Hear that train whistle blow! : how the railroad changed the world /

Meltzer, Milton, 1915-2009,

Hear that train whistle blow! : how the railroad changed the world / Milton Meltzer. - First edition - 157 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. - Landmark books . - Landmark books. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-146) and index.

Takes a look at the history of rail transportation, focussing on how it transformed societies from isolated communities which rarely communicated or traded into unified nations.

037591563X (lib. bdg.) 0375815635 (trade) 0375829229 (pbk.)

2003013255


Railroads--History--United States--Juvenile literature.
Railroads--Social aspects--United States--Juvenile literature.
Railroads--History--Juvenile literature.
Railroads--Social aspects--Juvenile literature.
Railroads--History.
Railroads--Social aspects.

HE2751 / .M395 2004

385/.0973/09034