03173nam 2200637Ia 450 991081845020332120230803024752.01-283-73543-10-253-00558-2(CKB)2670000000276372(EBL)670313(OCoLC)828304087(SSID)ssj0000607841(PQKBManifestationID)11413970(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000607841(PQKBWorkID)10585242(PQKB)11357185(MiAaPQ)EBC670313(OCoLC)818827799(MdBmJHUP)muse24632(Au-PeEL)EBL670313(CaPaEBR)ebr10620954(CaONFJC)MIL404793(EXLCZ)99267000000027637220111026d2013 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrWet britches and muddy boots[electronic resource] a history of travel in Victorian America /John H. White, JrBloomington Indiana University Pressc20131 online resource (544 p.)Railroads past & presentDescription based upon print version of record.0-253-35696-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Transportation for hire: from human burden to taxis -- Down that long and dusty road : stagecoach travel in America -- The omnibus : travel for all citizens -- Streetcars : that most democratic conveyance -- Ferryboats : crossing the rivers and bays -- Canals : the low and slow way to go -- River steamers : white swans on the inland rivers -- Lake steamers : on the inland sea -- Coastal and sound steamers : close to shore -- Ocean sail : at the mercy of the wind -- Ocean steam : the triumph of technology -- Emigrant travel : a nation of nations -- Passenger trains : coach class -- Passenger trains : first class -- Appendix : Travel words and tales.What was travel like in the 1880's? Was it easy to get from place to place? Were the rides comfortable? How long did journeys take? Wet Britches and Muddy Boots 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 catchRailroads past and present.TravelHistory19th centuryTransportationUnited StatesHistory19th centuryTravelHistoryTransportationHistory388.0973388.0973/09034388.097309034White John H.1933-1104140Smerk George M33244MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818450203321Wet britches and muddy boots3966974UNINA