The President Travels by Train: Politics and Pullmans - Hardcover
by Bob Withers
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Echo Point Books & MediaISBN-13:9781635610581ISBN-10:1635610583UPC:9781635610581Book Category:Transportation, Technology & EngineeringBook Subcategory:Railroads, Engineering (General)Book Topic:History, PictorialSize:11.00 x 8.50 x 1.00 inchesWeight:2.9432Product ID:SC1ECCK46F
The President Travels by Train: Politics and Pullmans
For much of U.S. history, a private Pullman car on a special train was the equivalent of today's Air Force One for the president--allowing the most powerful man in the nation to conduct business wherever he was needed.
From John Quincy Adams-the first U.S. president to ride a train-to Bill Clinton's more recent journeys aboard the rails, this book documents presidential travel over the years in...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Echo Point Books & MediaISBN-13:9781635610581ISBN-10:1635610583UPC:9781635610581Book Category:Transportation, Technology & EngineeringBook Subcategory:Railroads, Engineering (General)Book Topic:History, PictorialSize:11.00 x 8.50 x 1.00 inchesWeight:2.9432Product ID:SC1ECCK46F
Withers, Bob: - "Bob Withers, 72, has written, co-written, edited or contributed to 27 books, dozens of free-lance magazine articles, and hwidreds of newspaper articles about railroads, steamboats, and historical subjects. His first book, The President Travels by Train, was published in 1996 and he has kept it up to date with a supplement that can be inserted into lhe book. He retired from The...
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