American Notes for General Circulation

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1. 00 - Preface · 4 minutes
2. 01 - Chapter 1: Going Away · 20 minutes
3. 02 - Chapter 2: The Passage Out · 40 minutes
4. 03 - Chapter 3: Boston Part 1 · 41 minutes
5. 04 - Chapter 3: Boston Part 2 · 40 minutes
6. 05 - Chapter 3: Boston Part 3 · 19 minutes
7. 06 - Chapter 4: An American Railroad. Lowell and its Factory System · 28 minutes
8. 07 - Chapter 5: Worcester. The Connecticut River. Hartford. New Haven. To New York · 26 minutes
9. 08 - Chapter 6: New York · 53 minutes
10. 09 - Chapter 7: Philadelphia, and its Solitary Prison · 35 minutes
11. 10 - Chapter 8: Washington. The Legislature. And the President's House · 44 minutes
12. 11 - Chapter 9: A Night Steamer on the Potomac River. Virginia Road, and a Black Driver. Richmond. Baltimore. The Harrisburg Mail, and a Glimpse of the City. A Canal Boat. · 41 minutes
13. 12 - Chapter 10: Some Further Account of the Canal Boat, its Domestic Economy, and its Passengers. Journey to Pittsburg Across the Alleghany Mountains. Pittsburg. · 24 minutes
14. 13 - Chapter 11: From Pittsburg to Cincinnati in a Western Steamboat. Cincinnati. · 24 minutes
15. 14 - Chapter 12: From Cincinnati to Louisville in another Western Steamboat; and from Louisville to St. Louis in another. St. Louis. · 26 minutes
16. 15 - Chapter 13: A Jaunt to the Looking-Glass Prairie and Back · 19 minutes
17. 16 - Chapter 14: Return to Cincinnati. A Stage-Coach Ride from that City to Columbus, and thence to Sandusky. So, by Lake Erie, to the Falls of Niagara · 40 minutes
18. 17 - Chapter 15: In Canadal; Toronto; Kingston; Monstreal; Quebec; St. John's. In the United States again. Lebanon; the Shaker Village; West Point · 47 minutes
19. 18 - Chapter 16: The Passage Home · 24 minutes
20. 19 - Chapter 17: Slavery · 39 minutes
21. 20 - Chapter 18: Concluding Remarks · 24 minutes
22. 21 - Postscript · 4 minutes