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At the age of 52 and with a shoestring budget, Peter Millar set about rediscovering the United States by following the last traces of the technological wonder that created the country in the first place - the railroad. On a rail network now ravaged and reduced, he managed to cross the continent in slow motion, talking to people and taking in their stories and concerns while watching the vast landscape unfold. Wry, witty, intelligent and always observant, his account will appeal to modern Britons keen to get beneath the skin of this influential nation.

All Gone to Look for America: Riding the Iron Horse Across a Continent (and Back)

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At the age of 52 and with a shoestring budget, Peter Millar set about rediscovering the United States by following... Read more

    Publisher: Quercus Publishing
    Publication Date: 21/06/2012
    ISBN13: 9781906413965, 978-1906413965
    ISBN10: 1906413967

    Number of Pages: 336

    Non Fiction , Travel & Transport

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    At the age of 52 and with a shoestring budget, Peter Millar set about rediscovering the United States by following the last traces of the technological wonder that created the country in the first place - the railroad. On a rail network now ravaged and reduced, he managed to cross the continent in slow motion, talking to people and taking in their stories and concerns while watching the vast landscape unfold. Wry, witty, intelligent and always observant, his account will appeal to modern Britons keen to get beneath the skin of this influential nation.

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