Richard Halliburton's Complete Book of Marvels
Filled with scores of black and white photographs, this book spans the globe in documenting the wonders of nature and man, from the world's largest dams (at the time) to some of the highest mountain peaks.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- B000CS9SZ8
- Print Status
- Out of Print
- Chapters
- 55
- Suggested Grades
- 1st - 12th
- Publisher
- Bobbs-Merrill
- Copyright
- 1941
Chapters
- 1 Transbay Bridge, Giant Roadway
- 2 Golden Gate Bridge, Mighty Span
- 3 Yosemite Valley
- 4 Grand Canyon
- 5 Boulder (Hoover) Dam
- 6 Niagara Falls, Wall of Water
- 7 New York, City Extraordinary
- 8 Washington, D.C., City Beautiful
- 9 Fort Jefferson, Coral Outpost
- 10 Popocatapetl, Smoking Crater
- 11 Chicken Itza, Mayan Capital
- 12 Christophe's Citadel
- 13 Panama Canal, Mammoth Ditch
- 14 Machu Picchu, Inca Fortress
- 15 Iguazu Falls
- 16 Rio de Janeiro, Glittering City
- 17 Gibraltar, Rocky Sentry
- 18 Carcassone, City of Romance
- 19 Mount St. Michael
- 20 Reims Cathedral, Holy Monument
- 21 Matterhorn, Tiger of the Alps
- 22 St. Bernard Monastery
- 23 St. Peter's, Church Supreme
- 24 Vesuvius, Famous Volcano
- 25 Pompeii, City of the Past
- 26 Blue Grotto, Cavern of Loveliness
- 27 Parthenon, Temple of Athena
- 28 Mt. Athos, Country of Men
- 29 Moscow, Heart of Russia
- 30 Santa Sophia, Mother of Churches
- 31 Ephesus, City of Ancient Temples
- 32 Halicarnassus
- 33 Colossus, Statue of Helios
- 34 Pharos, Towering Lighthouse
- 35 Pyramids, Huge Man-Made Wonders
- 36 Knossos, Buried Cretan City
- 37 Timbuctoo, Desert City
- 38 Victoria Falls, Sounding Smoke
- 39 Mecca, Sacred Moslem City
- 40 Petra, Enchanted City
- 41 Dead Sea
- 42 Jerusalem, Rock of Abraham
- 43 Baalbek, City of Marvelous Ruins
- 44 Palmyra, Zenobia's Domain
- 45 Bagdad, Fabled Arabian City
- 46 Babylon, City of the Hanging Gardens
- 47 Isfahan, Home of the Nightingales
- 48 Udaipur, Indian Fairyland
- 49 Taj Mahal
- 50 The Travels of Demetrius
- 51 Halicarnassus
- 52 The Colossus
- 53 The Pharos
- 54 The First Wonder of the World
- 55 The Pyramids Today
- 56 The Labyrinth
- 57 The Slave City
- 58 The Smoke that Sounds
- 59 Allah's Children
- 60 The Enchanted Temple
- 61 The Dead Sea
- 62 The Rock of Abraham
- 63 Treasure Hunters
- 64 Baalbek
- 65 Zenobia
- 66 The Prince and the Flying Carpet
- 67 Babylon
- 68 Home of the Nightingales
- 69 Wonderland
- 70 My Hindu Princess
- 71 A Love Story
- 72 The Glory of Asia
- 73 The Top of the World
- 74 Land of Mystery
- 75 Palace of the Living Gods
- 76 Thirty Million Idols
- 77 A Tale from the Jungle
- 78 The Great Stone Serpent
- 79 The Magic Mountain
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