Road and rail transportation /
Harriet Williams.
- New York : Facts on File, c2004.
- 96 p. : col. ill ; 28 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Without wheels - Inventing the wheel - Horse power - Building roads - Pedal power - The first trains - The age of steam - Modern railroads - High-speed trains - The first cars - How cars work - On track and off road - Car of the future - Time line - GLossary - Further resources - Index.
Examines the history of transportation around the world, from prehistoric times when there were not only no wheels but no shoes, to electric, hybrid cars, and the Global Positioning System.