George Scheer boarded Amtrak's Crescent in Greensboro, North Carolina, bound for New Orleans and beyond, fearing he might be witnessing the last days of a grand American railroading tradition. Instead, he found unexpected vigor and continuity--a lively, vital passenger rail system that reveals a side of America invisible from a car or from 30,000 feet up. Includes maps.
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George Scheer boarded Amtrak's Crescent in Greensboro, North Carolina, bound for New Orleans and beyond, fearing he might be witnessing the last days of a grand American railroading tradition. Instead, he found unexpected vigor and continuity--a lively, vital passenger rail system that reveals a side of America invisible from a car or from 30,000 feet up. Includes maps.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 6x1x9; No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. light edge wear to jacket and boards, slight soiling to page ends; In a time of super-saver airfares and midair traffic jams, George Scheer rode Amtrak's embattled passenger fleet for six weeks and 14, 000 miles, along nearly all the storied overland train routes, rediscovering what remained of a part of the American experience that is slowly passing into myth.
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Very good, very good. 24 cm, 300, illus. The story of a month and a half on the rails on Amtrak, following the routes of famous American trains--from the heat and torpor of New Orleans to the ice and snow of Montana, from New York to San Francisco, and all points in between.
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Fine in Fine dust jacket. 0945575408. Clean, pristine, gift quality! The excellent jacket is protected by a mylar Brodart cover. Fast shipping, with tracking number provided.; 300 pages.