• An epic journey across the world by train, from Siberia, to India to Japan to the Chicago-LA Southwest Chief.
• Delighting in the elegance of train travel, Zoellner also enthuses about its historical and sociological importance.
• Train fans abound in the UK and this is a perfect gift for many, as well as those who enjoy armchair travelling.
• Train journeys offer the time to truly see a country and meet its inhabitants that is impossible with air travel.
• Zoellner is co-author of An Ordinary Man (Bloomsbury, 2010) which inspired the film Hotel Rwanda (Lionsgate, 2004).