Writing the Rails; Train Adventures By the World's Best-Loved Writers
Language: English
Published by Black Dog and Leventhal Publishers, Inc., New York, 2001
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Dave Shoots, Bookseller, Saint John, NB, CanadaDave Shoots, Bookseller
AbeBooks seller since November 5, 2002
Condition: Used - Near fine
US$ 15.00
Quantity: 1 available
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Blue paper boards backed in grey cloth. Faultless book and DJ. Edited by Edward C. Goodman. My guess is that the previous owner was more interested in hardware than literature, for how could he resist Fanny Kemble, Walt Whitman, Mark Twain, and dozens oif other internationally-known writers whose train experiences are sampled here ? 368 pp. with index. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Seller Inventory # 012676
- Title
- Writing the Rails; Train Adventures By the World's Best-Loved Writers
- Author
- Various Authors
- Publisher
- Black Dog and Leventhal Publishers, Inc., New York
- Publication year
- 2001
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- Near Fine
- Book Type
- Book
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1579122051
- ISBN 13
- 9781579122058
- Illustrator
- Drawings
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- Travel
The stories, essays, historic accounts, poetry, songs and other pieces that comprise this impressive anthology have been carefully selected from the widest range of sources to reflect the glories of travel by rail, from the Orient Express to the New York City subway. So many of the world's great writers have celebrated train travel, and here they are in one collection-Mary McCarthy on the Italian railways; Paul Theroux on the old Patagonia Express; Lewis Carroll from Through the Looking Glass; F. Scott Fitzgerald from Tender Is the Night; Ian Fleming, Walt Whitman, Carl Sandburg, Langston Hughes, Rudyard Kipling-by turns funny, exciting and moving, and a joy to read throughout.
Whether your true love is travel, great literature or trains, you'll get lost in this eclectic and exotic compilation that extends to all parts of the globe and deep into the imaginations of our finest writers.
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Dave Shoots, Bookseller
Saint John, NB, Canada
AbeBooks seller since November 5, 2002
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We specialize in old hardcovers, and also have an extensive selection of local/Maritimes history. On December 31, 2023, we were forced to close our 23-year-old bricks and mortar bookstore due to a change in the building's ownership. We now operate online from our home (order pickup by appointment only).
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Dave Shoots, Bookseller
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