Transport: general interest

This illustrated history chronicles electric and hybrid cars from the late 19th century to today's fuel cell and plug-in automobiles.

Even before American involvement in World War I, motor vehicle manufacturing in the United States was widespread and diverse, though the war served to expand the market rapidly.

This work is a comprehensive, heavily illustrated history of the many flying boats and amphibious aircraft designed and built in the United States.

Once the Union Army gained control of the upper rivers of the Mississippi Valley during the first half of 1862, slow and heavy ironclads proved ineffective in patrolling the waters.

The dramatic account of two American warships in the South Pacific, this book follows the USS Astoria (CA-34) and USS Chicago (CA-29) during the late summer of 1942, when both participated in the early days of the critical battle for Guadalcanal.

Covering legendary and obscure intercity passenger trains in a dozen Southeastern states, this book details the golden age of train travel.

In this memoir, Michael Clements recounts growing up in the early days of stock car racing.

From World War II to high above the Earth to Vietnam, this memoir tells the story of fighter pilot Howard C.

In World War I the American motor vehicle industry was tested by the sudden appearance of vast transport challenges.

From animal paths to superhighways, transportation has been the backbone of American expansion and growth.

Here is a comprehensive accounting of all United States and allied submarine attacks on the Japanese for which success was claimed or occurred.

This history tells the relatively unknown story of how the Detroit automobile industry played a major role in the 1933 banking crisis and the subsequent New Deal reforms that drastically changed the financial industry.

The Boeing B-29 Superfortress lived an operational life of only 26 years, but what a life it was.

During the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic eras, France was plagued by war and crop failures and was desperately in need of supplies.

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A follow-up to the editor's two previous collections of primary documents of maritime history in the Pacific Northwest, this book reproduces the journals and narratives of Charles Wilkes, an experienced nautical surveyor who led the U.

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From aerial survey to zoology, Part I of this two-part encyclopedia covers all aspects of underwater archeology, treasure hunting and salvaging.

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The six pioneers profiled here were promising graduates of the Wright Brothers' School of Aviation, which flourished in Ohio from 1910 to 1916.

One of the most significant innovations in modern warfare has been the appearance and development of air power, a technology which demanded technical and financial investment on a whole new scale and which ultimately changed the fundamental nature of war itself.

This book provides a comprehensive history of American print automobile advertising over a half-century span, beginning with the entrenchment of the "e;Big Three"e; automakers during the Depression and concluding with the fuel crises of the 1970s and early 1980s.

From the resumption of automobile production at the close of World War II through the 1950s, the American auto industry would see the births and deaths of several manufacturers, great technological advances, and an era of dramatic styling as a prospering nation asserted its growing mobility.

This book recounts four tours of Air Force duty in Vietnam, 1965-1968, and reports firsthand how tactics and the war effort changed each time.

The automotive industry underwent great change in the 1960s and the early 1970s.

In the most detailed history ever of Union warships on the western waters of the Civil War, the author recounts the exploits of the timberclad ships Lexington, Tyler, and Conestoga.

This book provides a concise historical survey of the various types of aircraft used by the United States Army Air Corps, Army Air Forces, and Air Force, and the Navy and Marine Corps to accomplish air attack missions since 1926.

The ATL-98 Carvair is a truly unusual aircraft.

The specialized language of seafarers is a complex mixture of the strange and the familiar, incorporating words from a variety of English dialects and foreign languages, and peppered with coined phrases and slang words.

This book describes the life of the enlisted men aboard a Farragut class destroyer during the pre-World War II years; the war preparation period in 1941; and the wartime years.

In 2014 media around the world buzzed with news that an archaeological team from Parks Canada had located and identified the wreck of HMS Erebus, the flagship of Sir John Franklin's lost expedition to find the Northwest Passage.

In 2014 media around the world buzzed with news that an archaeological team from Parks Canada had located and identified the wreck of HMS Erebus, the flagship of Sir John Franklin's lost expedition to find the Northwest Passage.

Using a wealth of archival material, including government documents, Liz Millward investigates the very idea of airspace.

People have always traveled, but over the last century there has been an unprecedented increase in mobility.

Mackey introduces the entrepreneurs who forged this important link between Montreal and the nation's interior and chronicles the course of their industry, correcting previous misinterpretations.

Canada's leaders were key participants.

The centrepiece of the Canadian government's regulatory strategy from 1904 onwards, the Board of Railway Commissioners is also central to Cruikshank's study.

Sager and Panting describe in detail the growth of the shipping industry and the economic context in which the shipping merchants operated.

Through extensive interviews with the key participants, Professor Borins reveals the interplay of organizational ideologies and interests and leaders' personalities that characterized the conflict.

Using a wealth of archival material, including government documents, Liz Millward investigates the very idea of airspace.

This Colossal Project presents an absorbing epic on the building of the fourth Welland Canal, which connects Lake Ontario and Lake Erie and allows ships to bypass Niagara Falls.

This Colossal Project presents an absorbing epic on the building of the fourth Welland Canal, which connects Lake Ontario and Lake Erie and allows ships to bypass Niagara Falls.

This is a must-have for anyone interested in achieving better performance through car modification!

As sensible as it may seem in an era when fuel prices are skyrocketing in tandem with environmental consciousness, a switch to bicycle commuting doesn't necessarily happen overnight.

A fascinating look at the making of the Titanic in vivid, colorful detail.

As sensible as it may seem in an era when fuel prices are skyrocketing in tandem with environmental consciousness, a switch to bicycle commuting doesnt necessarily happen overnight.

The bicyclist is under attack from all directions - the streets are ragged, the air is poison, and the drivers are angry.

Organizational communication impacts service efficiency and productivity.

Troubleshooters: They Never Let You Down.

'The unmistakable voice of Moto GP' - Valentino RossiAs 'The Voice' of motorcycle racing for forty years, commentator Nick Harris became the biggest star not on two wheels in the paddock, and this is his mostly eye-witness, white-knuckle account of MotoGP's scorching seventy-year history.