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The Old Iron Road
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Author : David Haward Bain
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2022-09
The Old Iron Road written by David Haward Bain and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The award-winning author of "Empire Express" retraces the route of the first transcontinental railroad.
Old Iron Road
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Author : David Howard Bain
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008-12-01
Old Iron Road written by David Howard Bain and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-12-01 with categories.
In the summer of 2000, award-winning author David Bain and his family headed west in search of America¿s past. Between the Missouri River and the Golden Gate Bridge, they retraced the entire route of the first transcontinental railroad and stretches of the Oregon and California trails. Following vanished iron rails and wagon wheel ruts, bumping down back roads and main streets, they discovered the deep, restless, uniquely American spirit of adventure that connects our past to our present. Along the way, Bain encounters a fascinating cast of characters, both historic and contemporary -- from Mark Twain and Willa Cather to Henry Fonda and Marlon Brando, including his own grandparents. ¿Bain has fashioned a quintessentially American journey.¿ Illustrations.
The Old Iron Road
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Author : David Haward Bain
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2022-09
The Old Iron Road written by David Haward Bain and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In the summer of 2000 David Haward Bain and his family left their home in Vermont and headed west in search of America’s past. Spiritually, their journey began on a Kansas trail where the author’s grandmother was born in a covered wagon in 1889. Between the Missouri River and the Golden Gate, they retraced the entire route of the first transcontinental railroad and large stretches of the Oregon and California trails, and the equally colorful old Lincoln Highway. Following vanished iron rails and wagon wheel ruts, bumping down backroads and main streets, they discovered the deep, restless, uniquely American spirit of adventure that connects our past to our present. A superb writer and an exacting researcher, Bain conjures up a marvelous sense of coming unstuck in time as he lingers in the ghost towns and battlegrounds, prairies and river ports, trainyards, museums, deserts, and diners that line his cruise west to California. Bain encounters a fascinating cast of characters, both historic and contemporary, as well as memories of his grandparents and the journeys that shaped his own heritage. Writing in the tradition of William Least Heat-Moon and Ian Frazier, and with an engaging warmth and a deep grasp of history all his own, Bain has fashioned a quintessentially American journey.
The Iron Road
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Author : Leonard Lonergan
language : en
Publisher: New York : The Smith
Release Date : 1981
The Iron Road written by Leonard Lonergan and has been published by New York : The Smith this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with Poetry categories.
The Iron Road
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Author : Christian Wolmar
language : en
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Release Date : 2014-05-01
The Iron Road written by Christian Wolmar and has been published by Dorling Kindersley Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-01 with Transportation categories.
A fascinating journey through the history of railways From the early steam trains to the high-speed bullet trains of today, The Iron Road tells the hidden stories of railway history- the inspired engineering, blood, sweat and tears that went into the construction of the railways. Uncover the compelling tales of bold vision, invention and error, and social change behind the history of trains and railways, with famous railways such as the Transsiberian fully explored. Learn how the great railway pioneers such as George Stephenson produced the ideas and feats of engineering that created the railways and changed the world. Each exciting moment of railway history is captured, contextualised and enhanced by superb illustrations. Trains and railways of the past like the romantic Orient Express are brought to life through amazing eyewitness accounts, allowing you to see the railways through the eyes of people who were there at the time. Written by Christian Wolmar, an award-winning writer and broadcaster, The Iron Road is an exciting trip through the history of trains for any railway enthusiast.
The Iron Road
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Author : James Mawdsley
language : en
Publisher: North Point Press
Release Date : 2015-07-07
The Iron Road written by James Mawdsley and has been published by North Point Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-07 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A startling account of an evil regime and one young man's efforts to defy it. Twenty-eight-year-old James Mawdsley spent much of the past four years in grim Burmese prisons. The Iron Road is his story, and the story of the regime that jailed him, the way it jails, tortures, and kills hundreds of Burmese each day. Mawdsley was working in New Zealand when he learned about the struggle of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese Nobel laureate who is under house arrest. Outraged, he went to Burma, staged a one-man protest, and was jailed. There his own amazing story begins. He is tortured, interrogated, released, jailed again. He turns his incarceration into a contest of wits -- going on a hunger strike, toasting the year 2000 with a cigar and "prison champagne," and requesting "1 packet of freedom, 1 bunch human rights, and 2 bottles of democracy." At the same time, he asks himself: What leads those of us in peaceful democracies to ignore others' suffering, just because it is happening "over there," to "them"? James Mawdsley is a hero in a generation said to lack heroism. The Iron Road -- named for a torture in which skin is scraped from bone with a piece of iron -- is an urgent call for an end to human rights abuses in Burma and is a keen analysis of the totalitarian mind-set. And it is the story, at once moving and terrifying, of how one person can further the cause of justice through sheer will and determination.
The Iron Roads Dictionary And Travellers Route Charts Of The English And Welsh Railways
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Author : sir John Richard Somers Vine
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1881
The Iron Roads Dictionary And Travellers Route Charts Of The English And Welsh Railways written by sir John Richard Somers Vine and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1881 with categories.
Tales Of The Iron Road
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Author : Maury Graham
language : en
Publisher: Paragon House Publishers
Release Date : 1990
Tales Of The Iron Road written by Maury Graham and has been published by Paragon House Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Ghosts Of Gold Mountain
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Author : Gordon H. Chang
language : en
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Release Date : 2019
Ghosts Of Gold Mountain written by Gordon H. Chang and has been published by Houghton Mifflin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with China categories.
A groundbreaking, breathtaking history of the Chinese workers who built the Transcontinental Railroad, helping to forge modern America only to disappear into the shadows of history until now.
The Iron Road To Social Security
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Author : Alec L. Parrott
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1985
The Iron Road To Social Security written by Alec L. Parrott and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Old age pensions categories.
Study of the historical development of social security in the UK - discusses the evolution of various forms of social assistance (the Poor Laws), marine insurance, provident funds, beginning of state intervention (1848); recounts the establishment of the dual social insurance and social assistance scheme in 1948 and the ratification of ILO Convention No. 102; reviews adoption of the scheme in India, Asia, Africa, as well as national level attitudes and international perspectives. References, statistical tables.