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

Bain, David Haward

 
9780670033089: The Old Iron Road: An Epic of Rails, Roads, and the Urge to Go West
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0670033081 ISBN 13: 9780670033089
Verlag: Viking Pr, 2004

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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. 50,000 first printing.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

David Haward Bain is the author of four previous works of nonfiction, including Empire Express and Sitting in Darkness, which received a Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Book Award. His articles and essays have appeared in Smithsonian, American Heritage, Kenyon Review, and Prairie Schooner, and he reviews regularly for The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, and Newsday. He is a teacher at Middlebury College and the Bread Loaf WritersÂ’ Conference.

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Verlag
Viking Pr
Erscheinungsdatum
2004
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0670033081
ISBN 13 
9780670033089
Einband
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Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
434
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