From here to there
Subtitle: the story of how we transport ourselves and everything else
By: H. P. Newquist
Series: Invention & impact -- 2; Invention & impact -- 2.
Publisher: Viking; Viking Books for Young Readers
Published: 2017
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 123
ISBN-13: 9780451476456
Subjects: Transportation engineering; Transportation; Juvenile literature; History
Other titles: Story of how we transport ourselves and everything else
Description: Since humans first stood upright, we've been on the move. Need food? Water? Land? A place to live? Survival depends upon motion. For thousands of years, people have devised ways to move faster, farther, and more comfortably. Their inventions shoes, skis, the rudder, the wheel, engines, rockets have had an enormous impact on how and where human beings live and thrive.
Notes: "Smithsonian.".

Includes bibliographical references (p. 117) and index.

456 Childrens Plus, Inc.

Accelerated Reader MG 8.1 5 192974
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Two feet, four feet; title: Water and waves; title: Riding the rails; title: Wheels for everyone; title: On the road; title: Airborne; title: Tomorrow's travels.