Memoirs of a Greyhound Bus Driver
Author: Grady Hall Morgan
Publisher: Infinity Publishing
Published: 2005-03
Total Pages: 198
ISBN-13: 0741424657
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Hounds of the Road
Author: Carlton Jackson
Publisher: Popular Press
Published: 1984
Total Pages: 266
ISBN-13: 9780879722715
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe bus system that came to be known as the Greyhound Bus Company was founded by Carl Eric Wickman, an enterprising Swede of Hibbing, Minnesota. The first bus was a seven-passenger Hupmobile touring car that was used to transport miners across the Mesaba Iron Range to and from work. Wickman was soon joined by another Swede, Andrew Anderson, and they began operating in earnest the route from a saloon in Hibbing to the fire-hall in Alice. From this lowly beginning grew the Greyhound Corporation, a multi-million dollar company which, through the years, has owned everything from a chain of hamburger restaurants to a soap company.
Greyhound Tales from Route 66
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Publisher: Coda Publications
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9780910390019
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom small laughs to huge tragedies, ballerinas to teenage runaways, Suttle'syears as a motorcoach driver along the nation's famous "Mother Road" left himwith great tales about the human condition and spirit.
Transportation and the American People
Author: H. Roger Grant
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2019-10-01
Total Pages: 266
ISBN-13: 0253043344
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis “outstanding contribution to transportation history” chronicles the evolution of American mobility from stagecoaches to buses and airplanes (Choice). Transportation is the unsung hero of American history. Stagecoaches, waterways, canals, railways, busses, and airplanes revolutionized much more than just the way people got around; they transformed the economic, political, and social aspects of everyday life. In Transportation and the American People, renowned historian H. Roger Grant tells the story of American transportation from its slow, uncomfortable, and often dangerous beginnings to the speed and comfort of travel today. Early advances like stagecoaches and canals allowed traders, businesses, and industries to expand across the nation, setting the stage for modern developments like transcontinental railways and busses that would forever reshape the continent. Grant provides a compelling and thoroughly researched narrative of the social history of travel, shining a light on the role transportation played in shaping the country as well as the people who helped build it.
My Memoirs, My Life
Author: Ian David Fong
Publisher: Balboa Press
Published: 2020-11-11
Total Pages: 797
ISBN-13: 1504321774
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIan David Fong recalls an action-packed life that began in China and brought him to Fiji, New Zealand, and Australia in this book. Born 3 June 1938, in a three-bedroom house in Duntou Village, now part of the Sha Kai district, Zhongshan, Guangdong, China, he and his family escaped to Hong Kong in early 1941 – and then went back to China just before Hong Kong surrendered to the Japanese army during World War II. He recalls what it was like growing up during the war, what village life was like in China, his interest in Cantonese opera, his robust family life, and his many adventures at school. He also chronicles his thirty-three years in Fiji, three years in New Zealand, more than thirty years in Australia, his enthusiasm for athletics, and a fateful day in 1961 when he met his loving wife, Frances, while boarding at a house in Fiji. Join the author as he looks back at a life well lived in My Memoirs, My Life.
Greyhound
Author: Steffan Piper
Publisher: Amazon Publishing
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780982555095
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen Sebastien Rane's mother can't be bothered to take care of him, she sends him to his grandmother's across the country on a Greyhound bus.
Greyhound Scenicruiser
Author: Tom McNally
Publisher: Enthusiast Books
Published: 2013-03-01
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781583883013
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen we deem things iconic, they have naturally become part of history and have earned a permanent status of importance to us—one such object is a particular intercity coach, the Greyhound PD-4501 Scenicruiser bus, built by the GM Corporation during 1954-‘56. After nearly 60 years, its popularity, even today, is almost cult-like. Throughout the history of intercity coaches in the U.S., there have not been more toys, advertising pieces, souvenirs, or memorabilia centered on any other bus. The Scenicruiser starred in several movies, was featured on record album covers, and appeared on endless TV shows through the years. Starting with prototypes, this book covers all the various models of the Scenicruiser’s heritage, and even highlights many of the restored and still operating legends today.
Freedom Rider Diary
Author: Carol Ruth Silver
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Published: 2014-01-23
Total Pages: 225
ISBN-13: 1617038873
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOne woman's harrowing, unforgettable account from the nadir of Jim Crow Mississippi
Best of Our Memoirs
Author: Luanna K. Leisure
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2016-09-11
Total Pages: 300
ISBN-13: 0578185539
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhat do you think about when you hear the word ""Memoir?"" It's quite a bit more than a chronology of someone's life. Take a look inside of this book. You may be surprised, intrigued, saddened, lifted up or perhaps inspired. The writers of this collection of reminiscences have been brave to share some of their life experiences with you. Perhaps you will be inspired to start writing your memoirs.
Memories of Yesteryears
Author: Carolyn Hambrick Hatcher
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Published: 2010-10-26
Total Pages: 74
ISBN-13: 1453586016
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe early morning rain had stopped and a cool mist shrouded the lonesome mountainside. The smell was fresh and invigorating to me as I stood beside the old hickory tree with its new leaves, an iridescent bright green, glowing against the dreary gray sky. I stood quietly and watched a lone eagle soar above, looking for an unsuspecting prey hidden in the overgrown weeds in the long neglected fields. I had stayed away too long, now, I wanted to return to the source of my childhood.
