{"product_id":"trains-for-nature-alfred-runte-9781493090969","title":"Trains for Nature: Railroads and the American Land","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat did America lose with the decline of the passenger train? Much more than most Americans think, observes Alfred Runte, a leading historian of our national parks. Including parks and wilderness, the greatest loss has been to the American land. No technology was ever more respectful--protective--of what it means to have a national landscape. In song and story we call it America the Beautiful. And yet we let our best beautifiers disappear. Now the landscape suffers in our mindless rush to get rid of old technology and blindly embrace the new. Wind farms and solar power plants cajole us to redefine beauty itself, allowing access even to protected wilderness. No railroad ever asked for that'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 2006 as \u003ci\u003eAllies of the Earth: Railroads and the Soul of Preservation\u003c\/i\u003e, the book today is even more timely, now we see what policy-makers have in mind as replacements for railroads. Offering a new preface and epilogue, Runte stands his ground. Absent restraint, no technology is practicing conservation. Railroads renew the hope that the trains, i.e., the restraint, we so carelessly threw away may still be restored to preserve the remaining glories of our continent\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alfred Runte\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1493090968\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781493090969\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lyons Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/04\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 222\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Alfred Runte","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46489437896959,"sku":"9781493090969","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_57a2968e-e9b7-4085-896f-e02172bc25ac.jpg?v=1736953555","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/trains-for-nature-alfred-runte-9781493090969","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}