The Grandeur that was Rome

1423

10In Czechoslovakia

1036

11Motoring through Bohemia

765

12A Nation of Athletes

866

13From Prague to Vienna

563

14Vienna

840

15Austria, the Republic

687

16In the Footsteps of the Hapsburgs

669

17The Country of the Magyars

545

18Budapest, Where East and West Meet

880

19Bread Lands of the Danube

942

20Belgrade

936

21The Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes

732

22Peasant Maids and Patchwork Farms

644

23Athens

1017

24The Kings of Greece

848

25Motoring through the Land of Homer

909

26Digging Up Old Greece

898

27Seen in Sofia

910

28Bulgaria and Its King

912

29A National Labor Army

672

30Greater Rumania

879

31In Rumania's Oil Fields

806

32At the Queen's Table

1303

33Constantinople

804

34The New Woman in Turkey

781

35Here and There in Stamboul

823

36Fanatics of Islam

1049

37The Passing of the Sultans

789

Alps, the Danube and the Near East

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Chapters (37)

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