Train: Riding the Rails That Created the Modern World--from the Trans-Siberian to the S...
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Book details
- Author
- Tom Zoellner
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Category
- Essays
- Condition
- New
- ISBN-13
- 9780143126348
- ISBN-10
- 0143126342
- Vendor: Mia Karts
Train: Riding the Rails That Created the Modern World--from the Trans-Siberian to the Southwest Chief
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ISBN: 0143126342
Author: Zoellner, Tom
Condition: New
An epic and revelatory narrative of the most important transportation technology of the modern worldIn his wide-ranging and entertaining new book, Tom Zoellner-coauthor of the New York Times-bestselling An Ordinary Man-travels the globe to tell the story of the sociological and economic impact of the railway technology that transformed the world-and could very well change it again. From the frigid trans-Siberian railroad to the antiquated Indian Railways to the Japanese-style bullet trains, Zoellner offers a stirring story of this most indispensable form of travel. A masterful narrative history, Train also explores the sleek elegance of railroads and their hypnotizing rhythms, and explains how locomotives became living symbols of sex, death, power, and romance.
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