About this title: George Scheer boarded Amtrak's Crescent in Greensboro, North Carolina, bound for New Orleans and beyond, fearing he might be witnessing the last days of a grand American railroading tradition. Instead, he found unexpected vigor and continuity--a lively, vital passenger rail system that reveals a side of America invisible from a car or from 30,000 ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780945575405ISBN:0945575408
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 300 p. Contains: Illustrations. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers! Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: 1st Edition, 1st Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Algonquin Books, Chapel Hill
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780945575405ISBN:0945575408
Description: Book is Fine. Dust jacket is Very Good, except has a large piece missing top of rear cover, price not clipped. 1.2 x 6.8 x 9.5 inches. 300 pages. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Algonquin Books at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780945575405ISBN:0945575408
Description: Fine Hardback. Fine Dustjacket. 6 x 9" A solid copy; author photo laid in; ----------SATISFACTION GUARANTEED---------FAST, COURTEOUS SERVICE------ALL DUSTJACKETS ARE COVERED WITH NEW CLEAR MYLAR PROTECTOR----- read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Algonquin Books, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780945575405ISBN:0945575408
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. read more
Edition: First edition. first printing has review copy letter laid in.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780945575405ISBN:0945575408
Description: Fine in fine dust jacket. book and jacket are in like new condition. 300 p.; 1.14" x 9.31" x 6.31". read more
Binding: First
Publisher: Algonquin Books/Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780945575405ISBN:0945575408
Description: very good, very good. 24 cm, 300, illus. The story of a month and a half on the rails on Amtrak, following the routes of famous American trains--from the heat and torpor of New Orleans to the ice and snow of Montana, from New York to San Francisco, and all points in between. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Date Published: 1991-04
ISBN-13:9780945575405ISBN:0945575408
Description: New. 1991 Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill Hardcover First Edition, First Printing. New and in perfect condition. Gift Quality! Pages are crisp and clean with a tight spine. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
ISBN-13:9780945575405ISBN:0945575408
Description: Good. Book shows minor use. Cover and Binding have minimal wear and the pages have only minimal creases. A tradition of southern quality and service. All books guaranteed at the Atlanta Book Company. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
ISBN-13:9780945575405ISBN:0945575408
Description: Good. Ex-Library Book-will contain Library Markings. Light shelving wear with minimal damage to cover and bindings. Pages show minor use. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
ISBN-13:9780945575405ISBN:0945575408
Description: Good. Light shelving wear with minimal damage to cover and bindings. Pages show minor use. Help save a tree. Buy all your used books from Green Earth Books. Read. Recycle and Reuse! read more
Edition: 1st ed
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Algonquin Books, Chapel Hill, NC
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780945575405ISBN:0945575408
Description: VG in VG price-clipped dj. Hardback (black cloth spine/orange boards). 300 pp. Author's 1 1/2 month trip on American passenger trains. read more
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780945575405ISBN:0945575408
Description: Fine in Fine dust jacket. 0945575408. 1.25 x 9.5 x 6.75 Inches; 300 pages; A Journey Through America. read more
Description: Algonquin Books; 1st Edition; Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket. 0945575408. Lightly worn boards in like dust jacket. Small stain on shelf foredge.; A story of a month and a half on the rails on Amtrak, following the routes of the famous American trains.; 8vo; 300 pages; Description and travel Essays & Travelogues Railroad travel Railroads-General Social life and customs Travel Travel-United States United States United States-General Journeys Scheer, George. read more
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