O. Winston Link: Life Along the Line: A Photographic Portrait of America's Last Great Steam Railroad
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| Rating | : | 4.75 (960 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1419703722 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-02-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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A "Must Have" Book Ed Train I've just skimmed through "Life Along the Line" and find it to be a superb book in all respects. Added: I've spent more time with this book and have ordered another one for a family member as a Christmas present. My opinion of the book is even higher than when I first wrote this review. It's a superb . sixlashes said A Great Companion to Link's Other Books. I already owned "The Last Steam Railroad in America" and "Steam, Steel & Stars: America's Last Steam Railroad," and I took the chance that this book would have enough new material to be a worthwhile purchase. I have been pleasantly surprised. The author of this book does a good job chronicling O. Wins. The best yet ! For readers that are train buffs and fans of Winston Link's work, this is the best collection and narrative I have seen to date. Not only are there some new photos that have been unpublished before, but the narrative is very well researched and clearly written. The final chapter is written by Mr. Link
Winston Link photographed the Norfolk and Western, the last major steam railroad in the United States, when it was converting its operations from steam to diesel in the 1950s. O. Including a collection of more than 180 of Link’s most famous works and rare images that have never before been published, O. Link’s N&W project captured the industry at a moment of transition, before the triumph of the automobile and the airplane that ended an era of passenger rail service. Winston Link: Life Along the Line offers a moving account of the people and communities surrounding the last steam railroad.The book includes a cd of Link's recordings of the railroad.. His work also revealed a small-town way of life that was about to experience seismic shifts and, in many cases, vanish completely
Winston Link (1914–2001) photographed the Norfolk and Western from 1955 to 1960. His brilliant black-and-white prints established him as an important American photographer, and many of his images have become modern classics. Tony Reevy, administrator at the UNC Institute for the Environment and advisory editor of Railroad History, is an author who has published two books and more than 100 poems and articles. About the AuthorO. He lives in Durham, North Carolina.
His brilliant black-and-white prints established him as an important American photographer, and many of his images have become modern classics. He lives in Durham, North Carolina.. Winston Link (1914–2001) photographed the Norfolk and Western from 1955 to 1960. Tony Reevy, administrator at the UNC Institute for the Environm