Redwoods, Iron Horses, and the Pacific: The Story of the California Western ''Skunk'' Railroad.
by Crump, Spencer
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- BINDING/CONDITION: navy blue boards; lightly rubbed at the bottom spine, otherwise a Very Good book, with a Very Good dust jacke
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Oroville, California, United States
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About This Item
Los Angeles:: Trans-Anglo Books, March, 1965.. 2nd Edition, Revised.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: navy blue boards; lightly rubbed at the bottom spine, otherwise a Very Good book, with a Very Good dust jacket; the dust jacket is price clipped.. 4to (11.25 inches tall) . Photo endpapers. Description: Over 150 black and white illustrations -- many historic photographs, plus a few maps. This traces the beginnings and details the history of the California Western Railroad which stretches from the Pacific Coast at Fort Bragg through miles of redwood forest to Willits, winding through the mountains and crossing and recrossing the Noyo River. The railroad began as a logging line, then enjoyed a second life as a scenic ride on a ''rail bus''. This was originally published in October, 1963; this revised second edition has an added epilog, ''The Iron Horse Rolls Again'' (referred to on the jacket flap as ''Steam Rolls Again'').
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- Bookseller
- The Bookworm (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 058117
- Title
- Redwoods, Iron Horses, and the Pacific: The Story of the California Western ''Skunk'' Railroad.
- Author
- Crump, Spencer
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound
- Book Condition
- Used - BINDING/CONDITION: navy blue boards; lightly rubbed at the bottom spine, otherwise a Very Good book, with a Very Good dust jacke
- Edition
- 2nd Edition, Revised.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Trans-Anglo Books
- Place of Publication
- Los Angeles:
- Date Published
- March, 1965.
- Pages
- 168 pages.
- Size
- 4to (11.25 inches tall)
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