Visiting Chile and Argentina on the continent of South America the author gives the reader an eyewitness account of the people, culture, industries, religions and native life of these two countries. - Summary by Betty B
Chapters
1 Just A Word Before We Start 3 min 2 Chile's Andean Gateway 13 min 3 In the Nitrate Desert 15 min 4 The Chile of Today 21 min 5 Yankee Enterprise on the West Coast 13 min 6 The Nerve Centre of the West Coast 16 min 7 How the Republic is Governed 12 min 8 Among the Chilenos 13 min 9 Big Farms of the Central Valley 9 min 10 Winter Fruits for American Tables 14 min 11 Concepcion and the Lota Mines 10 min 12 The Story of the Araucanians 13 min 13 South Deutschland 12 min 14 The Railroad Backbone of Chile 13 min 15 Through the Strait of Magellan 22 min 16 The Southernmost City of the World 13 min 17 Tierra del Fuego 14 min 18 In the Falkland Islands 15 min 19 Over the Andes by Rail 13 min 20 A Vineyard Oasis 14 min 21 Across the Pampas 7 min 22 Argentina and the United States Compared 8 min 23 Buenos Aires 14 min 24 High Life in the Capital 16 min 25 With the Workers 12 min 26 The Government of the Republic 12 min 27 Settlers and Swallows 14 min 28 Our Oppurtunity in Argentina 19 min 29 A Day on an Estancia 18 min 30 Beef and Butter for our Markets 14 min 31 Mainly about Horses 12 min 32 Wheat Lands of the Parana 8 min 33 The Terrible Locust 9 min 34 The World's Second Sheep Country 12 min 35 The Condor and the Ostrich 6 min 36 The National Sugar Bowl 10 min 37 Land Barons at the Seaside 15 min 38 Argentine Railways 12 min 39 Building a New Empire 11 min