Train Beyond the Mountains: Journeys on the Rocky Mountaineer

A captivating journey blending memoir, history, and biography that takes the reader on one of the world's...
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Author: Rick Antonson
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Train Beyond the Mountains: Journeys on the Rocky Mountaineer by Antonson, Rick

Train Beyond the Mountains: Journeys on the Rocky Mountaineer

$63.30

Train Beyond the Mountains: Journeys on the Rocky Mountaineer

$63.30
Author: Rick Antonson
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

A captivating journey blending memoir, history, and biography that takes the reader on one of the world's most famous trains and tells of carving the dramatic route it follows, while pondering other international railways through the eyes of travellers past and present.

Rick Antonson has ridden trains in more than thirty-five countries--but almost everything he thinks he knows about train travel changes when he boards the Rocky Mountaineer with his ten-year-old grandson, Riley. As they wind over trestles and through tunnels, each mile of track uncovers stories of dynamite and discovery, surveyors and schemers, explorers and visionaries, and the people who helped to build Canada against the odds of geography and politics. Surrounded by a wild landscape that sparks imagination, fellow passengers recount train travels in other countries, get nostalgic for the era of steam locomotives, and consider life's unfinished journeys.

Peppered with spirited dialogue, heartrending vignettes, and intriguing anecdotes, Train Beyond the Mountains is a travelogue with urgency: to make your travel dreams happen now. As one passenger muses, "The mistake we make is that we think we have time."



Author: Rick Antonson
Publisher: Greystone Books
Published: 04/18/2023
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781771644860


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2023

About the Author

RICK ANTONSON has traveled by train in thirty-five countries, is the author of five acclaimed travel memoirs, and is the co-author of the book of railway tales Whistle Posts West. The former president and CEO of Tourism Vancouver, and past vice-president of Rocky Mountaineer, Antonson now lives in Predator Ridge, BC.


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