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Great American rail journeys : the companion to the public television programs / John Grant.
LIBRA - Athenaeum of Philadelphia Circulating Oversize HE2727.G736 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Grant, John, 1948-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Railroad travel--United States.
- Railroad travel.
- United States.
- Railroad travel--United States--Pictorial works.
- United States--Description and travel.
- United States--Pictorial works.
- Genre:
- Pictorial works.
- Illustrated works.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 194 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Guilford, Conn. : Globe Pequot Press, [2000]
- Summary:
- The executive producer of the PBS TV programs by the same name now brings the joys of North American rail journeys to readers in a large-format color tome. Enriched with historical detail, each of the eight chapters celebrates one rail journey. 150 color photos. 8 maps.
- Contents:
- The Alaska Railroad
- The Adirondack
- The Copper Canyon
- The Rockies by Rail
- The Canadian Rockies
- The Coast Starlight
- The American South by rail
- Alaska's gold rush train.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Nichols fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 0762707380
- 0762706147
- OCLC:
- 43884792
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