ALL ABOARD! The Railroad in American Life
by George H Douglas
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- AS NEW book in AS NEW unclipped dust jacket
- Seller
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McCrae, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Smithmark Publishers, New York 1996 hardcover, 9 1/4" x 6", with dust jacket AS NEW book in AS NEW unclipped dust jacket Grey cloth-bound boards with silver type to spine, illustrated title page, 36 b&w photographs, extensive notes, bibliography, index. From an agrarian land of isolated communities, the railroads linked the vast distances and ushered in the USA's industrial transformation. The story of the railroad, the people it served, and the country itself are so intertwined as to be inseparable. A social history of the American railroads.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pegasus Book Orphanage (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28027
- Title
- ALL ABOARD! The Railroad in American Life
- Author
- George H Douglas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover, 9 1/4" x 6", with dust jacket
- Book Condition
- New AS NEW book in AS NEW unclipped dust jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Smithmark Publishers, New York
- Date Published
- 1996
- Pages
- 462 pages
- Keywords
- Diesel Locomotives Railroad Stories RR History RR Bridges and Tunnels
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Pegasus Book Orphanage
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McCrae, Victoria
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