{"title":"Transportation","description":"The Transportation American history books series recognizes the ingenuity and determination evident in the history of transportation and commerce.Wind down \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.arcadiapublishing.com\/Products\/9781467138864\"\u003eSouth Carolina country roads\u003c\/a\u003e or take a trip up the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.arcadiapublishing.com\/Products\/9781467135795\"\u003eBeartooth Highway\u003c\/a\u003e. Board the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.arcadiapublishing.com\/Products\/9781467137775\"\u003eGeorgia Railroad\u003c\/a\u003e or join the California gold rush by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.arcadiapublishing.com\/Products\/9781626192546\"\u003estagecoach\u003c\/a\u003e. From \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.arcadiapublishing.com\/Products\/9781467138079\"\u003eConnecticut river ferries\u003c\/a\u003e to the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.arcadiapublishing.com\/Products\/9781626197077\"\u003estreetcars of Florida’s coast\u003c\/a\u003e, these American transportation books take readers on a journey through the past to the present. ","products":[{"product_id":"the-mount-washington-cog-railway-9781609491963","title":"The Mount Washington Cog Railway","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe surpsing story of the Cog Railway on Mount Washington, and how one eccentric man's dream paved the way.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn July 3, 1869, the three-and-one-third-mile track leading to the summit of picturesque Mount Washington opened for public use. Once, only those daring enough to scale the 6,288 feet could enjoy the splendor of the scenery, but now everyone could journey to the summit using the invention of retired businessman Sylvester Marsh, who dreamed of this mountainous mode of transportation. Created at the height of the age of rail, the Cog Railway continues to chug up the mountain and into the hearts of tourists each year. Local historian Bruce D. Heald ties the history of its construction together with the grand romance of the railway as they triumphantly converge at the top of Mount Washington.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dr. Bruce D. Heald","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49480807809320,"sku":"9781609491963","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/0138\/5256\/files\/9781609491963.jpg?v=1786586959"},{"product_id":"butterfields-byway-9781626194878","title":"Butterfield's Byway","description":"John Butterfield's mail service connected the East and West Coasts in one of the great entrepreneurial and pioneering stories of the American West. Until 1858, California's gold fields were reached only by horseback, wagon or ship around Cape Horn. Congress decided a 2,800-mile, twenty-five-day stagecoach line would roll from St. Louis to San Francisco. Former Utica, New York mayor Butterfield hired one thousand men and bought 1,200 horses, 600 mules and 250 wagons. Surveying the wilderness, he built roads and two hundred way stations, graded river fords and dug one hundred wells. Join author Melody Groves on a cross-country trip from Missouri to California, and all points in between, as she recounts the Butterfield Stage Line's amazing odyssey.","brand":"Melody Groves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49480831336744,"sku":"9781626194878","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/0138\/5256\/files\/9781626194878_99392601-4ecc-4833-88b2-13e1835d47b4.jpg?v=1786587105"},{"product_id":"the-clinchfield-no-1-9781626195967","title":"The Clinchfield No. 1","description":"As general manager for Erwin, Tennessee-based Clinchfield Railroad, Thomas D. Moore found an eighty-six-year-old vintage 4-6-0 ten-wheeler steam engine--the Clinchfield No. 1. Miraculously, the engine had escaped the cutter's torch when, in the mid-1950s, the railroad retired its steam fleet, shuttered passenger service and embraced the diesel era. Moore wanted the No. 1 fully restored and its long life on the rails--which had included being the first train to reach the victims of the 1889 Johnstown, Pennsylvania flood--celebrated as a goodwill ambassador for the railroad. The revived Clinchfield No. 1 led beloved excursion trains that visited seven state capitals, bringing joy to passengers from the Appalachian Mountains to Tampa, Florida. Join authors Mark A. Stevens and A.J. Alf Peoples on the journey of the real-life little engine that could.","brand":"Mark A. Stevens","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49480843198760,"sku":"9781626195967","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/0138\/5256\/files\/9781626195967_78791f14-aead-4e66-bf4e-8945b8ccda22.jpg?v=1786586995"},{"product_id":"taming-big-sky-country-9781626198524","title":"Taming Big Sky Country","description":"Drives this breathtaking did not come easy. Cruising down Montana's scenic highways, it's easy to forget that traveling from here to there once was a genuine adventure. The state's major routes evolved from ancient Native American trails into four-lane expressways in a little over a century. That story is one of difficult, groundbreaking and sometimes poor engineering decisions, as well as a desire to make a journey faster, safer and more comfortable. It all started in 1860, when John Mullan hacked a wagon road over the formidable Rocky Mountains to Fort Benton. It continued until the last section of interstate highway opened to traffic in 1988. Montana Department of Transportation historian Jon Axline charts a road trip through the colorful and inspiring history of trails, roads and superhighways in Big Sky Country.","brand":"Jon Axline","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49480920629544,"sku":"9781626198524","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/0138\/5256\/files\/9781626198524.jpg?v=1786586953"},{"product_id":"travel-history-of-marthas-vineyard-a-9781467140003","title":"Travel History of Martha's Vineyard, A","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe story of Vineyard transportation and the story of evolution and innovation.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eGetting to Martha's Vineyard has never been easy. Native Americans built canoes for the journey, and early settlers crossed Vineyard Sound in small sailing packets. Steamships dramatically changed island life. On the island, the horse-drawn trolley evolved into the electric trolley. Tourists and residents crowded railroads until they were replaced by the automobile. The story of Vineyard transportation is the story of an evolution of man and machine, of opportunity and necessity, of dependence and cooperative efforts. Join local historian Tom Dresser as he traces the changes in island living brought about by these transportation innovations.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thomas Dresser","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49480945598760,"sku":"9781467140003","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/0138\/5256\/files\/9781467140003.jpg?v=1786587206"},{"product_id":"streetcars-of-floridas-first-coast-9781626197077","title":"Streetcars of Florida's First Coast","description":"In the late 1800s, a new method to power streetcars ushered Florida's First Coast cities into the modern era. Earlier travelers moved around town on hay burners, but after the very first electric-powered trolley cruised up Jacksonville's Main Street in 1893, railways cropped up throughout the region. When the new railroad terminal opened in 1919, it handled millions of passengers, becoming the hub of the streetcar system and the largest railroad station in the South. With almost sixty miles of track, the Jacksonville Traction Company was the largest streetcar system in Florida. Award-winning author and historian Robert W. Mann chronicles the story behind Florida's bygone streetcar epoch and the dramatic history of city builders, financiers, organized labor, civil rights, fire, fever, nabobs and railway men.","brand":"Robert W. Mann","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49471439307048,"sku":"9781626197077","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/0138\/5256\/files\/9781626197077.jpg?v=1786586955"},{"product_id":"cincinnatis-incomplete-subway-9781596298958","title":"Cincinnati's Incomplete Subway","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLocal author Jacob R. Mecklenborg reveals a fresh, thought-provoking, full examination of the Cincinnati subway's demise and what its future might hold.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat of those ghostly catacombs that lie dormant below city streets? Those subway tunnels, never finished, never filled with the screeches of trains and the busy commotion of commuters. Just there. Dead. You've heard of the subway's demise. The tunnels were too narrow. The city was too broke. A grand miscalculation. Well, most of what you've heard is, sorry to say, untrue. The popular story of the subway's demise is myth-laden and as incomplete as the original plan. The full story, long buried in mounds of public records dispersed in libraries, is now exposed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jacob R. Mecklenborg","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49480955789608,"sku":"9781596298958","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/0138\/5256\/files\/9781596298958.jpg?v=1786587082"},{"product_id":"the-blue-ridge-tunnel-9781626194212","title":"The Blue Ridge Tunnel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTold through the eyes of three Irish immigrant families who helped build it, discover the groundbreaking story of the  construction of the Blue Ridge Tunnel.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn one of the greatest engineering feats of his time, Claudius Crozet led the completion of Virginia's Blue Ridge Tunnel in 1858. Two centuries later, the National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark still proudly stands, but the stories and lives of those who built it are the true lasting triumph. Irish immigrants fleeing the Great Hunger poured into America resolute for something to call their own. They would persevere through life in overcrowded shanties and years of blasting through rock to see the tunnel to completion. Prolific author Mary E. Lyons follows three Irish families in their struggle to build Crozet's famed tunnel and their American dream.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mary E. Lyons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49480981610792,"sku":"9781626194212","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/0138\/5256\/files\/9781626194212.jpg?v=1786587047"},{"product_id":"ohio-train-disasters-9781626192584","title":"Ohio Train Disasters","description":"In nearly a century of heavy rail travel in Ohio, a dozen train accidents stand out as the most horrific. In the bitter cold, just after Christmas 1876, eleven cars plunged seventy-five feet into the frigid water below. The stoves burst into flames, burning to death all who were not killed by the fall. Fires cut short the lives of forty-three people in the head-on Doodlebug collision in Cuyahoga Falls in 1940 and eleven people in a train wreck near Dresden in 1912. Author Jane Ann Turzillo unearths these red-hot stories of ill-fated passengers, heroic trainmen and the wrecking crews who faced death and destruction on Ohio's rails.","brand":"Jane Ann Turzillo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49480997470504,"sku":"9781626192584","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/0138\/5256\/files\/9781626192584.jpg?v=1786587162"},{"product_id":"history-of-maine-railroads-a-9781467145299","title":"History of Maine Railroads, A","description":"Maine is populated with intriguing characters who set in motion a fascinating, compelling story of railroads and the unique communities they helped to build. One of the first states to build railroads and trolleys in the United States, Maine at one point had more than ninety communities with trolleys. Standard-gauge and “two-footers” crossed the state, including the St. Lawrence \u0026amp; Atlantic and the Bangor \u0026amp; Aroostook. From an international electric trolley to the attempted World War I dynamiting of a railroad bridge between the United States and Canada, the state is home to a rich rail heritage. Join Bill Kenny as he takes you on a journey from the first tracks made of wood to today’s high-speed Downeaster Amtrak train.","brand":"Charles L. (Bill) Kenny","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49475054469416,"sku":"9781467145299","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/0138\/5256\/files\/9781467145299_7c64194b-967f-4736-9bb5-76e1e4f72905.jpg?v=1786587057"},{"product_id":"virginia-by-stagecoach-9781467141017","title":"Virginia by Stagecoach","description":"Travel in old Virginia was many things, but it was never dull. Stagecoaches were the primary means of transport, carrying mail as well as passengers. Trips that now take hours lasted for days. Coach trips could be dangerous, and all-hands situations arose quickly. A traveler might need to apply horsemanship, carpentry, leather-mending or the sheer brawny effort of shoving the coach out of a muddy ditch. Inns across the state catered to stagecoach riders and acted as community gathering places. Some still stand, like the Rising Sun Tavern in Fredericksburg and Michie Tavern in Charlottesville. Author Virginia Johnson relates tales of those wild early days on the road.","brand":"Virginia C. C. Johnson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49481024274728,"sku":"9781467141017","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/0138\/5256\/files\/9781467141017_255017d8-2e75-4b82-95d6-bb5143610aa5.jpg?v=1786586978"},{"product_id":"the-new-york-state-canal-system-9781467154178","title":"The New York State Canal System","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew York's unique and majestic canals stretch over 524 miles from Albany to Buffalo and between the southern tier counties of Tompkins  and Schuyler to the Quebec border.  \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile much has been written on the nation building Erie Canal of the nineteenth century, much less has covered the third iteration of the waterway, the New York State Barge Canal. Deemed a historic corridor by the Federal Parks system in 2000, the Empire State's canal system has been in continuous operation since 1825, longer than any other man made transportation system in North America.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor Susan P. Gateley reveals the history, beauty and present day state of New York State's grand canal system. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Susan P. Gateley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49481051996456,"sku":"9781467154178","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/0138\/5256\/files\/9781467154178.jpg?v=1786587074"},{"product_id":"bull-trains-to-deadwood-9781467144223","title":"Bull Trains to Deadwood","description":"Pandemonium wafted up out of Deadwood Gulch whenever bellowing, muddy oxen teams led wagons rattling into town. For a decade, thousands of bull trains hauled all that miners, settlers and ne'er-do-wells needed to survive in that isolated prairie oasis. The bulls, thousands of them in mile-long, meandering trains, had last known civilization in Fort Pierre, two hundred miles to the east. After weeks on the harsh prairie of the Sioux, the exhausted convoys appeared out of the prairie dust, each team of twenty or more oxen pulling sturdy, white-bonneted wagons filled with provisions. Author Chuck Cecil restores the glory of the near-forgotten yet indispensable symbols of the West that made life possible on the frontier's western fringe.","brand":"Chuck Cecil","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49481044525352,"sku":"9781467144223","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/0138\/5256\/files\/9781467144223_d8968f19-2c49-4779-b6a5-96896cb47ff7.jpg?v=1786587048"},{"product_id":"railroads-of-the-eastern-shore-9781467147026","title":"Railroads of the Eastern Shore","description":"The history of the Delmarva Peninsula is inextricably entwined with the story of its railroads. The earliest railroads were short, locally funded lines. The dream to connect Norfolk directly to Eastern Seaboard cities farther north was first realized by the New York, Philadelphia \u0026amp; Norfolk Railroad in the 1880s. The line ran north-south along the peninsula to Cape Charles City, Virginia, where freight cars were loaded onto barges for the trip across the Chesapeake Bay. This line was eventually absorbed by the giant Pennsylvania Railroad, and the ferry service was eclipsed when the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel was completed in 1964. For more than a century, though, railroads played a critical role in the development of the Eastern Shore. Regional historian Lorett Treese tells this story.","brand":"Lorett Treese","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49481047572776,"sku":"9781467147026","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/0138\/5256\/files\/9781467147026_de3372c9-9d7e-469d-ac1d-2734e7d8b006.jpg?v=1786587120"},{"product_id":"the-stagecoach-in-northern-california-9781626192546","title":"The Stagecoach in Northern California","description":"New England stagemen followed thousands of bedazzled gold rushers out west in 1849, carving out the first public overland transportation routes in California. Daring drivers like Hank Monk navigated treacherous terrain, while entrepreneurs such as James Birch, Jared Crandall and Louis McLane founded stagecoach companies traveling from Stockton to the Oregon border and over the formidable Sierra Nevada. Stagecoaches hauling gold from isolated mines to big-city safes were easy targets for highwaymen like Black Bart. Road accidents could end in disaster--coaches even tumbled down mountainsides. Journey back with author Cheryl Anne Stapp to an era before the railroad and automobile arrived and discover the wild history of stagecoach travel in California.","brand":"Cheryl Anne Stapp","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49481050751272,"sku":"9781626192546","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/0138\/5256\/files\/9781626192546_a5438222-d7ca-44ca-9a5a-5279227e9221.jpg?v=1786587136"},{"product_id":"brainerd-shop-dogs-9781467150590","title":"Brainerd Shop Dogs","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn amazing piece of Brainerd’s proud past\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor over eighty years, the Northern Pacific Railroad Shops was the largest employer in the Brainerd area. After the Depression, the NP provided steady jobs for Brainerd railroad workers, whose paychecks contributed to the growth of Brainerd. The NP Shops built freight cars and conducted maintenance and disassembly of the NP’s rolling stock. The workforce of several trades called themselves “shop dogs.” Shop dogs built a workplace culture with its own jokes, stories, ethics, and nicknames – an unintended circumstance could result in a nickname, such as Scoop Swanson or the Soo Line Bull, that stuck to a shop dog for the rest of his life. After shop dogs retired and the NP shops closed, their nicknames and stories live on. Author Bob Roscoe gathers the stories from this vital piece of Brainerd history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Robert Roscoe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49481042297128,"sku":"9781467150590","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/0138\/5256\/files\/9781467150590.jpg?v=1786587143"},{"product_id":"battle-for-the-columbia-river-9781467154086","title":"Battle for the Columbia River","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA war over riches on the Columbia River.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile the Civil War raged, a group of captains, merchants, bankers and gamblers in the Pacific Northwest formed the Oregon Steam Navigation Company. The first capitalistic enterprise in the new state, they aimed to develop the richest and most powerful transportation operation in the region, dominating hundreds of miles of river traffic from the Pacific Coast to Montana. Achieving such status was anything but easy. They battled competitors, lawyers, the river herself, and defectors within their management team. In the unregulated business environment of the nineteenth century, men like John Ainsworth made their own rules, often deploying frontier justice against their enemies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoin author Mychal Ostler as he recounts the battle for power that shaped an industry.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mychal Ostler","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49481074147624,"sku":"9781467154086","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/0138\/5256\/files\/9781467154086.jpg?v=1786587126"},{"product_id":"san-angelo-and-arthur-stilwells-dream-of-steam-9781467153492","title":"San Angelo and Arthur Stilwell's Dream of Steam","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Story of the Railroad Visionary Who Put San Angelo on the Map.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver 100 years ago, Arthur Stilwell built 2,300 miles of railroad, founded 40 cities, and added $1 billion to the US economy. He was a visionary. He was controversial. He picked San Angelo for a main depot on his Kansas City, Mexico and Orient railway line. But he hadn’t counted on the Mexican Revolution and challenging characters like the revolutionista general, Pancho Villa. Meanwhile, San Angelo wrestled with neighboring Texas town Sweetwater for the right to host the depot. Dr. Linda Thorsen Bond sorted through scores of sources to piece together the fascinating fragments of Stilwell’s dream of steam.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Linda Bond","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49477719392552,"sku":"9781467153492","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/0138\/5256\/files\/9781467153492.jpg?v=1786587097"},{"product_id":"the-memphis-clarksville-and-louisville-railroad-9781467143462","title":"The Memphis, Clarksville \u0026 Louisville Railroad","description":"The Memphis, Clarksville \u0026amp; Louisville Railroad is a perfect example of rail lines in the mid-nineteenth century. Chartered in 1852, the line ran from Paris, Tennessee, to the Kentucky state line and connected with two other routes to create a seamless link between Memphis and Louisville. It shortened the travel time between major economic cities, but its ability to make money didn’t match its founders’ aspirations. Its detractors ridiculed the route as “beginning in the woods and ending in a hollow tree.” Following the Civil War, the railroad revitalized the line, only to run out of money and largely fade away. Author Todd DeFeo recounts the fascinating story of a historic line.","brand":"Todd DeFeo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49481064317224,"sku":"9781467143462","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/0138\/5256\/files\/9781467143462.jpg?v=1786587076"},{"product_id":"richmond-locomotive-and-machine-works-the-9781467151795","title":"Richmond Locomotive \u0026 Machine Works, The","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExperience the thriving industry and commerce of Richmond during the Gilded Age.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Richmond Locomotive Works was born out of the ashes of the evacuation fires at the end of the Civil War. The company grew, despite numerous financial and personnel difficulties, to become one of the city’s single-largest employers, an industrial behemoth that provided livelihoods to thousands upon thousands of men over the course of its existence. Over a span of sixty years, the facility produced a myriad of industrial products, including thousands of steam locomotives that traversed rails throughout the United States and across the world.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHistorian Nathan Vernon Madison provides, for the first time since its closure in 1927, a thorough and complete history of this Richmond institution.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nathan Madison","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49475278668072,"sku":"9781467151795","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/0138\/5256\/files\/9781467151795_1f928fdc-37b1-4567-9d0d-c3ab3ec56911.jpg?v=1786586949"},{"product_id":"the-greatest-railroad-story-ever-told-9781609493998","title":"The Greatest Railroad Story Ever Told","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlthough several people had considered constructing a railroad to Key West beginning in the early 1800s, it took a bold industrialist with unparalleled vision to make it happen.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1902, Henry Flagler made the decision to extend the Florida East Coast Railway to the nearest deepwater American port. In this book, renowned Florida historian Seth H. Bramson reveals how the Key West Extension of the Flagler-owned FEC became the greatest railroad engineering and construction feat in U.S., and possibly world, history, an accomplishment that would cement Flagler's fame and legend for all time. Join Bramson as he recounts the years of operation of this great railroad, what it did for the Florida Keys and what it meant to the resident conchs.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Seth H. Bramson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49481138897192,"sku":"9781609493998","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/0138\/5256\/files\/9781609493998.jpg?v=1786587050"},{"product_id":"vermonts-woodstock-railroad-9781467147668","title":"Vermont's Woodstock Railroad","description":"During America's golden age of railroading, it was the smaller branch lines that were the most beloved by the people they served. Such was the case of Vermont's Woodstock Railroad, which faithfully served the daily needs of the local populace--farmers, mill owners, carpenters and general store proprietors. From 1875 to 1933, the line provided a vital link between the communities of White River Junction, Quechee and Woodstock. Local families such as the Deweys, Billingses and Williamses led the development of the railroad and contributed greatly to the local economy. Local author and historian Frank J. Barrett Jr. recounts the story of that proud line, its construction, daily operations, growth, triumphs and eventual demise.","brand":"Frank J. Barrett Jr.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49481148662056,"sku":"9781467147668","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/0138\/5256\/files\/9781467147668.jpg?v=1786587099"},{"product_id":"jacksonville-on-wheels-9781625859433","title":"Jacksonville on Wheels","description":"Jacksonville has long been a mecca for car enthusiasts and collectors, due in part to the city's unique automotive history. Bystanders gazed in wonder as John Einig drove Florida's very first steam-powered horseless carriage through the streets in 1889. Fred Gilbert opened the first automobile dealership in 1903, just before the city's first automobile parade, and people were soon clamoring to buy cars of their own. Claude Nolan, whose local dealership has been in business for well over a century, gained fame for racing his Cadillac against an airplane at the Jacksonville Fairgrounds. NASCAR held races at the Jacksonville Speedway in the '50s and '60s. Author Dorothy K. Fletcher explores the rich history and memories of car culture in the River City.","brand":"Dorothy K. Fletcher","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49477809078568,"sku":"9781625859433","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/0138\/5256\/files\/9781625859433_243e1fcb-db4f-4657-8362-07cb6c3832ad.jpg?v=1786587035"},{"product_id":"new-england-shipbuilding-9781467147088","title":"New England Shipbuilding","description":"For more than four hundred years, New England shipyards have contributed significantly to America's maritime and naval supremacy. This compelling story is presented through the histories of seventy ships built from the colonial era down to modern times. Well-known vessels like the Constitution, the Nautilus, the Flying Cloud and the infamous whaleship Essex are included, but so, too, are lesser-known ships, including the ill-fated Wyoming and the far-ranging voyager Union. Every type of vessel is covered--their building or voyages making nautical news, often in exciting fashion, and their exploits filled with adventure, danger, tragedy and survival. Historian and author Glenn A. Knoblock explores the construction, life and demise of these ships and details their contribution to our nation's maritime heritage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Glenn A. Knoblock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49481145778472,"sku":"9781467147088","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/0138\/5256\/files\/9781467147088_e0a15870-ba06-4a9b-9730-67833623e7c8.jpg?v=1786587100"},{"product_id":"history-of-georgia-railroads-a-9781467137775","title":"History of Georgia Railroads, A","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRailroads are central in the history of Georgia. Explore 200 years of railroad expansion and consolidation in this must-read for railroad and Georgia history fans.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore the start of the \u003ci\u003eCivil War\u003c\/i\u003e, Georgia had ten railroads, five of which figured significantly in General William T. Sherman's Atlanta Campaign and \u003ci\u003eMarch to the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe number of rail lines in the state ballooned after the war. Many were founded by individual entrepreneurs like Henry Plant and Thomas Clyde, while the biggest railroad of them all (\u003ci\u003eSouthern Railway\u003c\/i\u003e) was created out of whole cloth by New York financier J.P. Morgan. At the close of the nineteenth century, consolidation was already in process, and by the end of the next century, only three significant railroads remained in Georgia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor and historian Robert C. Jones examines Georgia's rail history over the past two centuries and today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Robert C. Jones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49475331752232,"sku":"9781467137775","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/0138\/5256\/files\/9781467137775_59021d68-468a-4703-ae3e-e7ae552f0945.jpg?v=1786586990"},{"product_id":"the-wilmington-brunswick-and-southern-railroad-9781467150378","title":"The Wilmington, Brunswick \u0026 Southern Railroad","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAt the turn of the twentieth century, railroads meant progress, growth and development.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the 1890s Southport, North Carolina became the target destination for a major coaling terminal for ships sailing the Atlantic coast. A new terminal would require a railroad to bring in coal and other supplies. More than twenty companies were formed to pursue this idea over the years, with a few actual accomplishments, but most were purely speculative. Wearying the expectant town for more than twenty-five years, the vision for a great port was whittled down until local entrepreneurs finally built a 30-mile rail line to connect the town to Wilmington. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLocal author and railroad historian Mark Koenig chronicles the short life of a short line and the long process of making it a reality.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mark W. Koenig","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49481171501352,"sku":"9781467150378","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/0138\/5256\/files\/9781467150378.jpg?v=1786587012"},{"product_id":"maine-to-cape-horn-9781467150057","title":"Maine to Cape Horn","description":"Cape Horn conjures up images of wind-whipped waters and desperate mariners in frozen rigging. Long recognized as a maritime touchstone for sailors, it marks the spot where the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans meet in one writhing mass. \"Doubling\" Cape Horn became the ultimate test, earning a prominent place in Maine maritime history. At the end of South America, it shares longitude 67° west exactly with Cutler, Maine, a direct north-south line of seven thousand miles. Maine Cape Horners were recognized by a golden earring. If they did not survive this most difficult journey in the world, the earring covered the costs of their funeral, should the body ever be found. Maritime historian Charles H. Lagerbom traveled to the end of the world to help research this exciting story of bold Mainers and their exhilarating and oftentimes deadly dance with danger.","brand":"Charles H. Lagerbom","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49477868781864,"sku":"9781467150057","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/0138\/5256\/files\/9781467150057_99d81719-10ea-4d2c-bd1a-eb9a95cc7145.jpg?v=1786587171"},{"product_id":"michigans-c-harold-wills-9781625859877","title":"Michigan's C. Harold Wills","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the unsung heroes of the auto world, C. Harold Wills designed the Model T when he worked as Henry Ford's right-hand man.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eLater, he founded his own company to produce the legendary Wills Sainte Claire. Every endeavor displayed his trademark inventiveness, from the development of the overhead cam engine to the toboggan run on the roof of his house. He used his money to create one of the first worker model cities at Marysville, Michigan. In this long-overdue biography, Alan and Lynn Lyon Naldrett preserve the legacy of an automotive icon.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alan Naldrett","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49481192014120,"sku":"9781625859877","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/0138\/5256\/files\/9781625859877_1c27c3bc-038a-406a-b0db-919d968e149d.jpg?v=1786587138"},{"product_id":"steamboats-in-dakota-territory-9781467119344","title":"Steamboats in Dakota Territory","description":"Steamboats transformed the Missouri Valley. Enterprising men like Joseph La Barge and Grant Marsh braved financial and mortal danger to reap fantastic profits from trade in furs and buffalo robes. But steamboats also brought smallpox, soldiers and settlers to the lands of Native Americans. Although they began as agents of commerce, steamboats came to represent confinement and war to Sitting Bull and his people. Railroads made Yankton, Bismarck and Fargo rise as ports for a few years and then drove steamboats out of business, ending an era filled with colorful characters and dramatic moments. Author Tracy Potter takes an in-depth look at the boats, trade and cultural and military relations between the United States and the native inhabitants of Dakota Territory.","brand":"Tracy Potter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49481285140776,"sku":"9781467119344","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/0138\/5256\/files\/9781467119344_6e56234d-905d-46ef-b91b-fcf046a08903.jpg?v=1786587054"},{"product_id":"wyoming-airmail-pioneers-9781625858641","title":"Wyoming Airmail Pioneers","description":"The story of the United States Transcontinental Air Mail Service, the first of its kind in the world, is one of romanticism and danger. Through calm or storm, in light or dark, a contingent of courageous couriers relayed the public mail across three thousand miles in less than a day and a half—faster than ever before. Though the U.S. Air Mail Service began on the East Coast, some of the frontier tales of the route through the Rocky Mountains were lost. The western leg of the airmail service from Chicago to San Francisco included the Mountain Division, headquartered in Cheyenne, Wyoming.  The route through Wyoming, considered the most treacherous, provided harrowing tales of the pilots who risked their lives. Authors Starley Talbott and Michael Kassel lionize these folk heroes, aviation legends and icons of western history.","brand":"Starley Talbott","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49475515515176,"sku":"9781625858641","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/0138\/5256\/files\/9781625858641_f0ec7976-ef5b-4722-a026-6530f7457c97.jpg?v=1786587159"},{"product_id":"connecticut-river-ferries-9781467138079","title":"Connecticut River Ferries","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is a the tale of America's oldest continually running ferry service and incldues stories of the people who passed through its doors.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmerica's oldest continuously operating ferry service began running between Rocky Hill and Glastonbury in 1655. More than one hundred have operated on the river since the seventeenth century. The stories of the captains, crews and passengers define the history and personality of the region. Learn how Captain Ham Sandwich got his name. Discover the bond between Katharine Hepburn and a real ferry queen, Cathey LaBonte. Authors Wick Griswold and Stephen Jones detail the history of these charming anachronisms and why they are still afloat today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Renwick Griswold","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49481313517864,"sku":"9781467138079","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/0138\/5256\/files\/9781467138079_5c8c6169-85f1-41f3-9b4e-a6bc6af9685e.jpg?v=1786586980"},{"product_id":"history-of-transportation-in-western-north-carolina-a-9781467137065","title":"History of Transportation in Western North Carolina, A","description":"Traveling across the treacherous and diverse landscape of western North Carolina is a challenge historically met with human ingenuity. Mountain traces of Native Americans, dusty stagecoach routes and vital railroads lined the region. Asheville installed the state's first electric streetcars. Intrepid young men and women continued North Carolina's aviation legacy. The Buncombe Turnpike helped tame the Blue Ridge Mountains, allowing livestock drives to reach markets in South Carolina. Author Terry Ruscin reveals the visionaries and risk-takers who paved the way to the Land of the Sky in a wondrous examination of western North Carolina transportation history.","brand":"Terry Ruscin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49481377775912,"sku":"9781467137065","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/0138\/5256\/files\/9781467137065.jpg?v=1786587174"},{"product_id":"the-virginia-blue-ridge-railroad-9781467118934","title":"The Virginia Blue Ridge Railroad","description":"In 1849, Virginia began a bold railroad expansion toward the Ohio River and its lucrative trade connections. The project's plan covered 423 miles and called for piercing two mountain chains with three railroads. The Blue Ridge Railroad was the shortest of these but crossed the most mountainous terrain. At times, hired slaves, who prepared the tracks, and Irish immigrants, who blasted the tunnels, faced challenges that seemed almost insurmountable. Many were killed by explosions and falling rock. Those deaths often resulted in labor strikes. The unrest slowed progress and haunted chief engineer Claudius Crozet for seven years. In this first full-length history of the Blue Ridge Railroad, award-winning author Mary E. Lyons uses a wealth of historical documents to describe construction on what Crozet called dangerous ground.","brand":"Mary E. Lyons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49478029115688,"sku":"9781467118934","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/0138\/5256\/files\/9781467118934.jpg?v=1786587159"},{"product_id":"boats-made-in-holland-9781467135337","title":"Boats Made in Holland","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor Geoffrey Reynolds explores the story of Holland, Michigan's unique legacy of maritime craftsmanship.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHolland's boat-building tradition took root in the 1840s, as Dutch immigrants crafted flatboats and watercraft for residents. Just a century later, the city's commercial boat-building industry flourished. The innovation of fiberglass-reinforced plastic changed the traditional structure of boats, revamped the industry and re-created the blueprint for U.S. pleasure boats following World War II.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Roamer Boat Company's masterfully-welded sheet steel cabin cruisers led to the 1955 purchase by the Chris-Craft Corporation to create the Roamer Boat Corporation. Local craftsmen, like the Jesiek brothers, found the transition from furniture building to boat building seamless. But with the success of larger manufacturers, smaller boat shops declined.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Geoffrey Reynolds","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49478054150440,"sku":"9781467135337","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/0138\/5256\/files\/9781467135337_f284b275-20cb-498f-b388-ddc2f9a72e67.jpg?v=1786587010"},{"product_id":"the-egyptian-trail-in-illinois-9781467154802","title":"The Egyptian Trail in Illinois","description":"\u003cp\u003eJourney down one of the most important roadways in the annals of Illinois transportation history. Stretching from Chicago to Cairo, the Egyptian Trail was one of the earliest “improved” roadways in Illinois. Dating to 1915, it was the longest road in the state, running four hundred miles through 20 counties and over 60 towns. The project was the brainchild of two Mattoon men, Dr. Iverson Lumpkin and Ernest B. Tucker, who realized the southern reaches of the state should be linked with Chicago along the same path as the Illinois Central Railroad. Though long forgotten today, the trail also served as the basic template for the route of Interstate 57. Author James R. Wright takes a road trip through the fascinating heritage of the Egyptian Trail.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"James R. Wright","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49481463595304,"sku":"9781467154802","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/0138\/5256\/files\/9781467154802.jpg?v=1786586951"},{"product_id":"oregon-aviation-9781467157421","title":"Oregon Aviation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom hot air balloons to home-built aircraft, the people of Oregon pursued every opportunity to explore the skies.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy the late 1800s, air travel had captured the imagination of the entire nation. From hot air balloons to home-built aircraft, the people of Oregon pursued every opportunity to explore the skies. At the 1905 world’s fair exposition, held in Portland, audiences gazed in awe as dirigibles claimed the title of first controlled flight in the state. Soon after, airfields began to dot the countryside. In 1910, Charles Hamilton became the first pilot to fly in Oregon, and by 1926, regular air mail deliveries were commonplace. Daring early aviators like Eugene Ely, Charles Walsh and Silas Christofferson lost their lives but have never been forgotten. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor Arthur H. Redman explores Oregon’s aviation history. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arthur H. Redman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49481801498920,"sku":"9781467157421","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/0138\/5256\/files\/9781467157421_7c46cd72-6b3a-4b37-826f-0ca2b2e83f36.jpg?v=1786670410"},{"product_id":"aviation-in-north-carolina-9781467156417","title":"Aviation in North Carolina","description":"\u003cp\u003eHistory Beyond Kitty Hawk\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMillions of North Carolina license plates affirm the state’s claim of “First in Flight,” honoring the December 1903 accomplishment of the Wright brothers on the Outer Banks. Yet the history of aviation in North Carolina goes well beyond that first powered flight at Kitty Hawk. Numerous aviation inventors and innovators called the state home. North Carolina airports hosted legendary fliers like Charles Lindbergh, Eddie Rickenbacker and Amelia Earhart. During World War II, aviators trained at several military bases and flew patrols along the coast seeking enemy submarines. The state produced its own airlines, like Piedmont Airlines and Wheeler Airlines, and various sites across the state played aviation-related roles in the Cold War and the Space Race. Michael C. Hardy details the storied history of North Carolina in flight.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michael C. Hardy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49481795273000,"sku":"9781467156417","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/0138\/5256\/files\/9781467156417_4721fd84-ea2f-4e97-a1a6-85ff14c09ff9.jpg?v=1786670414"},{"product_id":"the-granger-railroads-of-wisconsin-9781467157827","title":"The Granger Railroads of Wisconsin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA contest between grassroots activism and corporate greed\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn one of the great political and economic movements of the nineteenth century, a fraternal organization of Midwest farmers permanently changed the trajectory of American railroads. When rising shipping rates threatened their ability to get their crops to market, these small farmers banded together to form the National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry. Deftly handling the levers of power in their clash with robber barons, the organization’s pattern of regulation all but controlled the development of national rail policies for more than a century. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHistorian Daniel Faas details the history of the Grange Movement and its role in shaping the Midwest and the modern American rail system.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Daniel Faas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49481798091048,"sku":"9781467157827","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/0138\/5256\/files\/9781467157827.jpg?v=1786670415"},{"product_id":"hidden-history-of-pearson-field-9781467158190","title":"Hidden History of Pearson Field","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTucked along the north bank of the Columbia River lies Pearson Field, thought to be the nation’s oldest continuously operating airfield. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe golden age of aviation in the Pacific Northwest began at this spot with the touchdown of a dirigible bearing airmail letters, but that was only the first of many remarkable moments. From its conversion into a sawmill to provide spruce for World War I warplanes to hosting unexpected Russian airmen, Pearson Field adapted to serve the region through wars and peace alike. The Army Air Corps called it home for decades, and it attracted aviators like daredevil Silas Christofferson and Tex Rankin, who ran his own flight school. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor Martin Middlewood dives into the stories of the men and women who turned a grassy field into the historic site it is today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Martin Middlewood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49692780921128,"sku":"9781467158190","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/0138\/5256\/files\/9781467158190.jpg?v=1786670424"},{"product_id":"great-lakes-shipbuilding-9781467156578","title":"Great Lakes Shipbuilding","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor more than 200 years, Great Lakes shipyards have bolstered America's and Canada’s commercial and naval power. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVessels like the \u003cem\u003eEdmund Fitzgerald\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eNiagara\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eWalk-in-the-Water\u003c\/em\u003e are now the stuff of legend, but lesser-known ships also have their stories to tell. Cargo-carrying schooners, such as \u003cem\u003eMoonlight \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eMinnedosa\u003c\/em\u003e, got faster and bigger over the years, helping them hold their own against the emerging steamships, while the revolutionary design of the \u003cem\u003eR.J. Hackett\u003c\/em\u003e set the standard for lake freighters for years. Of course, the Great Lakes have often exacted a heavy toll, as demonstrated by the mysterious disappearance of the \u003cem\u003eGriffon \u003c\/em\u003eand the harrowing sinking of \u003cem\u003ePere Marquette 18\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHighlighting vessels from the colonial era down to modern times, historian Glenn A. Knoblock explores the maritime heritage of America and Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Glenn A. Knoblock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51130835435816,"sku":"9781467156578","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/0138\/5256\/files\/9781467156578.jpg?v=1786670416"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.arcadiapublishing.com\/collections\/transportation\/collection-sale-prices.oembed","provider":"Arcadia Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}