Dow's Dictionary of Railway Quotations - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0801882923 ISBN 13: 9780801882920

Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006

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Críticas

Dow has given us an extraordinary harvest of 3,700 entries to pick from... Magnificent book.

(Michael Binyon London Times 2006-01-00)

There are some 80 dictionaries of quotations on the market yet, until now, none has dealt with railways.

(Rail 2006-01-00)

This book is a quite astonishing compilation produced through time honoured research, enthusiasm, and dedication to railways.

(Railways Illustrated 2006-01-00)

One of the best of themed quotation books I have come across in a good while is Dow's Dictionary of Railway Quotations ... A rich assemblage of railway/railroad sayings.

(The "Quote...Unquote" Newsletter 2006-01-00)

This is the sort of book you don't realize you need until you see it.

(Railway Magazine 2006-01-00)

It will undoubtedly become a classic work of reference in its own right.

(NRM Rview 2006-01-00)

This is a major contribution to railroad literature, and I expect my copy to become dog-eared from frequent use.

(Classic Trains 2006-01-00)

The scale of Andrew Dow's achievement is truly staggering.

(IRSE 2006-01-00)

A fascinating book to dip into... Andrew Dow is to be congratulated.

(Times Literary Supplement 2006-01-00)

Dow has done us all a tremendous service in producing this fascinating compendium... it will be referred to pleasurably again and again.

(Journal of The Permanent Way 2006-01-00)

Reseña del editor

Dow's Dictionary of Railway Quotations is an authoritative compendium of quotations about railways from 1608 to the present day. More than 3,400 entries are drawn from over 1,300 writers and speakers and a wide range of original sources both British and American—Acts of Parliament, poetry, songs, journals, advertisements, obituaries, novels, histories, plays, films, office memoranda, speeches, newspapers, television and radio broadcasts, and private documents and conversations.

Here Andrew Dow records remarkable, memorable words—from the well-known to the abstruse, from the commonplace to the vital. The selected quotations are arranged by subject matter and searchable by speaker, subject, and keyword.

Dow's Dictionary will inform and captivate railway enthusiasts along with readers interested in railway architecture, engineering, geography, and history.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0801882923
• ISBN 13: 9780801882920
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 384
• Herausgeber: Dow Andrew