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Great American Railroad Journeys

Great American Railway Journeyswill see the famous brand of social history cum travelogue venture in the New World. |First Great Britain, then Old Europe were discovered by Michael Portillo across several seasons of fascinating TV, all with the help of train fanatic George Bradshaw, and the wonderful guide books he wrote over a century ago. Michael now undertakes an epic trip from New York and Boston on the American East coast right down to the Deep South of Atlanta and New Orleans, and then onto Chicago, Colorado, New Mexico, and ultimately finishing in San Francisco. Truly a colourful and exciting enterprise with vignettes of revealing social history concerning America`s rich tapestry of peoples whom have built a life in this vast new world. The new series (8×1-hour) will transmit in the summer of 2016, and this book will be the official, lavishly illustrated tie-in covering every single journey Portillo will undertake across North America. Capturing all the colour, beauty, excitement and fervour of journeying across this historic continent can muster. A must-have purchase for any armchair fan of unique and award-winning travel programming.

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