books by James D. Porterfield

books by James D. Porterfield

books:

James D. Porterfield

Teleselling: A Self-Teaching Guide, 2nd Edition

James D. Porterfield

Wiley, 1996

VERY HELPFUL
A very simple easy to understand book. This Book provides techniques that can be used immediately to help increase sales. It is geared more towards outbound, but is written to take the inbound into consideration. The prospecting portion is very handy als

Dining By Rail: The History and Recipes of America's Golden Age of Railroad Cuisine

James D. Porterfield

St. Martin's Griffin, 1998

Nostaligia food at its best
The book "Dining by Rail" was purchased at the urging of a ten-year old son who is a rabid railfan. The book not only has a treasure trove of the most famous recipes from all the different rail lines, but it features a marvelous history of railroads from the point of ...

The Boomer: A Story of the Rails

Harry Bedwell

Univ Of Minnesota Press, 2006

a railroader's railroad novel
I have just finished another railroad novel--Bahr's Pelican Road, written by another former railroader, and it brought back to mind Harry Bedwell's wonderful novel The Boomer. This is an episodic story about Eddie Sand, a skilled telegrapher. Boomer is a slang term ...

Set Up Running: The Life of a Pennsylvania Railroad Engineman, 1904-1949

John W. Orr

Keystone Books, 2005

Set Up Running
Set Up Running is simply the VERY BEST railroad related book which I have EVER read! If you don't have it GET IT! PERIOD! (PS: I have NO financial interest in this book or any organization/company which sells it). I'm doing YOU a favor by rating this book and ...

From the Dining Car: The Recipes and Stories Behind Today's Greatest Rail Dining Experiences

James D. Porterfield

St. Martin's Press, 2004

Great Foodie and Railroad buff interest. Buy It.
`From the Dining Car' is the second railway dining book from railway historian and culinary writer, James D. Porterfield, who is a regular contributor to the magazine of railroad faves, `Railfan and Railroad'. Looking into this book confirms my suspicions that it is ...