World Commuter (Summersdale Travel) [Hardcover]

Christopher Portway (Author)

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Series: Summersdale Travel | Publication Date: May 21, 2001

This work embraces half a lifetime of travelling around the world by train: steaming down the Khyber Pass on the train's front buffers; and attempting an escape as a POW in Nazi-occupied Europe in World War II. It teems with incident and strange encounter in one man's global passion.

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Product Details

Hardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: Summersdale Publishers (May 21, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1840241454
ISBN-13: 978-1840241457
Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.1 x 1.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,176,383 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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South Africa, Second World War, Orient Express, Soviet Union, Sri Lanka, Cape Town, Blue Train, North Korea, United States, Rovos Rail, Los Angeles, Northern Ireland, Old Town, New Delhi, Trans-Siberian Express, Viceroy Special, East African Railway, Fort William, Iron Curtain, Red Army, San Lorenzo, South America, Thomas Cook's Overseas Timetable, Black Sea, Indian Railways

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