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020 _a9780253005588
020 _z9780253356963 (cl : alk. paper)
040 _aMdBmJHUP
_cMdBmJHUP
_dBD-SySUS.
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050 0 0 _aHE203
_b.W45 2012
082 0 0 _a388.0973/09034
_223
100 1 _aWhite, John H.,
_d1933-
245 1 0 _aWet britches and muddy boots
_h[electronic resource] :
_ba history of travel in Victorian America /
_cJohn H. White, Jr.
260 _aBloomington :
_bIndiana University Press,
_c2012.
_e(Baltimore, Md. :
_fProject MUSE,
_g2015)
300 _a1 online resource (544 p.)
490 0 _aRailroads past and present
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aTransportation for hire: from human burden to taxis -- Down that long and dusty road : stagecoach travel in America -- The omnibus : travel for 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.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 _aTransportation
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y19th century.
650 0 _aTravel
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y19th century.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
710 2 _aProject Muse.
830 0 _aUPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
856 4 0 _zFull text available:
_uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780253005588/
942 _2Dewey Decimal Classification
_ceBooks
999 _c34834
_d34834