num_pages: 404
description: Theroux's travels by train from Boston to Patagonia--a journey of selfdiscovery and uncommon encounters marked by startling contrasts in culture, climate, landscape, altitude, and attitude--are recounted
language: English
title: The Old Patagonian Express
titlecomplete: The Old Patagonian Express
genres: Trains, American, History, Adventure, Memoir, Biography, Travelogue, Travel, The United States Of America, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 10323
awards: awardedAt: 347184000000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: General Nonfiction (Paperback)
publisher: Houghton Mifflin