Travel
Bobbie Kalman
Etchings with descriptive text provide a look at various modes of transportation--boats, sleighs, coaches, railroads, and even horseless carriages--of the past.
Read Time: ~4.8 hr
The lunatic express
by Carl Hoffman (2010)
About this book
Hoffman takes readers around the globe the way most people experience it and provides an up-close-and-personal view of its most teeming cities and remotest places. An eye-opening look at how welcoming the everyday people of the world can be to a complete stranger.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreThe lunatic express Lead Character
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