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Robert Gabrick
Softcover
160 pages
250 colour & B&W photos
Go the Greyhound Way: The Romance of the Road
$43.99
Profusely illustrated with period advertisements, travel brochures, post cards, and archival photographs of depots and buses, this history of the Greyhound Bus Lines offers a unique journey through Americas physical and cultural landscape. Readers can accept this invitation from Greyhound: There is a graceful Greyhound coach waiting to carry you over Roads of Romance. Adventure seems to lurk around every corner as you speed along in the sturdy, blue and white Greyhound bus. All the color and romance, all the scenic and historic interest of this American Wonderland are yours to enjoy when you go the Greyhound way.
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| Weight | 0.6 kg |
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| Dimensions | 27.94 × 21.75 × 1.27 cm |
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