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Author
Language
English
Description
"A revelatory, entertaining account of the world's most indispensable mode of transportation Tom Zoellner loves trains with a ferocious passion. In his new book he chronicles the innovation and sociological impact of the railway technology that changed the world, and could very well change it again. From the frigid trans-Siberian railroad to the antiquated Indian Railways to the futuristic MagLev trains, Zoellner offers a stirring story of man's relationship...
4) Trains
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
40 pages : color illustrations ; 27 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Traces the history of railroads from their beginnings in the nineteenth century to the present day.
Author
Language
English
Description
Maybelle was a cable car a San Francisco cable car. . . She rang her gong and sang her song from early morn till late at night. . . . By recounting the actual events in San Francisco's effort to keep the city's cable cars running, this classic story illustrates how the voice of the people can be heard in the true spirit of democracy. Virginia Lee Burton's original art for Maybelle the Cable Car was retrieved from the archives of the San Francisco
...6) Train
Author
Series
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
Revised edition.
Physical Desc
72 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Traces the development of railways from the first Babylonian rutways to the electromagnetic, driverless trains of today and describes how trains are built and operated.
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Language
English
Description
America was made by the railroads. The opening of the Baltimore & Ohio line — the first American railroad — in the 1830s sparked a national revolution in the way that people lived thanks to the speed and convenience of train travel. Promoted by visionaries and built through heroic effort, the American railroad network was bigger in every sense than Europe's, and facilitated everything from long-distance travel to commuting and transporting goods...
Author
Series
Publisher
Enslow Publishers
Pub. Date
[1997]
Physical Desc
128 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the building of the first railroad to join the eastern and western part of the United States and the effect of this transcontinental link on the future development of the country.
Author
Series
Publisher
Dillon Press
Pub. Date
[1997]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
80 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Examines the building of the transcontinental railroad and discusses whether it showed the United States at its best or was an example of unfairness, racism, and greed.
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