Motor Coaches and Charabancs
$30.78
- Paperback
64 pages
- Release Date
1 June 2020
Summary
The Open Road: A History of Motor Coaches and Charabancs
The coach, distinct from the bus by its suitability for longer, more comfortable journeys, boasts a rich history. Its roots lie in the charabanc, an open-topped vehicle for transporting passengers on outings and excursions.
Over time, coaches evolved, becoming enclosed and featuring superior seating and bodywork compared to charabancs and buses used on shorter routes. The 1960s and 70s saw the introduction of on-board …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781784424121 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1784424129 |
| Series: | Shire Library |
| Author: | James Taylor |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Shire Publications |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 64 |
| Release Date: | 1 June 2020 |
| Weight: | 154g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 149mm |
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An excellent, well-illustrated and very comprehensive yet compact book that enlightened me to many aspects of coaches and coach travel through the years. I enjoyed reading every page.
An excellent, well-illustrated and very comprehensive yet compact book that enlightened me to many aspects of coaches and coach travel through the years. I enjoyed reading every page. – Kim Henson * Wheels-Alive *
About The Author
James Taylor
James Taylor has been researching and writing about motoring history for more than thirty years and is a respected author on many different automotive subjects. He has written more than one hundred books, including Land Rover and Family Cars of the 1970s for Shire.
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