Train - Riding the Rails That Created the Modern World: from the Trans

An epic and revelatory narrative of the most important transportation technology of the modern world In his wide-ranging and entertaining new book, Tom Zoellner--coauthor of the New York Times -bestselling An Ordinary Man --travels the globe to tell the story of the sociological and economic impact of the railway technology that transformed the world--and could very well change it again. From the frigid trans-Siberian railroad to the antiquated Indian Railways to the Japanese-style bullet trains, Zoellner offers a stirring story of this most indispensable form of travel. A masterful narrative history, Train also explores the sleek elegance of railroads and their hypnotizing rhythms, and explains how locomotives became living symbols of sex, death, power, and romance.

Product details

• Authors: Tom Zoellner
• Publisher: Penguin Books USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.10.2014
• EAN: 9780143126348
• ISBN: 978-0-14-312634-8
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 215 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Sport; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales > World, Arctic, Antarctic