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From Covered Wagon to Streamliner by Edward Hungerford HC 1941 64 pages
From Covered Wagon to Streamliner by Edward Hungerford HARD COVER 1941 64 pages. Many illustrations.
MAN'S progress in getting from place to place with his bags and belongings is a subject of almost blatant interest. Whoever has traveled has triumphed and suffered. In this book we have the story of a nation's experiences on the road, told by a famous authority and backed by the indisputable testimony of the camera's eye.
It is the engrossing saga of the American trek to the west, from the first appearance of the picturesque but practical Conestoga wagon to the latest gimcrack of the luxurious streamliner. It is a story of infinite inventiveness, fanatical courage, and occasional outrageous chicanery. It catches alike the latest nuance of chromium design and the classic fact that nearly all the railroads of the modern world had their gauge set by the chariots of ancient Rome. It narrates the thrilling race of Peter Cooper's dwarf locomotive, TOM Thumb, whose boiler flues were made of rifle barrels, against a horse whose flues must have been better; it tells, through text and picture, of the glorious-and probably sleepless-nights on the early Pullman, whose equipment included not only overstuffed chairs and rare wood inlays, but a concert melodeon in the aisle.
In short, here is the always-alive and often fabulous drama of transportation in America, presented in all its dignity and all its fun.
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