Train: Riding the Rails That Created the Modern World--from the Trans-Siberian to the S outhwest Chief

An epic and revelatory narrative of the most important transportation technology of the modern world In his...
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Author: Tom Zoellner
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Train: Riding the Rails That Created the Modern World--from the Trans-Siberian to the S outhwest Chief by Zoellner, Tom

Train: Riding the Rails That Created the Modern World--from the Trans-Siberian to the S outhwest Chief

CHF 35.17

Train: Riding the Rails That Created the Modern World--from the Trans-Siberian to the S outhwest Chief

CHF 35.17
Author: Tom Zoellner
Format: Paperback
Language: English
An epic and revelatory narrative of the most important transportation technology of the modern world

In 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.

Author: Tom Zoellner
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 10/28/2014
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780143126348


Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 12/07/2014 pg. 82

About the Author
Tom Zoellner is the author of five nonfiction books, including Uranium, winner of the 2011 American Institute of Physics Science Writing Award, and coauthor of An Ordinary Man. He teaches at Chapman University in southern California and lives in Los Angeles.

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