| Description |
256 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm |
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| Note |
Map on lining papers |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 252) and index. |
| Summary |
Join Portillo for an epic trip by train from New York and Boston to the Deep South, on to Chicago, and Colorado, and finishing in San Francisco. Combining social history with travelogues, Portillo also explores the construction of rail routes across the continent. |
| Contents |
Foreword / by Michael Portillo -- Introduction -- The early years -- The American Civil War -- Robber barons -- Reconstruction & The Gilded Age -- Timeline -- Conclusion. |
| Subject |
Portillo, Michael, 1953- -- Travel -- United States.
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Railroad travel -- United States.
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United States -- Description and travel.
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| ISBN |
9781471151514 (hardback) |
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1471151514 (hardback) |
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9781471151521 (eBook) |
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