Just as the railroad transformed America's economic landscape, it profoundly transfigured its citizens as well. But while there have been many histories of rail

A beautiful and thrilling round-up of 32 of the best Magnificent Machines from across history by Blue Peter award-winning David Long. The longest ship ever buil

How railroads both united and divided us: “Integrates military and social history…a must-read for students, scholars and enthusiasts alike.”—Civil War M

"This book highlights the rich social and cultural history of the transportation revolution"--

Why is it that so many of the best-loved novels of the Victorian era take place not in the steam-powered railway present in which they were published, but in th