Dow's Dictionary of Railway Quotations
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| Rating | : | 4.97 (831 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0801892724 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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The selected quotations are arranged by subject matter and searchable by speaker, subject, and keyword.Dow's Dictionary will inform and captivate railway enthusiasts along with readers interested in railway architecture, engineering, geography, and history.. Here Andrew Dow records remarkable, memorable words—from the well-known to the abstruse, from the commonplace to the vital. More than 3,400 entries are drawn from over 1,300 writers and speakers and a wide range of original sources both British and American—Acts of Parliament, poetry, songs, journals, advertisements, obituaries, novels, histories, plays, films, office memoranda, speeches, newspapers, television and radio broadcasts, and private documents and conversations. Dow's Dictionary of Railway Quotations is an authoritative compendium of quotations about railways from 1608 to the present day
He is a fellow of the Permanent Way Institute, president of the Stephenson Locomotive Society, and vice chairman of the Gresley Society.. He spent thirty years in the aviation industry before being appointed Head of the National Railway Museum in York in 1992. He is the author of Norfolk & Western Coal Cars (TLC, 1998) and Telling the Passenger Where to Get Off (Capital Transport, 2005). Andrew Dow was born into a rail
(Times Literary Supplement)Dow has done us all a tremendous service in producing this fascinating compendium it will be referred to pleasurably again and again. (Bruce I. (Martin Barnes Railway and Canal Historial Society)Andrew Dow's new book is simply unique authoritative, original and readable. Dow has given us an extraordinary harvest of 3,700 entries to pick from Magnificent book. (Railway Magazine)It will undoubtedly become a classic work of reference in its own right. I recommend it to all who love railways—and even those who don't. (Rail)This book is a quite astonishing compilation produced through time honoured research, enthusiasm, and dedication to railways. (Journal of The Permanent Way)
More than 3,More than 3,400 entries from over 1,300 writers and speakers and diverse British and American sources Midwest Book Review Dow's Dictionary Of Railway Quotations is a gigantic compendium of quotations about railways from 1608 to the present day. Presenting more than 3,400 entries from over 1,300 writers and speakers and diverse British and American sources, from Acts of Parliament to poetry, songs, and journals, to obituaries, novels, histories, plays, films, radio . 00 entries from over 1,300 writers and speakers and diverse British and American sources Dow's Dictionary Of Railway Quotations is a gigantic compendium of quotations about railways from 1608 to the present day. Presenting more than 3,More than 3,400 entries from over 1,300 writers and speakers and diverse British and American sources Midwest Book Review Dow's Dictionary Of Railway Quotations is a gigantic compendium of quotations about railways from 1608 to the present day. Presenting more than 3,400 entries from over 1,300 writers and speakers and diverse British and American sources, from Acts of Parliament to poetry, songs, and journals, to obituaries, novels, histories, plays, films, radio . 00 entries from over 1,300 writers and speakers and diverse British and American sources, from Acts of Parliament to poetry, songs, and journals, to obituaries, novels, histories, plays, films, radio . Dow's Dictionary of Railway Quotations Edward W. King It's difficult to imagine the research involved in finding the thousands of items contained in this most entertaining book.It fills a void in the railway literature that wasn't even known to exist.