Last Train South
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Last Train South
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Author : James C. Clark
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 1997-11-01
Last Train South written by James C. Clark and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-11-01 with History categories.
The story begins in March 1865 as Union troops closed in on Richmond. Jefferson Davis tries to establish new capitals in Danville, Greensboro, and Charlotte and is ultimately captured in Georgia. Secretary of War Breckinridge dons the style of a pirate to escape. Secretary of State Benjamin disguises himself as a poor farmer--with his gold sewn inside his clothes. Nearly 60 primary and secondary sources were used to research this dramatic history. The book contains sketches made by an artist who accompanied Davis on much of the escape, and includes maps of the escape route.
The Last Train To Zona Verde
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Author : Paul Theroux
language : en
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Release Date : 2013
The Last Train To Zona Verde written by Paul Theroux and has been published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Travel categories.
The world's most acclaimed travel writer journeys through western Africa from Cape Town to the Congo.
Last Train To Paradise
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Author : Graham Hutchins
language : en
Publisher: Exisle Publishing
Release Date : 2011-06
Last Train To Paradise written by Graham Hutchins and has been published by Exisle Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06 with History categories.
No book exists specifically on the famous, popular ‘name’ trains that used to run on the New Zealand rail network. The Auckland-Opua Express once carried passengers to the Bay of Islands, the Onehunga Boat Train used to be part of the main route between Auckland and Wellington, and the Rotorua Limited enabled tourists and the well-to-do to take the waters in Rotorua. Later trains like the Silver Star and Northerner - even the Kaimai, Geyserland and Bay Expresses, withdrawn in 2001 - had a distinctive character too.Last Train to Paradise describes the halcyon days of New Zealand rail, some of which the author was fortunate enough to experience personally. The ‘name’ trains and journeys cover a considerable period of New Zealand’s history, from the late 1800s, through the ‘golden’ era of train travel (the first four decades of the 20th century), and conclude with the introduction of new services in the last half of the century. The railway lines described in the book cover every part of the country – and some that have almost been erased from popular memory. Almost everyone in the first half of the 20th century travelled by train – including royalty. In 1869 the first royal train journey from Lyttelton to Christchurch carried the Duke of Edinburgh; the first fully-fledged royal train carrying the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall (the future King George V and Queen Mary) plied the route of the Rotorua Limited and the South Island Express; in 1920 the Prince of Wales traversed the country by train with Lord Louis Mountbatten. In 1927 the Duke and Duchess of York (the future King George VI and Queen Elizabeth) travelled more than 1700 miles by royal train. Other distinguished visitors whose stories will be told in the book include the English comedian J.L.Toole and his company (1890), Australian poet Will Lawson, singers Dame Nellie Melba, Dame Clara Butt, Irish tenor John McCormack and Russian bass Feodor Chaliapin, Polish pianist Ignace Paderewski, ‘March King’ John Philip Sousa and his band, ballerina Anna Pavlova, the 17-year-old violinist Yehudi Menuhin, writers Rudyard Kipling, Zane Grey and George Bernard Shaw, and actors Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh. The book will include a wide variety of fascinating and unfamiliar photographs, not just of the trains themselves but also of the people who travelled in them.
Last Train To Paradise
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Author : Les Standiford
language : en
Publisher: Crown
Release Date : 2003-08-05
Last Train To Paradise written by Les Standiford and has been published by Crown this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-08-05 with History categories.
The fast-paced and gripping true account of the extraordinary construction and spectacular demise of the Key West Railroad—one of the greatest engineering feats ever undertaken, destroyed in one fell swoop by the strongest storm ever to hit U.S. shores. In 1904, the brilliant and driven entrepreneur Henry Flagler, partner to John D. Rockefeller, dreamed of a railway connecting the island of Key West to the Florida mainland, crossing a staggering 153 miles of open ocean—an engineering challenge beyond even that of the Panama Canal. Many considered the project impossible, but build it they did. The railroad stood as a magnificent achievement for more than twenty-two years, heralded as “the Eighth Wonder of the World,” until its total destruction in 1935's deadly storm of the century. In Last Train to Paradise, Standiford celebrates this crowning achievement of Gilded Age ambition, bringing to life a sweeping tale of the powerful forces of human ingenuity colliding with the even greater forces of nature’s wrath.
Last Train To Texas
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Author : Fred W. Frailey
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2020-02-04
Last Train To Texas written by Fred W. Frailey and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-04 with Travel categories.
A veteran railroad columnist takes readers on a wild ride through the American train industry with remembrances that crisscross the country and the world. In Last Train to Texas, author Fred W. Frailey examines the workings behind the railroad industry and captures incredible true stories along the way. He vividly portrays the industries larger-than-life characters, such as William “Pisser Bill” F. Thompson, who weathered financial ruin, bad merger deals, and cutthroat competition, all while racking up enough notoriety to inspire a poem titled “Ode to a Jerk.” Whether he’s riding the Canadian Pacific Railway through a blizzard, witnessing a container train burglary in the Abo Canyon, or commemorating a poem to Limerick Junction in Dublin, Frailey’s journeys are rife with excitement, incident, and the spirit of the rails. Filled with humorous anecdotes and thoughtful insights into the railroading industry, Last Train to Texas is a grand adventure for the railroad connoisseur.
Last Train Over Rostov Bridge
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Author : Aten, Marion & Orrmont, Arthur
language : en
Publisher: Ashgrove Publishing
Release Date :
Last Train Over Rostov Bridge written by Aten, Marion & Orrmont, Arthur and has been published by Ashgrove Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
The Last Train North
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Author : Clifton L. Taulbert
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
The Last Train North written by Clifton L. Taulbert and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Picking up where his memoir, When We Were Colored, left off, Taulbert recounts his 1963 migration from the small segregated Mississippi town of his birth to the big integrated city of St. Louis, where opportunity was everywhere. The realities of the North sometimes fall short of his fantasies, but he never loses sight of his dreams.
To The Last Round
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Author : Andrew Salmon
language : en
Publisher: Aurum
Release Date : 2010-04-25
To The Last Round written by Andrew Salmon and has been published by Aurum this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-04-25 with History categories.
NEW PAPERBACK EDITION ‘Salmon’s vivid use of recollections and dramatic quotes brings alive an unjustly forgotten conflict’ Time Out With even World War II now just on the edges of living memory, and with British forces now engaged in a lengthy, brutal and attritional old-fashioned war in Afghanistan, historical attention is starting to turn to the Korean War of the early 1950s. And remarkably, the most notorious and celebrated battle in that conflict, from a British point of view, has never previously been written about at length. Andrew Salmon’s book, which has garnered excellent reviews and sold out two hardback printings already, has filled that gap. This is the story of the Battle of the Imjin River, when the British 29th Infantry Brigade, and above all the “Glorious Glosters” of the Gloster Regiment, fought an epic last stand against the largest communist offensive of the war. It lasted three days, of bitter hand-to-hand combat. By the end of it one battalion of the Glosters – some 750 men – had been reduced to just 50 survivors. Andrew Salmon’s definitive history, which gained excellent reviews in hardback and sold very steadily, is very much in the Antony Beevor mould: accessible, pacy, narrative, and painting a moving and exciting picture through the extensive use of eyewitness accounts of veterans, of whom he has tracked down and interviewed dozens. Andrew Salmon is a Seoul-based journalist who writes for The Times, The Washington Times, and Forbes magazine. He first became fascinated by the battle in 2001 when he met British veterans returning to the Imjin River to mark the 50th anniversary.
Interstate Commerce Commission Reports
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Author : United States. Interstate Commerce Commission
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1938
Interstate Commerce Commission Reports written by United States. Interstate Commerce Commission and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1938 with Carriers categories.
The Next To Last Train Ride
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Author : Charles Dennis
language : en
Publisher: Markham, Ont. : PaperJacks
Release Date : 1977
The Next To Last Train Ride written by Charles Dennis and has been published by Markham, Ont. : PaperJacks this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with categories.
