novels describing early travel on canals, steamboats, trains

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Originally Posted by mikeayers

Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog ), published in 1889, is a humorous account by Jerome K. Jerome of a boating holiday on the Thames between Kingston and Oxford. Not quite like the others, but I still enjoyed it.

Thanks, it is an excellent book.

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Originally Posted by Jozawun

You might also try The Great Train Robbery by Michael Crichton.

Thanks, yes, it is my favourite Micheal Crichton novel.

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Originally Posted by elemenoP

Are you interested in aviation? You might enjoy Beryl Markham's "West with the Night." Sadly I don't think it's available as an ebook.

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Thanks. I just made a request for it at my local library.

[Jozawun]

Originally Posted by mikeayers

Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog ), published in 1889, is a humorous account by Jerome K. Jerome of a boating holiday on the Thames between Kingston and Oxford. Not quite like the others, but I still enjoyed it.

And his later Three Men on the Bummel, about the same 3 blokes on a bicycle trip through Germany - but (from memory only) I think Montmorency stays at home this time.

[Greg Anos]

For traveling in the actual American West in the 1860's, there is Mark Twain's Roughing It, Also some parts of 1850's steamboat travel on the Misissippi River in his Life on the Misissippi. Both Public Domain and recommended.