Theroux, Paul. <br/><br/>
The old Patagonian express :  by train through the Americas / 
Paul Theroux ; [maps by Richard Sanderson] 
 - London :  Penguin Books  1980 
 - 430pp  maps ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/> The old Patagonian express tells of Paul Theroux's train journey down the length of North and South America. Beginning on Boston's subway, he depicts a voyage from ice-bound Massachusetts to the arid plateau of Argentina's most southerly tip. Shivering and sweating by turns as the temperature and altitude rise and plummet, he describes the people he encountered - the tedious Mr Thornberry in Limon and reading to the legendary blind writer, Jorge Luis Borges, in Buenos Aires 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0140054936 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>79015353 //r82 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Theroux, Paul--Travel--America.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Railroad travel--America.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>America--Description and travel.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E27.2  / .T47 1979 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>917/.04/53