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It seems difficult even to imagine the modern West without reference to its planes, trains, and automobiles. Freeways define modern Los Angeles, as Route 66 still recalls the freedom of the open road. Seattle, long home to Boeing, gave birth to jetliners such as the 707. And once trains with glamorous names like The Sunset Limited and The Great Northern Flyer carried passengers in posh luxury through the grand vistas of the West. Railways, highways, and skyways link landscapes both ordinary and sublime for tourists in search of scenic splendor, observes Carlos Arnaldo Schwantes. But those same corridors often leaven despair with opportunity for those who dream that the mobility brought by car, train, and plane will help them find better jobs or escape from their pasts.
Going Places looks at three major ways in which transportation has shaped the great Western landscape. There are the transformations brought about by a railroad right-of-way, highway corridors, waterways, and airports, and the larger impacts of transportation on the landscape, such as the development that followed the iron rails westward. Finally, Schwantes considers how travelers experience the passing landscape as framed by the windows of automobiles, passenger trains, and jetliners, and what that might mean. He examines the interconnections between railroad, highway, aviation, and waterways, and between society and modes of transportation. This masterful narrative travels the length and breadth of a vast space, with marvelous anecdotes and telling details that bring the story to life. More than 100 carefully selected photographs complement the text.
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Author Estes was born a slave and grew up to be one of the best chefs of his time, serving American presidents, European royalty, Pullman Private Car travelers, and numerous celebrities. Estes' 1911 text has been meticulously reproduced in facsimile, and 52 new photographs, illustrations and advertisements from the late 1800s and early 1900s to help illuminate Estes' life and culinary times. This book offers a variety recipes for culinary wonders as well as easily mainstream meals, some Southern delights, and a few Creole dishes are also included. 6 x 9, 140-page softcover includes 21 chapters and 591 recipes.
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Hymns of God's Love Author: Daniel Partner, Tracie Peterson Publisher: Barbour & Co; Book and CD edition (April 1, 2001)
For generations the great hymns of the faith, with their powerful lyrics and music, have moved Christians to greater love for, and commitment to, Christ. Often, the stories behind the hymns are equally powerful but mostly unknown. This full-color, 96-page, hardback gift book features the fascinating history of favorite hymns and comes with a compact disc of accompanying instrumental hymn music.
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John Norwood's Railroads Author: John Norwood Publisher: Heimburger House Publishing Company; (January 1996)
Recounting his experiences and the historical background of numerous standard and narrow gauge lines in the U.S. Norwood has packed this book with hundreds of photographs and vivid text. In remarkable detail he unfolds such railroads as RGS, Colorado and Southern, White Pass & Yukon, Uintah, DSP&P, D&RGW (standard gauge), GM&O, UP, SF, KCS, RI, Frisco, CG&Q and NP in this 192-page, hardcover book.
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How to Identify, Date and Restore Old Railroad, Marine, Fire, Carriage, Farm and Other Lanterns. The first comprehensive guide to American outdoor portable lanterns this book provides information available nowhere else, drawn from long-forgotten 19th Century manufacturers' archives and other primary sources. This 6 x 9 softbound contains 400 black and white illustrations. An essential reference.
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Old Railroad, Marine, Fire, Carriage, Farm & Other Lanterns. The second book in the series with all new material. Comprehensive information, found nowhere else, is included on many lantern companies (different than those in the first volume). This softbound 6 x 9 book with 350 black & white illustrations is in the same popular style as the first.
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History and recipes of New Haven Railroad's fabulous Dining Car Department from its earliest years until 1969. The people, trains, cars, china, silverware, menus, advertising, and recipes of this fine service are detailed in this fascinating and well researched work.
New Haven was justifiably famous for its fine food on its great fleet of trains. Included are many actual recipes that show the variety of the line's food, served for so many years to so many travelers in the Northeastern U. S.
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