The Old Iron Road: An Epic Of Rails, Roads, And The Urge To Go West - Brossura

Bain, David Haward

 
9780143035268: The Old Iron Road: An Epic Of Rails, Roads, And The Urge To Go West

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The award-winning author of Empire Express describes his and his family's odyssey west as they retraced the entire route of the first transcontinental railroad, offering a fascinating glimpse of the American spirit of adventure, determination, and character that led to its construction, as well as the journeys that shaped both his own heritage and American history. Reprint.

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David Haward BainÂ's four previous books of nonfiction include Empire Express and Sitting in Darkness, which won a Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Book Award. His articles and essays have appeared in Smithsonian, American Heritage, Kenyon Review, and Prairie Schooner. He teaches at Middlebury College.

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9780670033089: The Old Iron Road: An Epic of Rails, Roads, and the Urge to Go West

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ISBN 10:  0670033081 ISBN 13:  9780670033089
Casa editrice: Viking Pr, 2004
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