books: railroad journey

books: railroad journey

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Railroad journey

Escape from Slavery: Five Journeys to Freedom

Doreen Rappaport

HarperTrophy, 1999

I think that this was an interesting book to read
I am a 7th grader who was assigned this book to read as a summer reading project by my future teacher. After reading many different books on the life experiments of slaves durning the Civil War, I found this book interesting. It is about five slaves and how they ...

Eight Great American Rail Journeys: A Travel Guide (Broadcast Tie-Ins)
Karen Ivory

Globe Pequot, 2000

This pocket guidebook contains all the information you need to start planning a real-life rail journey.

A Journey into Florida Railroad History (Florida History and Culture)
GREGG M. TURNER

University Press of Florida, 2008

Meticulously researched and richly illustrated--including many never-before-published images--A Journey into Florida Railroad History is a comprehensive, authoritative history of the subject. Written by one of the nation's foremost authorities on Florida railroads, it explores all the key players and companies, and every significant period of ...

Journey to Freedom: A Story of the Underground Railroad

Courtni C. Wright

Holiday House, 1997

I thought the book was very good
My son is eight years old this book was written so he could really grasp what the struggle was all about.

Julie's Journey (American Girls Collection)

Megan McDonald

American Girl, 2007

Bicentennial Pioneer
The summer after fourth grade, Julie gets packing. She makes sure to include all of her Little House books alongside a pioneer dress and other stuff. It's 1974, and Julie and her older sister Tracy are getting together with their cousins, aunt, and uncle to take part ...

Sacred Sea: A Journey to Lake Baikal

Peter Thomson

Oxford University Press, USA, 2007

Sacred Sea
Sacred Sea: A Journey to Lake Baikal is at once a deeply engaging memoir, highly entertaining travel book (and boys' adventure), and a remarkably acute (and non-polemic) cautionary tale about the environment. A few years back, Peter Thomson, then editor and ...

The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas

Paul Theroux

Mariner Books, 1979

you can forgive Paul Theroux
A remark that one reads often about Paul Theroux is that he is grouchy, critical of the people he meets, and generally unpleasant. Some readers seem to suggest that this makes him a worse traveller, not being pure-of-heart or sufficiently open-minded. On the other ...

Trans-Siberian Handbook: Seventh Edition of the Guide to the World's Longest Railway Journey (Trailblazer ...

Bryn Thomas

Trailblazer Publications, 2007

Preferable to the Lonely Planet guide. Indeed, one of the best travel guides I've ever encountered
For passengers on traveling on all or most of the Trans-Siberian Railway and visiting the cities along it, there are only two English-language travel guides. The Lonely Planet guide appeared in 2003 with a second edition in 2006, while Bryn Thomas updates his guide ...

First Class: Legendary Train Journeys Around the World

Patrick Poivre d'Arvor

Vendome Press, 2007

A truly elegant book showcasing eleven fabled railroad lines
"First Class: Legendary Train Journeys Around The World" by Patrick Poivre d'Arvor is a truly elegant book showcasing eleven fabled railroad lines during the golden age of train travel around the world. Featured among these iconic railroads are the Toy Train of ...

The Railway Journey: The Industrialization and Perception of Time and Space

Wolfgang Schivelbusch

University of California Press, 1987

Fascinating study of the cultural repercussions of new technologies
Recently I've developed a taste for cultural histories that examine the influence of new technologies on the perception of nature, space, time, individuality (etc., etc.) The railroad is a prime example of a technology that, once adopted, profoundly altered how people ...

Insight Guide Great Railway Journeys of Europe (Insight Guides Great Railway Journeys of Europe)

Langenscheidt Publishers, 2002

Insight Guides, the world's largest visual travel guide series, in association with Discovery Channel, the world's premier source of nonfiction entertainment, provides more insight than ever. From the most popular resort cities to the most exotic villages, Insight Guides capture the unique character of each culture with an insider's perspective. ...

Along the Sandy River, Vol 4: On to Rangeley (Pictorial Railroad Journey)
Peter Barney

BHI Publications, 2006

110 pages and 187 b/w photos as well as a full color heavy duty, semi-gloss, paperback cover. This series shows views of the railroad and the surrounding towns, villages, businesses, and other items for modelers, historians, railfans and anyone with an interest in these roads. This book is one a series of detailed photo reference works intended ...

STATIONS: An Imagined Journey

Michael Flanagan

Pantheon, 1994

A wonderful book, an exquisite expression of longing...
"Stations" is a work of art that is an intense, exquisite expression of longing. It evokes a sense of place and time that is half remembered, close by yet out of reach, and infused with sweet loss. For Model Railroaders, especially, this is a meaningful book that ...

The Polar Express: The Journey Begins (An Early Reader)

Kitty Richards

Houghton Mifflin, 2004

great book
This book will be a classic. My grandson loved it. The artwork is fabulous. This edition is made just for the younger kids.

The Kingdom by the Sea: A Journey Around the Coast of Great Britain

Paul Theroux

Mariner Books, 2006

An affectionate look at a changing landscape
Paul Theroux's travel book soften being out strong opinions in readers- particulrly those who have visited a place he has written about. Many of the most critical seem to focus on a few details and miss the overall tenor of the piece. As Theroux makes quite clear in ...