Query: great american railroad journeys michael portillo

title: Portillo's Hidden History of Britain

title: Great American Railroad Journeys: Series 3 [DVD]
text: Product Description A companion to the phenomenally successful Great British Railway Journeys, this series sees Michael Portillo swap his treasured copy of Bradshaw's handbook for its stateside counterpart an 1879 edition of Appleton's General Guide to the United States and Canada. This four-DVD set features twenty episodes covering two different journeys: Boston, Massachusetts, to Toronto, Ontario Reno, Nevada, to San Diego, California Michael's first epic rail journey takes him a thousand miles from leafy New England over mountain ranges to the Great Lakes. He discovers how a revolution fanning out from Boston, Massachusetts, overthrew the Crown and brought in an independent United States of America; while in Canada, nearly two and half centuries later, the head of state is still the British monarch. Next, he travels a thousand miles from the Sierra Nevada mountains south along the coast of California towards the Mexican border to tell the story of a state that has transformed the world, from gold and silver to Hollywood and Silicon Valley. Along the way he encounters revolutionaries and feminists, pilgrims and witches and rides some of the oldest and most breathtaking railroads in the world. He discovers gold and silver, movies and microchips, oranges and oil, and learns how America's most famous railroad conquered the wild landscapes of the west. Product Description A companion to the phenomenally successful Great British Railway Journeys, this series sees Michael Portillo swap his treasured copy of Bradshaw's handbook for its stateside counterpart an 1879 edition of Appleton's General Guide to the United States and Canada. This four-DVD set features twenty episodes covering two different journeys: Boston, Massachusetts, to Toronto, Ontario Reno, Nevada, to San Diego, California Michael's first epic rail journey takes him a thousand miles from leafy New England over mountain ranges to the Great Lakes. He discovers how a revolution fanning out from Boston, Massachusetts, overthrew the Crown and brought in an independent United States of America; while in Canada, nearly two and half centuries later, the head of state is still the British monarch. Next, he travels a thousand miles from the Sierra Nevada mountains south along the coast of California towards the Mexican border to tell the story of a state that has transformed the world, from gold and silver to Hollywood and Silicon Valley. Along the way he encounters revolutionaries and feminists, pilgrims and witches and rides some of the oldest and most breathtaking railroads in the world. He discovers gold and silver, movies and microchips, oranges and oil, and learns how America's most famous railroad conquered the wild landscapes of the west.

title: Great Continental Railway Journeys: Series 6 [DVD]
text: Product Description Michael Portillo embarks on two memorable railway journeys across Europe armed only with his 1913 Bradshaw s Guide and sporting his trademark colourful jackets! On his travels, Michael visits towns and villages along the way exploring the sights and sampling local traditions while telling the story of what happened in continental Europe in 1913, when everything changed just before the world went to war. Product Description Michael Portillo embarks on two memorable railway journeys across Europe armed only with his 1913 Bradshaw s Guide and sporting his trademark colourful jackets! On his travels, Michael visits towns and villages along the way exploring the sights and sampling local traditions while telling the story of what happened in continental Europe in 1913, when everything changed just before the world went to war.

title: Great Continental Railways Journeys: Series 1 - 5 [DVD]
text: Product Description Clad in his trademark colourful jackets, Michael Portillo embarks on a series of railway adventures which take him through the European continent and beyond! Steered by his 1913 Bradshaw's Continental Railway Guide , Michael journeys through a pre-war age of emperors, kings, pomp and elegance across a continent whose industrialists had created wealth, whose scientists were discovering the marvellous and whose artists were challenging old ways... whilst intellectuals plotted revolution. This ten-disc set features 29 different journeys: Series 1 : London to Monte Carlo, Hungary to Austria, Berlin to The Rhein, Switzerland, Amsterdam to Northern France Series 2 : Madrid to Gibraltar, Turin to Venice, Dresden to Kiel, Copenhagen to Oslo, Prague to Munich, Bordeaux to Bilbao Series 3 : Tula to St Petersburg, Rome to Taormina, Warsaw to Krakow, La Coruna to Lisbon, Haifa to the Negev Desert, Lyon to Marseille Series 4 : Sofia to Istanbul, Vienna to Trieste, Pisa to Lake Garda, Athens to Thessaloniki, The Black Forest to Hannover, Barcelona to Mallorca Series 5 : Transylvania to the Black Sea, Zermatt to Geneva, Tangier to Marrakech, Genoa to the Brenner Pass, Riga to Tampere, Rotterdam to Utrecht Product Description Clad in his trademark colourful jackets, Michael Portillo embarks on a series of railway adventures which take him through the European continent and beyond! Steered by his 1913 Bradshaw's Continental Railway Guide , Michael journeys through a pre-war age of emperors, kings, pomp and elegance across a continent whose industrialists had created wealth, whose scientists were discovering the marvellous and whose artists were challenging old ways... whilst intellectuals plotted revolution. This ten-disc set features 29 different journeys: Series 1 : London to Monte Carlo, Hungary to Austria, Berlin to The Rhein, Switzerland, Amsterdam to Northern France Series 2 : Madrid to Gibraltar, Turin to Venice, Dresden to Kiel, Copenhagen to Oslo, Prague to Munich, Bordeaux to Bilbao Series 3 : Tula to St Petersburg, Rome to Taormina, Warsaw to Krakow, La Coruna to Lisbon, Haifa to the Negev Desert, Lyon to Marseille Series 4 : Sofia to Istanbul, Vienna to Trieste, Pisa to Lake Garda, Athens to Thessaloniki, The Black Forest to Hannover, Barcelona to Mallorca Series 5 : Transylvania to the Black Sea, Zermatt to Geneva, Tangier to Marrakech, Genoa to the Brenner Pass, Riga to Tampere, Rotterdam to Utrecht

title: Great American Railroad Journeys: The Complete Series 2 [DVD]
text: Product Description A companion to the phenomenally successful Great British Railway Journeys , this series sees Michael Portillo swapping his treasured copy of Bradshaw's handbook for its stateside counterpart an 1879 edition of Appleton's guidebook to the railroads of America and Canada. This four-DVD set features twenty episodes covering two different journeys: St. Louis, Missouri, to the Grand Canyon The Twin Cities to Memphis Michael makes two epic journeys through the United States: his first follows the trail of 19th-century European pioneers, beginning in St Louis, Missouri, and ending with an awe-inspiring bird's-eye view of the Grand Canyon; the second journey begins with Minnesota's Twin Cities, takes in the modern metropolis of Chicago and and ends in Memphis, Tennessee. Along the way Michael gets a taste of the Old West in Dodge City, conducts a cattle auction in Kansas, visits the birthplace of F. Scott Fitzgerald in St Paul, Minnesota, and learns of a musical dream made reality in Santa Fe; he also finds time to savour New Mexico's delectably fiery cuisine and immerses himself in the culture and history of the continent's first inhabitants: the Native Americans. Product Description A companion to the phenomenally successful Great British Railway Journeys , this series sees Michael Portillo swapping his treasured copy of Bradshaw's handbook for its stateside counterpart an 1879 edition of Appleton's guidebook to the railroads of America and Canada. This four-DVD set features twenty episodes covering two different journeys: St. Louis, Missouri, to the Grand Canyon The Twin Cities to Memphis Michael makes two epic journeys through the United States: his first follows the trail of 19th-century European pioneers, beginning in St Louis, Missouri, and ending with an awe-inspiring bird's-eye view of the Grand Canyon; the second journey begins with Minnesota's Twin Cities, takes in the modern metropolis of Chicago and and ends in Memphis, Tennessee. Along the way Michael gets a taste of the Old West in Dodge City, conducts a cattle auction in Kansas, visits the birthplace of F. Scott Fitzgerald in St Paul, Minnesota, and learns of a musical dream made reality in Santa Fe; he also finds time to savour New Mexico's delectably fiery cuisine and immerses himself in the culture and history of the continent's first inhabitants: the Native Americans.

title: Greatest British Railway Journeys: Celebrating the greatest journeys from the BBC's beloved railway travel series

title: Great Continental Railway Journeys

title: Great American Railroad Journeys

title: Appleton's General Guide To The United States And Canada: New England And Middle States And Canada

title: Full English: A Journey Through the British and Their Food. Tom Parker Bowles

title: Great American Rail Journeys: Eureka & Palisade Railroad
text: Product Description Hop aboard the walnut cab of Eureka & Palisade #4, built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia in 1875, and take a trip back into the past on its nine-day visit to the historic Durango & Silverton Railroad. Follow the painstakingly restored beauty right out of the roundhouse as it steams northward through the valley, past the towering rock walls and snow-covered peaks, with the river rushing four hundred feet below. Product Description Hop aboard the walnut cab of Eureka & Palisade #4, built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia in 1875, and take a trip back into the past on its nine-day visit to the historic Durango & Silverton Railroad. Follow the painstakingly restored beauty right out of the roundhouse as it steams northward through the valley, past the towering rock walls and snow-covered peaks, with the river rushing four hundred feet below.

title: Appleton's Railway Guide to the USA and Canada