Where We Live - A Home Geography

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Where We Live, by Emilie Van Beil JacobsThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.netTitle: Where We LiveA Home GeographyAuthor: Emilie Van Beil JacobsRelease Date: October 7, 2007 [EBook #22911]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK WHERE WE LIVE ***Produced by Juliet Sutherland, David Wilson and the OnlineDistributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net1W H E R E W E L I V EA H OME G EOGRAPHYGENERAL EDITIONBYE M .V I JL AI CE O B SSupervising Principal of the Richardson L. Wright School, PhiladelphiaPHILADELPHIA2 1913, 19143CONTENTSPAGEForeword 5Introduction 7PART ONEI. Our School 11II. The Streets and Roads 17III. The Buildings 22IV. The Town as a Whole 31V. The People 36VI. Industries and Occupations 42VII. Animals and Plants 46VIII. Transportation and Communication 50IX. Physiography of the Neighborhood 54X. Direction 66PART TWOI. The Earth as a Whole 73II. The Seasons 79III. The Zones 82IV. North America 93V. Countries of North America 100VI. Trips 1054MAPSI. The Western Hemisphere 74–75II. The Eastern Hemisphere 74–75III. The World 82IV. Surface Map of North America 96V. North America 1005FOREWORDOnce upon a time as four blind men sat by the roadside they heard ...