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Train time : railroads and the imminent reshaping of the United States landscape / John R. Stilgoe.
Lippincott Library HE2751 .S683 2007
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Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection HE2751 .S683 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stilgoe, John R., 1949- author, illustrator.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Railroads--United States--History.
- Railroads.
- Railroads--Social aspects.
- History.
- Communication and traffic.
- United States.
- Landscapes--United States.
- Landscapes.
- Railroads--United States--Traffic.
- Railroads--Freight--United States.
- Railroads--Freight.
- Railroads--Social aspects--United States--History.
- Physical Description:
- 281 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2007.
- Summary:
- "Now a train is often only a whistle heard far off on a sleepless night. But romantic or foreboding or empowering, the whistle announces return and change to those who listen."
- Contents:
- Whisper
- Necklace
- Sidetracked
- Resort
- Threshold
- Express
- Fast freight
- Bulk
- Transfer
- Overhead.
- Notes:
- All photographs by the author.
- Cover art: Pete Turner
- Cover design: Martha Farlow
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-273) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum circulating copy: From the Library of Aaron V. Wunsch.
- ISBN:
- 9780813926681
- 0813926688
- OCLC:
- 85485187
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