Rails from the West

Rails from the West PDF Author: Helen Hinckley Jones
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 216

Book Description

The Old Iron Road

The Old Iron Road PDF Author: David Haward Bain
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 1496230485
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 468

Book Description
The award-winning author of "Empire Express" retraces the route of the first transcontinental railroad.

The Sunset Route

The Sunset Route PDF Author: Carrot Quinn
Publisher: Dial Press
ISBN: 0593133285
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 321

Book Description
The unforgettable story of one woman who leaves behind her hardscrabble childhood in Alaska to travel the country via freight train—a beautiful memoir about forgiveness, self-discovery, and the redemptive power of nature, perfect for fans of Wild or Educated. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER • “An urgent read. A courageous life. Quinn’s story burns through us and bleeds beauty on every page.”—Noé Álvarez, author of Spirit Run: A 6,000-Mile Marathon Through North America’s Stolen Land After a childhood marked by neglect, poverty, and periods of homelessness, with a mother who believed herself to be the reincarnation of the Virgin Mary, Carrot Quinn moved out on her own. She found a sense of belonging among straight-edge anarchists who taught her how to traverse the country by freight trains, sleep in fields under the stars, and feed herself by foraging in dumpsters. Her new life was one of thrilling adventure and freedom, but still she was haunted by the ghosts of her lonely and traumatic childhood. The Sunset Route is a powerful and brazenly honest adventure memoir set in the unseen corners of the United States—in the Alaskan cold, on trains rattling through forests and deserts, as well as in low-income apartments and crowded punk houses—following a remarkable protagonist who has witnessed more tragedy than she thought she could ever endure and who must learn to heal her own heart. Ultimately, it is a meditation on the natural world as a spiritual anchor, and on the ways that forgiveness can set us free.

Retribution Rails

Retribution Rails PDF Author: Erin Bowman
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0544918886
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 389

Book Description
Ten years after the events of Vengeance Road, Reece Murphy, who has been forced to join the Rose Riders gang, must work with aspiring journalist Charlotte Vaughn to get free.

Prairie Rails

Prairie Rails PDF Author: Robert P. Olmsted
Publisher: McMillan Publications, Incorporated
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 298

Book Description

Ties, Rails, and Telegraph Wires

Ties, Rails, and Telegraph Wires PDF Author: Dale Martin
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781940527925
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 196

Book Description
Ties, Rails, and Telegraph Wires combines literary memories, historic research, and knowledge of railroad operations with historic photographs to celebrate railroads in Montana and the West. It describes the lives and tasks of railroad workers and the services provided by the railroad to communities and the region.

Rails Through the Bush

Rails Through the Bush PDF Author: Jeff Austin
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780980392227
Category : Logging railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 304

Book Description

China's Great Train

China's Great Train PDF Author: Abrahm Lustgarten
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780805090185
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 342

Book Description
Lustgarten's book is a timely and provocative account of China's unstoppable quest to build a railway into Tibet, and the nation's obsession to transform its land and its people.

All Aboard!

All Aboard! PDF Author: Jim Loomis
Publisher: Prima Lifestyles
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 404

Book Description
Longtime rail enthusiast and travel writer Jim Loomis has assembled a practical guide that lauds the joys of stress-free train travel. With information about booking, schedules, on-board etiquette, and more, the book also features a fascinating history of railroading in North America. Maps.

Rails to the Atlantic

Rails to the Atlantic PDF Author: Ron Brown
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1459728785
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 145

Book Description
Explore eastern Canada's railway heritage, including stations from the late 1850s, grand hotels, bridges, and roundhouses of this era.
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