{"product_id":"we-took-the-train-9780875801568","title":"We Took the Train","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): H. Roger Grant\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Northern Illinois University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Railroads - History\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this illustrated collection, H. Roger Grant, one of America's leading railroad historians, brings together a rich assortment of personal accounts of train travel in the United States since the dawn of railroading. The twenty-one accounts included here tell of the excitement, the romance, the difficulties, and sometimes the danger of traveling by train. Together they present a lively picture of the great changes that have taken place since the 1830s. Some describe wild rides on high-speed raceways, while others recount arduous trips on rickety branch lines. Rail travel at its most luxurious is recreated--the elegant Pullman sleeping berths, the fine parlor and observation cars--as are some of the more grim journeys of troops, itinerant workers, and prisoners of war in squalid boxcars. Binding these accounts together is an enduring fascination with the rails.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Northern Illinois University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45124637196439,"sku":"9780875801568","price":3221.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780875801568.webp?v=1767278252","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/we-took-the-train-9780875801568","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}