Seeing the Middle West

by John T. Faris

Front Cover/Spine:

This is a nifty old travel book about the mid-western United States. It is filled with wonderful, vintage black and white photographs of various American cities. The book was published in 1923 by J.B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and London. The book measures 6 inches by 8 7/8 inches and contains 254 pages. This is a former library copy and has the number on the spine. Other than that, I did not see any markings. The yellow cloth pictorial cover shows signs of wear to the edges, corners and to the top and bottom of the spine. The cover is soiled. The spine is tight and the hinges are strong. The pages show no signs of foxing. For the most part, the pages show no signs of rips. The exceptions are as follows: The front free end page is removed. One of the illustrations has been removed. One of the leaves is torn up from the bottom edge at the spine. This is limited to the margin area and does not affect the readability of the text in any way. The top edges of the pages are gilt. This book is being sold as is. Exceptions noted, the overall condition of this old book is good plus.


Title Page


Title Page - Verso

Contents:

  1. On the Great Lakes
  2. Around Water Bound Minnesota
  3. Amid the Minnesota Iron Ranges
  4. Along Minnesota’s Mississippi
  5. In the Land of the Dakotas
  6. Where Flows the Platte River
  7. In Kansas “The Battleground of Freedom”
  8. Oklahoma, “The Land of Red People”
  9. Missouri Meanderings
  10. Along the Rivers of Iowa
  11. In Michigan’s Twin Peninsulas
  12. Through the Heart of Wisconsin
  13. The Interstate Mississippi
  14. Down the Winding Ohio
  15. Amid the Marvels of Illinois
  16. In Beautiful Indiana
  17. Following the Rivers of Ohio

    18. Index


Frontispiece – The Charm of the Open Road in Southern Minnesota. From the painting by Edward Stratton Holloway

Excerpt –Foreword:
As the train drew out of Chicago, a man in the parlor car settled himself for a nap. “If you are wise, you, too, will sleep,” he said to his companion. “Not one thing to see until we come to the Mississippi River. Then for another long rest.”

Yet the train to take him through country which the French explorers and adventurers hade historic when they passed to the Mississippi: along the stretches of the Illinois River, where they guided their canoes; within sight of Starved Rock, stronghold of LaSalle and Tonti in the days before William Penn came to Philadelphia; in regions where Abraham Lincoln had his first military experience when in pursuit of Black Hawk. To say nothing of the beauty of the rolling prairies, the pleasing forests, the ever changing landscape that makes Northern Illinois so delightful! …
End excerpt


The Public Square, Cleveland, Ohio


St. Louis, Missouri, from the Mississippi River


On the Mississippi, near Dubuque, Iowa


Marietta, Ohio


Top: On the Ohio River – Looking South from the Campus of Hanover College, Indiana

Bottom: The Levee wall at Cairo, Illinois – In process of building.


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