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Item Details
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APPLETON'S RAILWAY GUIDE TO THE USA AND CANADA
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| By: |
D. Appleton |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£10.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1471159949 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781471159947 |
| Publisher: |
SIMON & SCHUSTER LTD |
| Pub. date: |
8 September, 2016 |
| Pages: |
640 |
| Description: |
Appleton's Guide to the United States & Canada was published in two volumes, describing the variety of attractions offered in each town and city the railway traveler would encounter along it's many routes. As with many guide books of the period, they vanished into history as routes and destinations became less popular and new guide books took their place. Both these volumes became collector's items due to their rarity, until now. |
| Synopsis: |
Collector's item, landmark in the history of the American tour guide, snapshot of North American in the 1870s - Appleton's Handbook warrants a unique place on the `must buy' booklist of any traveller, railway enthusiast, historian or americanaphile. Originally produced as the railway networks of the United States of America and Canada were stretching across the vast continent, and as tourism by rail became a serious pastime for the burgeoning middle classes, it was the first tourist guide specifically organized around railway journeys, and to this day offers a glimpse through the carriage window of a continent lost to history. This is a facsimile of the actual book - often referred to as 'Appleton's Guide' - that inspired the Great American Railroad Journeys television series with Michael Portillo, possibly the only surviving example of the 1879 edition. It is an exact copy with a removable belly-band. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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