Rick Antonson Train Beyond the Mountains (Hardback)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Train Beyond the MountainsCondition: NewSubtitle: Journeys on the Rocky MountaineerAuthor: Rick AntonsonFormat: HardbackEAN: 9781771644860ISBN: 9781771644860Publisher: Greystone Books,CanadaGenre: Travel & TransportRelease Date: 04/20/2023Description: A captivating journey blending memoir, history, and biography that takes the reader on one of the world's most famous trains and tells of carving the dramatic route it follows, while pondering other international railways through the eyes of travellers past and present. Rick Antonson has ridden trains in more than thirty-five countries—but almost everything he thinks he knows about train travel changes when he boards the Rocky Mountaineer with his ten-year-old grandson, Riley. As they wind over trestles and through tunnels, each mile of track uncovers stories of dynamite and discovery, surveyors and schemers, explorers and visionaries, and the people who helped to build Canada against the odds of geography and politics. Surrounded by a wild landscape that sparks imagination, fellow passengers recount train travels in other countries, get nostalgic for the era of steam locomotives, and consider life’s unfinished journeys. Peppered with spirited dialogue, heartrending vignettes, and intriguing anecdotes, Train Beyond the Mountains is a travelogue with urgency: to make your travel dreams happen now. As one passenger muses, "The mistake we make is that we think we have time." Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: CAItem Height: 228mmItem Length: 152mmRelease Year: 2023 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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