Railroad Signatures across the Pacific Northwest: Papercover Book
Railroad Signatures across the Pacific Northwest: Papercover Book
Author: Carlos A. Schwantes
Description: Remembering the trains that ran by his boyhood home, Carlos Schwantes says, "Never once did it occur to me to ponder whether we lived on the right or wrong side of the tracks. I only felt fortunate to have a front-row seat." Out of his lifelong fascination, blended with a historian's insight, he has fashioned a path-breaking photo-history that shows the impact of the railroads on everyday life in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana.
The book includes more than 200 photographs, most previously unpublished, that document the trains, towns, people, and landscape of the Northwest. The exuberant posters and brochures that the railroads published in order to lure settlers and tourists to the region are reproduced in color.
Papercover: 360 pages
