Wet britches and muddy boots a history of travel in Victorian America
What was travel like in the 1880s? Was it easy to get from place to place? Were the rides comfortable? How long did journeys take? Wet Britches and Muddy Boots describes all forms of public transport from canal boats to oceangoing vessels, passenger trains to the overland stage. Trips over long dist...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bloomington :
Indiana University Press
2012.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Railroads past and present. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b30793221*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Transportation 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.
