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Author : Stan Cohen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780933126435
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)
Download or read book Rails Across the Tundra written by Stan Cohen and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pictorial history of the railroad.
Author : Ken C. Brovald
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780933126213
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)
Download or read book Alaska's Wilderness Rails written by Ken C. Brovald and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pictorial review of the Alaska Railroad between 1975 and 1981.
Author : Ken C. Brovald
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)
Download or read book Alaska's Wilderness Rails written by Ken C. Brovald and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Russ Schneider
Publisher : Random House Digital, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0345475852
Total Pages : 477 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)
Download or read book Siege written by Russ Schneider and published by Random House Digital, Inc.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chilling and authentic historical novel.
Author : Steve Levi
Publisher : Publication Consultants
ISBN 13 : 1637472145
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)
Download or read book A Rat’s Nest of Rails written by Steve Levi and published by Publication Consultants. This book was released on 2008-05-15 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: That the Alaska Railroad was ever built is astonishing. It was constructed over the most treacherous terrain in the world during the most violent political era in US history. The workforce included anarchists, Bolsheviks, socialists, syndicalists, and labor union organizers against the backdrops of the First World War, Spanish Influenza, the Russian Revolution, American troops in Siberia to keep Russian Socialism from our shore, Japan's relentless gobbling of colonies from Southeast Asia to Siberia, and the Great Red Scare. It was built by the United States military to supply the United States Navy with coal and, in the process, closed coal mining in the Territory of Alaska – to the great anger of the private sector. Then there were the scammers, land speculators, Natives and their land claims, blacks and discrimination, sedition, wages in scrip, permafrost, freezeup/breakup, ration stamps, and environmental damage. A Rate's Nest of Rails is an in-the-weeds look at what it took to construct the only government-funded railway in American history.
Download or read book Popular Mechanics written by and published by . This book was released on 1992-06 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popular Mechanics inspires, instructs and influences readers to help them master the modern world. Whether it’s practical DIY home-improvement tips, gadgets and digital technology, information on the newest cars or the latest breakthroughs in science -- PM is the ultimate guide to our high-tech lifestyle.
Author : Paul R. Josephson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0197698395
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)
Download or read book Hero Projects written by Paul R. Josephson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024-01-31 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Hero Projects, Paul R. Josephson traces how, over the last one hundred years, the Russian tsars, commissars, and oligarchs embraced megaprojects to create the world's largest empire. Built by peasants, gulag prisoners, and Communist volunteers, the projects are wide-ranging and numerous--including nuclear power stations, pipelines across the tundra, railroads from Europe to the Pacific Ocean, and hydropower stations and canals. Sweeping in scope, Hero Projects establishes the strong continuities in political culture in Russian history; reshapes the meaning of empire, extending it to include internal colonization; and expands environmental and social history through the study of big technology.
Author : William D. Middleton
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253027993
Total Pages : 1296 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of North American Railroads written by William D. Middleton and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2007-04-06 with total page 1296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lavishly illustrated and a joy to read, this authoritative reference work on the North American continent’s railroads covers the U.S., Canadian, Mexican, Central American, and Cuban systems. The encyclopedia’s over-arching theme is the evolution of the railroad industry and the historical impact of its progress on the North American continent. This thoroughly researched work examines the various aspects of the industry’s development: technology, operations, cultural impact, the evolution of public policy regarding the industry, and the structural functioning of modern railroads. More than 500 alphabetical entries cover a myriad of subjects, including numerous entries profiling the principal companies, suppliers, manufacturers, and individuals influencing the history of the rails. Extensive appendices provide data regarding weight, fuel, statistical trends, and more, as well as a list of 130 vital railroad books. Railfans will treasure this indispensable work.
Author : Oliver Bullough
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141967625
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Last Man in Russia written by Oliver Bullough and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2013-04-04 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Oliver Bullough, the acclaimed author of the Orwell Prize-shortlisted, Let Our Fame Be Great, a study - part travelogue, part political analysis - of a nation in crisis The Last Man in Russia is a portrait of the country like no other; a quest to understand the soul of Russia. Award-winning writer Oliver Bullough travels the country from crowded Moscow train to empty windswept village, following in the footsteps of one extraordinary man, the dissident Orthodox priest Father Dmitry. His moving, terrifying story is the story of a nation: famine, war, the frozen wastes of the Gulag, the collapse of communism and now, a people seeking oblivion. Bullough shows that in a country so willing to crush its citizens, there is also courage, resilience and flickering glimmers of hope. 'Brisk, lucid style ... skilful interweaving of historical context with his own rich experience of Russia. [Bullough] has a talent for sketching the people he meets, often administering a welcome dose of humour ... and he appreciates the absurd, in the best Russian tradition ... an ambitious and wide-ranging journey' Arthur House, Sunday Telegraph 'An extraordinary portrait of a nation struggling to shed its past and find peace with itself' Anthony Sattin, Sunday Times Oliver Bullough studied modern history at Oxford University and moved to Russia after graduating in 1999. He lived in St Petersburg, Bishkek and Moscow over the next seven years, travelling widely as a reporter for Reuters news agency. He is now the Caucasus Editor for the Institute of War and Peace Reporting. His first book, Let Our Fame Be Great: Journeys Among the Defiant People of the Caucasus, received the Cornelius Ryan award in the United States and was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize in Britain. Oliver Bullough received the Oxfam Emerging Writer award in 2011.
Author : Kirkpatrick Hill
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
ISBN 13 : 1627792538
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)
Download or read book Bo at Iditarod Creek written by Kirkpatrick Hill and published by Henry Holt and Company (BYR). This book was released on 2014-12-09 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever since five-year-old Bo can remember, she and her papas have lived in the little Alaskan mining town of Ballard Creek. Now the family must move upriver to Iditarod Creek for work at a new mine, and Bo is losing the only home she's ever known. Initially homesick, she soon realizes that there is warmth and friendship to be found everywhere . . . and what's more, her new town may hold an unexpected addition to her already unconventional family. As with Bo at Ballard Creek, this stand-alone sequel is a story about love, inclusion, and day-to-day living in the rugged Alaskan bush of the late 1920s. Full of fascinating details, it is an unforgettable story.
