Just One Restless Rider: Reflections on Trains and Travel

In Just One Restless Rider, Carlos Schwantes invites readers to climb aboard for a ride they’ll never forget. This sweeping memoir reflects a lifetime’s love of observing and riding trains. Growing up in Indiana, Schwantes was enthralled by trains speeding through his town and especially dreamt of one day riding the Pennsylvania Railroad’s all-Pullman flagship, Spirit of St. Louis. Now the “dean of travel historians,” Schwantes recalls his many trips along the legendary rails of…