Paine, Ralph Delahaye. Greater America. *$1.50. Outing.
7–14803.
A series of glimpses of the splendid activities of the American west of to-day. The author introduces the reader to numerous activities along the line of extension movement which show great creative and pioneering forces at work. Some of his chapters are as follows: Past and present of the “Soo,” The story of a copper mine, The magnet of the wheat, The cow puncher versus irrigation, The heart of the big timber country, A breath from Alaska, and Gold camps of the desert.
“To read the book is to get a new appreciation of the greatness of America, the greatness of her present and the possibilities of her future.”
| + + | Ann. Am. Acad. 30: 599. N. ’07. 200w. |
“Belongs to a class of books which may be called rare even in this age of print. It bears the same relation to the ordinary volume of travel and description that the realistic novel of actual events bears to the novel of romantic cast.”
| + + | Lit. D. 35: 132. Jl. 27, ’07. 430w. |
“Mr. Paine has felt and has put into his book the very spirit of energy and enthusiasm and confidence and ambition and kindliness which fills the vast miles to the west of New York.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 12: 303. My. 11, ’07. 520w. |