Subtitled: Politics and Pullmans. The fascinating story of railroad travel by presidents of the U.S. from the very earliest period, when John Quincy Adams was the first to ride a train, to Bill Clintons recent journeys aboard the rails. At one time, the private Pullman car on a special train was for the president what Air Force One is today, allowing him freedom to make important trips, campaign for re-election, and to do the nations business wherever he was needed. A superbly researched text is supplemented with many rare photographs of the golden age of presidential travel under Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman in the 1930s and 40s. Hdbd., 8 1/4" x 11 1/2", 422 pgs., 403 b&w maps, diagrams & ill.

Format: Hardbound
Pages: 432
Length: 8.5w x 11h
ISBN-13: 9781883089177
ISBN: 1883089174
Catalog ID: 124116AE

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