Hear That Train Whistle Blow!: How the Railroad Changed the World (Landmark Books) - Softcover

From the very first passenger train to roll down the tracks in 1825 to the advent of today s high-speed trains, the railroad has been and is still one of the most vital forces in civilization. Focusing on American railroad history but touching on other countries, award-winning author Milton Meltzer shows how something as ubiquitous as the railroad is, in fact, a force that changed the world.
Praise for There Comes a Time by Milton Meltzer:
Readers of every ethnicity will leave this book with a more inspired understanding of what it means to be free. Boston Sunday Globe
H An accessible and vivid outline of the events that led to changes in civil rights in the U.S. Kirkus Reviews, Starred
Among Milton Meltzer s many honors are five nominations for the National Book Award and the 2001 Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal for his substantial and lasting contribution to children s literature. The author lives in New York City.
From the Hardcover edition.