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Author Walker, Robert, 1980-, author.

Title Transportation inventions : moving our world forward / Robert Walker.

Publication Info. New York, New York : Crabtree Publishing Company, [2014]

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Nettels Non-Fiction  388 WAL    ---  Available
Description 48 pages ; illustrations ; 25 cm
text rdacontent
unmediated rdamedia
volume rdacarrier
Series Inventions that shaped the modern world
Inventions that shaped the modern world.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents What is transportation -- On the road -- Steam and rail -- The automobile -- Water: above and below -- Up in the air -- Transportation: today and tomorrow.
Summary "This exciting title explores the groundbreaking modes of transportation that have helped define the modern age. From Henry Ford's Model T car to the bullet trains of Japan, students will travel along and learn about the monumental successes--and failures--that have driven our world ahead"--Provided by publisher.
Audience 10-13
4-6
Subject Transportation -- Juvenile literature.
Technological innovations -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN 9780778702238 (reinforced library binding : alk. paper)
9780778702405 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781427194268 (electronic pdf : alk. paper)
9781427194220 (electronic html : alk. paper)

 
    
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