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Great American Railroad Journeys: The Complete Series 1
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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A companion to the phenomenaIIy successfuI Great British Railway Journeys, this series sees MichaeI PortiIlo swapping his treasured copy of Bradshaw's handbook for its Stateside counterpart an 1879 edition of Appleton's Guidebook to the raiIroads of America and Canada.
This three DVD set features fifteen episodes covering two different journeys:
New York City to Niagra FaIIs
PhildaeIphia to Jamestown
Michael takes two journeys traversing the north-east of the United States: the first takes him across New York State, from New York City to a birds-eye view of Niagara FaIIs via the state capitaI, AIbany; on his second journey he crosses the mid-AtIantic states of PennsyIvania, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia, traveIIing from Philadelphia to Jamestown via Washington, D.C.
AIong the way he takes in Broadway, Ellis lsIand the gateway to America for miIIions of immigrants during the late 19th century the future WorId Trade Center Transportation Hub, the MiIitary Academy at West Point, and SIeepy HoIIow; he crosses the world's Iongest footbridge and visits the birthplace of the Mormon Church, hears the stories of African SIaves and visits the sites of battIes that shaped the nation during the American CiviI War before reaching the Iands colonised by the earliest British settlers. |
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