Questa egrave; una storia vera; sebbene rivisitata con le ldquo;alirdquo; della fantasia: amore; ossessione e somiglianze pericolosehellip;Il passato flirta col presente e ldquo;radici anticherdquo; riecheggiano in sottofondo; come in un bisbiglio; ma sempre latentehellip;Come suggerisce il sociologo Davide Irico nella prefazione: ldquo;La storia egrave; magistra vitae? Se sigrave;; il passato come interviene a modificare il presente?rdquo;Senza pari allo specchio; insomma; egrave; tutto da leggere.Un romanzo; in cui; ancora una volta; grazie ad una scrittura fluida; lrsquo;autrice cattura il lettore fin dalle prime battute; trascinandolo nel cuore della narrazione attraverso scenari descritti con una naturalezza estremahellip;
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy CustomerVery informative0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. very good photo coverage.By Donna RussellExcellent photos that have helped me in historical research for model building. i have both books and would purchase them again.7 of 7 people found the following review helpful. The Second Picture Book on the SouthernBy John MatlockThis book is part of the Images of Rail series that feature pictures from the history of railroads. The Southern Railway; now part of the Norfolk Southern system was already covered in one book in this series. But now the authors have collected another couple of hundred photographs of the yards; equipment and people.Quite often these kind of books get interested in only showing pictures of locomotives. Because of the earlier book; this one has the opportunity to show other aspects of the railroad. This book is broken into five sections:1. Facilities. Of particular interest here is the set of photographs showing how a hump yard works. It shows details of the retarders; switching controls; etc. Other pictures in this chapter show the inside of the maintenance facilities; both in the days of steam and diesel.2. Passenger Trains. Showing the evolution of passenger equipment over about a hundred and fifty years. The oldest (style) engine is the reproduction of an 1830 engine.3. The Railroad Goes to War. The Southern provided the core (perhaps all) of the 727 Railway Operating Battalion which later served in North Africa; Italy and France.4. Working on the Railroad. People; equipment; places that make the railroad really work.5. Steam on the Southern Railway. After the introduction of diesel engines (the Southern was the first to go all diesel) the company operated a fairly extensive steam escursion schedule for nearly forty years.This is an excellent book; especially if the Southern is your favorite railroad; but also because it shows such an unusual side of railroading.
