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Author: Christopher McGowan
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Imprint: Columbia University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.60cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.666kg
ISBN: 9780231134743
ISBN 10: 0231134746
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 10 November 2004
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Language: English
Reviews
You don't have to be a railroad fanatic to find this book fascinating... The story of the trials themselves is delightful and readable. A surprising, but pleasing recommendation. -- Popular Science A fascinating story that anyone with even the smallest interest in the steam locomotive will enjoy... a pleasurable and highly informative read. -- Ink This is a narrative history at its best. -- The Good Read Accessible to general readers...appropriate for libraries with larger railroad history collections. -- Library Journal This book, an excellent example of the genre... Highly recommended -- Choice McGowan captures the genesis of the railway age. -- Frederick C. Gamst, Technology and Culture An excellent resource for those who want to know more about the developments that led to the creation of the first locomotives. -- Marsh Wilkinson Jones, Historian
You don't have to be a railroad fanatic to find this book fascinating.... The story of the trials themselves is delightful and readable. A surprising, but pleasing recommendation. * Popular Science * A fascinating story that anyone with even the smallest interest in the steam locomotive will enjoy... a pleasurable and highly informative read. * Ink * This is a narrative history at its best. * The Good Read * Accessible to general readers...appropriate for libraries with larger railroad history collections. -- Lawrence R. Maxted * Library Journal * This book, an excellent example of the genre... Highly recommended * Choice * McGowan captures the genesis of the railway age. -- Frederick C. Gamst * Technology and Culture * An excellent resource for those who want to know more about the developments that led to the creation of the first locomotives. -- Marsh Wilkinson Jones * Historian *
Author Information
Christopher McGowan is the author of several books, including A Practical Guide to Vertebrate Mechanics; Dinosaurs, Spitfires, and Sea Dragons; The Raptor and the Lamb: Predators and Prey in the Living World; and The Dragon Seekers: The Discovery of Dinosaurs During the Prelude to Darwin. He recently retired from the Department of Paleobiology at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Canada, and is a professor in the Department of Zoology at the University of Toronto.
