Author: John Evans
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445682680
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 143
Book Description
A wonderfully evocative selection of unpublished images as John Evans explores this fascinating period of change in Britain's railway history.
Britain's Railways in Transition 1976-90
Author: John Evans
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445682680
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 143
Book Description
A wonderfully evocative selection of unpublished images as John Evans explores this fascinating period of change in Britain's railway history.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445682680
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 143
Book Description
A wonderfully evocative selection of unpublished images as John Evans explores this fascinating period of change in Britain's railway history.
British Rail Scene Remembered
Author: Andy Sparks
Publisher: History Press
ISBN: 9780750985758
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Photographs portraying the nostalgic, gritty years of the 1970s and early 1980s on Britain's railways
Publisher: History Press
ISBN: 9780750985758
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Photographs portraying the nostalgic, gritty years of the 1970s and early 1980s on Britain's railways
The Revolution Remembered
Author: John C. Dann
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226136240
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
A classic oral history of the American Revolution, The Revolution Remembered uses 79 first-hand accounts from veterans of the war to provide the reader with the feel of what it must have been like to fight and live through America's bloody battle for independence. "In a book fairly bursting with feats of daring, perhaps the most spectacular accomplishment of them all is this volume's transformation of its readers into the grandchildren of Revolutionary War soldiers. . . . An amazing gathering of 79 surrogate Yankee grandparents who tell us in their own words what they saw with their own eyes."—Elaine F. Weiss, Christian Science Monitor "Fascinating. . . . [The soldiers'] details fill in significant shadows of history."—Henry Kisor, Chicago Sun-Times "It's still good fun two centuries later, overhearing these experiences of the tumult of everyday life and seeing a front-lines view of one of the most unusual armies ever to fight, let alone win."—Richard Martin, Wall Street Journal "One of the most important primary source discoveries from the era. A unique and fresh perspective."—Paul G. Levine, Los Angeles Times
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226136240
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
A classic oral history of the American Revolution, The Revolution Remembered uses 79 first-hand accounts from veterans of the war to provide the reader with the feel of what it must have been like to fight and live through America's bloody battle for independence. "In a book fairly bursting with feats of daring, perhaps the most spectacular accomplishment of them all is this volume's transformation of its readers into the grandchildren of Revolutionary War soldiers. . . . An amazing gathering of 79 surrogate Yankee grandparents who tell us in their own words what they saw with their own eyes."—Elaine F. Weiss, Christian Science Monitor "Fascinating. . . . [The soldiers'] details fill in significant shadows of history."—Henry Kisor, Chicago Sun-Times "It's still good fun two centuries later, overhearing these experiences of the tumult of everyday life and seeing a front-lines view of one of the most unusual armies ever to fight, let alone win."—Richard Martin, Wall Street Journal "One of the most important primary source discoveries from the era. A unique and fresh perspective."—Paul G. Levine, Los Angeles Times
British Rail Scene
Author: Andy Sparks
Publisher: History Press
ISBN: 9780750970136
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Taking railway photographs and capturing an age of impressive locomotives and atmospheric stations is a pastime that the age of steam passed down through generations, even after its own decline in favour of diesel and electric traction. It was certainly one that avid teenage trainspotter Andy Sparks sought to take up, emulating the work of prized 1960s railway photographer Colin T. Gifford. But by the 1970s, when Andy's camera was at the ready and after Beeching's axe had come down on the British railway network, modernisation and rationalisation were rapidly sweeping away the vestiges of the previous age, and dereliction and decay intertwined much of what could be seen. Desperate to capture the scene, Andy took thousands of photographs from 1972 until the early 1980s, and his images beautifully convey the nostalgic, gritty years of that era of change on Britain's railways. From his lens to the pages of this book, this is a unique look at an oft-overlooked period of British railway history.
Publisher: History Press
ISBN: 9780750970136
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Taking railway photographs and capturing an age of impressive locomotives and atmospheric stations is a pastime that the age of steam passed down through generations, even after its own decline in favour of diesel and electric traction. It was certainly one that avid teenage trainspotter Andy Sparks sought to take up, emulating the work of prized 1960s railway photographer Colin T. Gifford. But by the 1970s, when Andy's camera was at the ready and after Beeching's axe had come down on the British railway network, modernisation and rationalisation were rapidly sweeping away the vestiges of the previous age, and dereliction and decay intertwined much of what could be seen. Desperate to capture the scene, Andy took thousands of photographs from 1972 until the early 1980s, and his images beautifully convey the nostalgic, gritty years of that era of change on Britain's railways. From his lens to the pages of this book, this is a unique look at an oft-overlooked period of British railway history.
British Railways Engineering, 1948-80
Author: John Johnson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
The Railway Magazine
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
The Oxford Companion to British Railway History from 1603 to the 1990s
Author: Jack Simmons
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 618
Book Description
This is the first encyclopedia to chart the progress of Britain's railway development. It begins with primitive 17th-century wagonways, fully considers the eras of horse, steam, diesel, and electric traction, and then charts the change from private to public ownership. Finally, it describes in detail the privatizations of the late 1990s. Over six hundred entries by eighty-eight expert contributors provide a comprehensive and unique reference to all aspects of railways.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 618
Book Description
This is the first encyclopedia to chart the progress of Britain's railway development. It begins with primitive 17th-century wagonways, fully considers the eras of horse, steam, diesel, and electric traction, and then charts the change from private to public ownership. Finally, it describes in detail the privatizations of the late 1990s. Over six hundred entries by eighty-eight expert contributors provide a comprehensive and unique reference to all aspects of railways.
HST
Author: ANDREW. ROYLE
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781910809983
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781910809983
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A Bibliography of British Railway History
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
A Night to Remember
Author: Walter Lord
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780805077643
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
A cloth bag containing eight copies of the title.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780805077643
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
A cloth bag containing eight copies of the title.