Frank G. Carpenter

Frank G. Carpenter (1855-1924), was an author, photographer, lecturer, collector of photographs. Carpenter was a writer of standard geography textbooks and lecturer on geography, and wrote a series of books called "Carpenter's World Travels" which were very popular between 1915 and 1930. With his daughter Frances, Carpenter photographed Alaska between 1910 and 1924. A collection of over 5,000 images were donated to the Library of Congress [ [http://www.zazzle.com/lc_alaska/frank+g+carpenter+gifts Library of Congress Carpenter Collection] ] by Frances at her death in 1972.

Frank G. Carpenter's books include:
*"Carpenter's Geographical Reader: North America" (1898)
*"Carpenter's Geographical Reader: South America " (1899)
*"Carpenter's Geographical Reader: Europe " (1902)
*"Carpenter's World Travels: Holy Land and Syria"(1922)
*"Carpenter's World Travels: Java and East Indies "(1923)
*"Carpenter's World Travels: The Tail of the Hemisphere - Chile & Argentina" (1923)
*"Carpenter's World Travels: The Alps, The Danube, and the Near East" (1924)
*"Carpenter's Geographical Reader: Asia" (1924)
*"Carpenter's Geographical Reader: Canada" (1924)
*"Carpenter's Geographical Reader: Mexico"(1924)
*"Carpenter's World Travels: Uganda to the Cape" (1924)
*"Carpenter's World Travels: Lands of the Andes and the Desert " (1924)
*"Carpenter's World Travels: Along the Parana and The Amazon" (1925)
*"Alaska: Our Northern Wonderland" (1925) [ [http://www.alaskool.org/projects/reindeer/history/carpenter1928/CarpenterSchoolRepubs.html Chapter XXVIII School Republics of the Arctic] ]
*"The Houses We Live In" (1926)
*"Carpenter's World Travels: From Tangier to Tripoli" (1927)

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