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Wet britches and muddy boots : a history of travel in Victorian America

紀錄類型:	書目-電子資源 : 單行本
副題名:	a history of travel in Victorian America
作者:	WhiteJohn H., 1933-
其他團體作者:	Project Muse
出版地:	Bloomington
出版者:	Indiana University Press;
出版年:	2012
面頁冊數:	1 online resource (544 p.).
集叢名:	Railroads past and present
標題:	Transportation - History - United States - 19th century -
標題:	Travel - History - United States - 19th century -
電子資源:	http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780253005588/
附註:	Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:	9780253005588electronic bk.
ISBN:	9780253356963hbk.
內容註:	Transportation for hire: from human burden to taxis -- Down that long and dusty road : stagecoach travel in America -- The omnibus : travelfor all citizens -- Streetcars : that most democratic conveyance -- Ferryboats : crossing the rivers and bays -- Canals : the low and slow way to go -- River steamers : white swans on the inland rivers -- Lake steamers : on the inland sea -- Coastal and sound steamers : close to shore -- Ocean sail : at the mercy of the wind -- Ocean steam : the triumph of technology -- Emigrant travel : a nation of nations -- Passenger trains : coach class -- Passenger trains : first class -- Appendix : Travel words and tales

Wet britches and muddy boots : a history of travel in Victorian America
White, John H.

Wet britches and muddy boots : a history of travel in Victorian America / John H. White, Jr - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (544 p.).. - (Railroads past and present).
Transportation for hire: from human burden to taxis -- Down that long and dusty road : stagecoach travel in America -- The omnibus : travelfor all citizens -- Streetcars : that most democratic conveyance -- Ferryboats : crossing the rivers and bays -- Canals : the low and slow way to go -- River steamers : white swans on the inland rivers -- Lake steamers : on the inland sea -- Coastal and sound steamers : close to shore -- Ocean sail : at the mercy of the wind -- Ocean steam : the triumph of technology -- Emigrant travel : a nation of nations -- Passenger trains : coach class -- Passenger trains : first class -- Appendix : Travel words and tales.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 9780253005588ISBN 9780253356963
TransportationTravel -- History -- History -- United States -- United States -- 19th century -- 19th century

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