Wet britches and muddy boots
a history of travel in Victorian America
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Author
Publication
2012 - Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana
Language
English
Word Count
128,000 words, Guess
Page Count
512 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL25087540M
- ISBN-139780253356963
- OCLC Control Number753300448
- Library of Congress Control Number2011044593
Classifications
- DDC388.0973/09034
- LCCHE203 .W45 2012
Description
What was travel like in the 1880s? Was it easy to get from place to place? Were the rides comfortable? How long did journeys take? This book describes all forms of public transport from canal boats to oceangoing vessels, passenger trains to the overland stage. Trips over long distances often involved several modes of transportation and many days, even weeks. Baggage and sometimes even children were lost en route. Travelers might start out with a walk down to the river to meet a boat for the journey to a town where they caught a stagecoach for the rail junction to catch the train for a ride to the city. The author discusses not only the means of travel but also the people who made the system run: riverboat pilots, locomotive engineers, stewards, stagecoach drivers, seamen. He provides a glimpse into a time when travel within the United States was a true adventure.
Subjects
Series Statement
- Railroads past and present
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