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The history of the world is largely the history of movement. We speak of ancient cultures as though they were immobile, often forgetting that the greatest empires were often comprised primarily of displaced peoples. Genghis Khan uprooted entire populations and put them elsewhere in order to encourage homogeneity within his realm. How did he get them from place to place?

In the age of Learjets and bullet trains, the invention of the wheel seems distant and almost inconsequential. Riding horses is a little more immediate (oddly) because people still do that, but unless you're Amish or Mennonite Brethren living in the eastern United States, carts, wagons and buggies are mere images flickering against the faded screen of the past.

Still, the wheel is one of the building blocks of civilization. Things like wagons, trains, and cars would never have been developed without the wheel, and by extension we probably wouldn't have airplanes either. Boats and ships are a slightly different story, but the technology that allowed early civilizations to put to sea is as foundational as that used to make wheels.

Man has always been fascinated with movement of all kinds, not least the modes of conveyance used to get people and things around. It's important for Christians to remember that God's will is ultimately what allows advances in transportation technology, which (rather than ending the discussion) is the best reason to study it in the first place. To that end, we offer a variety of resources covering a variety of vehicles and inventions.

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Anthropology

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History of Transportation

History of Transportation

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Automotive History

Aviation History

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	Across America on an Emigrant Train by Jim Murphy from Sandpiper Books for 5th-8th grade 1994 NCTE Orbis Pictus Award in Immigration & Emigration (Location: HISA-20IM) $10.95
	Airplane Inventions that Shaped the World by Nancy Robinson Masters from Franklin Watts for 4th-7th grade in Things That Go (Location: SCI-TTGO) $3.00 (1 in stock)
	Airplanes of the Second World War - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by Carlo Demand from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Transportation Coloring Books (Location: COL-TRANS) $5.99 $2.50 (1 in stock)
	Airplanes of World War I - Coloring Book by Carlo Demand from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Transportation Coloring Books (Location: COL-TRANS) $5.99
	Amelia Earhart: Young Aviator Childhood of Famous Americans by Beatrice Gormley from Aladdin Paperbacks Biography for 3rd-6th grade in Childhood of Famous Americans (Location: BIO-COFA) $7.99
	American Muscle Cars - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by Bruce LaFontaine from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Transportation Coloring Books (Location: COL-TRANS) $5.99
	American Sailing Ships - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by Peter F. Copeland from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Transportation Coloring Books (Location: COL-TRANS) $5.99
	Amistad: A Long Road to Freedom by Walter Dean Myers from Puffin Books for 5th-8th grade in Slavery & the Underground Railroad (Location: HISA-19SL) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Antique Airplanes - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by Peter F. Copeland from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Transportation Coloring Books (Location: COL-TRANS) $5.99
	Antique Automobiles - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by Clarence P. Hornung from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Transportation Coloring Books (Location: COL-TRANS) $4.99
	Antique Locomotives - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by Tre Tryckare Company from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Transportation Coloring Books (Location: COL-TRANS) $4.99
	Arts of the Sailor Knotting, Splicing and Ropework by Hervey Garrett Smith Reprint from Dover Publications for 5th-Adult in Nautical History (Location: VIN-NAUT) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Avion My Uncle Flew by Cyrus Fisher, illustrated by Richard Floethe from Purple House Press for 5th-7th grade 1947 Newbery Honor Book in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV) $13.95
	Captain Edward L. Beach: Around the World Under Water by Beril Becker from Kingston House for 6th-10th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Cars - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by Steven James Petruccio from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Transportation Coloring Books (Location: COL-TRANS) $3.99
	Charles A. Lindbergh A Human Hero by James Cross Giblin from Clarion Books Biography for 5th-8th grade 1998 NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Book in Biographies (Location: BIO) $7.00 (2 in stock)
	Classic Cars - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by Bruce LaFontaine from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Transportation Coloring Books (Location: COL-TRANS) $9.95
	Classic Cars of the Fifties - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by Bruce LaFontaine from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Transportation Coloring Books (Location: COL-TRANS) $3.99
	Classic Motorcars - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by Tre Tryckare Company from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Transportation Coloring Books (Location: COL-TRANS) $4.99
	Classic Racing Cars of the World - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by Carlo Demand from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Transportation Coloring Books (Location: COL-TRANS) $4.99
	Coolies by Yin, illustrated by Chris Soentpiet from Puffin Books for 5th-8th grade in Transcontinental Railroad (Location: HISA-19TRR) $7.99
	Design Line: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles A Visual History of Modern Transportation Featuring 100 Iconic Designs by Chris Oxlade, Edited by Jenny Broom, Illustrated by Mike Lemanski from Candlewick Press for 2nd-Adult in Oversized Science Books (Location: SCI-OVER) $9.00 (1 in stock)
	Draw 50 Boats, Ships, Trucks, and Trains by Lee Ames from Watson-Guptill Publications for 3rd-8th grade in Draw 50 (Location: ELE-ARTD50) $9.99
	Famous Trains - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by Bruce LaFontaine from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Transportation Coloring Books (Location: COL-TRANS) $3.99
	Famous Women Aviators - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by LaFontaine, Bruce from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in History of the World Coloring Books (Location: COL-HISW) $4.99
	Flight: A Panorama of Aviation by Melvin B. Zisfein; illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker from Pantheon Books for 4th-6th grade in Aviation History (Location: HISV-AVIA) $9.00 (1 in stock)
	Gasoline Buggy of the Duryea Brothers by Robert B. Jackson from Henry Z. Walck, Inc. for 4th-8th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $7.00 (1 in stock)
	Getting There Frontier Travel without Power by Suzanne Hilton from Westminster Press for 5th-Adult in Things That Go (Location: SCI-TTGO) $8.50 (1 in stock)
	Henry Ford: Young Man with Ideas Childhood of Famous Americans by Hazel B. Aird from Aladdin Paperbacks for 3rd-6th grade in Childhood of Famous Americans (Location: BIO-COFA) $6.99 $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Historic Sailing Ships - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by Tre Tryckare Company from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Transportation Coloring Books (Location: COL-TRANS) $4.99
	History of Fire Engines - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by A. G. Smith from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Transportation Coloring Books (Location: COL-TRANS) $4.99
	History of Flight - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by A. G. Smith from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Transportation Coloring Books (Location: COL-TRANS) $4.99 $2.50 (1 in stock)
	History of Pirates by Angus Konstam from Lyons Press for 5th-8th grade in Pirates (Location: HISV-PIRATE) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	History of the American Automobile - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by A. G. Smith & Randy Mason from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Transportation Coloring Books (Location: COL-TRANS) $4.99
	History of Trucks - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by Bruce LaFontaine from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Transportation Coloring Books (Location: COL-TRANS) $4.99
	Horses of the Old West - Coloring Book by John Green from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Horse Coloring Books (Location: COL-HOR) $3.99
	How Things Work: Vehicles - Coloring Book by Scott MacNeill from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Transportation Coloring Books (Location: COL-TRANS) $4.99
	Ideas That Changed the World: Transportation by Philip Wilkinson and Michael Pollard, Illustrated by Robert Ingpen from Chelsea House Publishing for 4th-7th grade in How Things Work (Location: SCIREF-HOW) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Illustrated Guide to Sailing Ships by Christopher Chant Library ed from Marshall Cavendish Education for 4th-8th grade in Ships, Boats & Submarines (Location: HISV-SHIP) $7.50 (1 in stock)
	Jet Fighters - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by John, Batchelor from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Transportation Coloring Books (Location: COL-TRANS) $5.99
	Lighthouses of America by Mina Lewiton, Illustrated by Howard Simon from E.M. Hale and Company for 4th-7th grade in Nautical History (Location: VIN-NAUT) $12.50 (1 in stock)
	Lindbergh Tale of a Flying Mouse Classic Starts by Torben Kuhlmann, Translated by David Henry Wilson from NorthSouth for 2nd-6th grade in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $19.95 $10.00 (1 in stock)
	Lindbergh Alone May 21, 1927 by Brendan Gill from Harcourt, Brace & World for 4th-9th grade in Clearance: History & Geography (Location: ZCLE-HIS) $3.00 (1 in stock)
	Lost Star The Story of Amelia Earhart by Patricia Lauber from Scholastic Inc. for 4th-6th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $2.00 (1 in stock)
	Luxury Cars - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by Bruce LaFontaine from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Transportation Coloring Books (Location: COL-TRANS) $3.99
	Making It Go: The Life and Work of Robert Fulton Physical Science by Don Herweck from Teacher Created Materials, Inc. for 4th-6th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $7.00
	Mayflower II from Plimoth Plantation Publication for 6th-12th grade in Ships, Boats & Submarines (Location: HISV-SHIP) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Men-of-War Life in Nelson's Navy by Patrick O'Brian 1st Us Edition from W. W. Norton and Co. for 5th-10th grade in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20) $3.00 (2 in stock)
	Men-of-War Seafarers by David Howarth 1^st edition from Time-Life Books for 6th-12th grade in Clearance: History & Geography (Location: ZCLE-HIS) $2.00 (1 in stock)
	Motorcycles - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by Bruce LaFontaine from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Transportation Coloring Books (Location: COL-TRANS) $4.99
	Mysterious Voyage of Captain Kidd Landmark #122 by A.B.C. Whipple from Purple House Press for 5th-9th grade in Pirates (Location: HISV-PIRATE) $14.99
	Old Ship Figureheads - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by John Batchelor from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in History of the World Coloring Books (Location: COL-HISW) $3.95 $2.50 (1 in stock)
	On the Shores of the Great Sea Story of the World Series #1 by M. B. Synge from Yesterday's Classics History Reference for 4th-8th grade in History Spines & Surveys (Location: HISRF-SPINE) $13.95 $8.00 (1 in stock)
	On the Shores of the Great Sea Story of the World Series #1 by M. B. Synge from Living Book Press History Reference for 4th-8th grade in History Spines & Surveys (Location: HISRF-SPINE) $9.99
	On the Wings of Heroes by Richard Peck from Puffin Books for 4th-6th grade in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $7.99
	Orville Wright The Flyer Heroes of History by Geoff & Janet Benge from Emerald Books Biography for 4th-7th grade in Heroes of History (Location: BIO-BENGE) $11.99
	Pirates An Illustrated History by Nigel Cawthorne from Chartwell Books for 4th-8th grade in Pirates (Location: HISV-PIRATE) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Railroad Inventions That Shaped the World by John Matthews from Franklin Watts for 4th-9th grade in Transcontinental Railroad (Location: HISA-19TRR) $6.50 (1 in stock)
	Railroad Engines from Around the World - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by Bruce LaFontaine from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Transportation Coloring Books (Location: COL-TRANS) $5.99
	Red Baron by Richard A. Boning, illustrated by Harry Schaare from Dexter & Westbrook for 3rd-6th grade in World War I (1914-1919) (Location: HISA-20WW1) $10.00 (1 in stock)
	Sailors, Whalers, Fantastic Sea Voyages An Activity Guide to North American Sailing Life by Valerie Petrillo 1^st edition from Chicago Review Press for 4th-6th grade in Ships, Boats & Submarines (Location: HISV-SHIP) $7.50 (2 in stock)
	Sea Clocks: The Story of Longitude by Louise Borden 1^st edition from Margaret K. McElderry Books for 4th-8th grade in Ships, Boats & Submarines (Location: HISV-SHIP) $10.00 (1 in stock)
	Seafaring America by Alexander Laing from McGraw-Hill for 6th-Adult in Nautical History (Location: VIN-NAUT) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Ships and Boats by Chris Oxlade from Shooting Star Press for 4th-6th grade in Ships, Boats & Submarines (Location: HISV-SHIP) $5.00 (2 in stock)
	Ships at Work by Mary Elting; illustrated by Manning De V. Lee from Harvey House, Inc., Publishers for 4th-6th grade in Nautical History (Location: VIN-NAUT) $14.00 (1 in stock)
	Sports Cars - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by Bruce LaFontaine from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Transportation Coloring Books (Location: COL-TRANS) $5.99
	Steamboat South by Madye Lee Chastain from E.M. Hale and Company for 4th-8th grade in Nautical History (Location: VIN-NAUT) $9.00 (1 in stock)
	Story of Ships From Log Raft the Atomic Power in Full Color by Frank O. Braynard, paintings by Fouille from Grosset & Dunlap for 3rd-6th grade in Nautical History (Location: VIN-NAUT) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Story of the Wright Brothers - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by Bruce LaFontaine from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in History of America Coloring Books (Location: COL-HISA) $3.99
	Story of Two Years Before the Mast by Frank L. Beals, illustrated by E.E. King, original story by Richard H. Dana Jr. Adapted & Retold from Benj. H. Sanborn & Co. for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Tall Ships of the World An Illustrated Encyclopedia by C. Keith Wilbur from The Globe Pequot Press for 4th-8th grade in Ships, Boats & Submarines (Location: HISV-SHIP) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Tanks and Armored Vehicles - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by Bruce LaFontaine from Dover Publications for 3rd-6th grade in Transportation Coloring Books (Location: COL-TRANS) $5.99
	Ten Mile Day And the Building of the Transcontinental Railroad by Mary Ann Fraser from Henry Holt and Company Historical Non-Fiction for 3rd-6th grade in Transcontinental Railroad (Location: HISA-19TRR) $10.99
	Timechart History of Aviation from Lowe & B. Hould Publishers for 6th-Adult in Aviation History (Location: HISV-AVIA) $9.00 (1 in stock)
	Titanic - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by Peter F. Copeland from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Transportation Coloring Books (Location: COL-TRANS) $4.99
	To Fly The Story of the Wright Brothers by Wendie C. Old, illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker from Clarion Books for 4th-6th grade 2003 NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Book in Aviation History (Location: HISV-AVIA) $17.99
	Trail Blazer of the Seas by Jean Lee Latham from Purple House Press for 5th-8th grade in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $11.99
	Trains by John R. Day, illustrated by David A. Warner & Nigel W. Hearn 1989 Reprint from Treasure Press for 6th-Adult in Vintage Nonfiction (Location: VIN-NFIC) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Trucks - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by Steven James Petruccio from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Transportation Coloring Books (Location: COL-TRANS) $3.99
	We Were There at the Driving of the Golden Spike by David Shepherd, William K. Plummer Reprint from Dover Publications for 5th-9th grade in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $7.99
	We Were There at the First Airplane Flight by Felix Sutton, illustrated by Lazlo Matulay Reprint from Dover Publications for 5th-9th grade in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $6.99
	What Is the Panama Canal? (What Was...?) What Was? by Janet Pascal 1^st edition from Grosset & Dunlap for 3rd-6th grade in Gilded Age (1865-1918) (Location: HISA-19GI) $5.99 $4.00 (2 in stock)
	Who Was Amelia Earhart? Who Was?...Series by Kate Jerome from Grosset & Dunlap for 4th-6th grade in Who Was? biographies (Location: BIO-WHO) $5.99
	Wilbur and Orville Wright: Young Fliers by Augusta Stevenson from Aladdin Paperbacks Biography for 3rd-6th grade in Childhood of Famous Americans (Location: BIO-COFA) $7.99 $4.00 (1 in stock)
	World War II Warships - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by John Batchelor from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Transportation Coloring Books (Location: COL-TRANS) $3.99
	Wright Brothers How They Invented the Airplane by Russell Freedman from Holiday House Biography for 5th-8th grade 1992 Newbery Honor Book in Aviation History (Location: HISV-AVIA) $16.99
	Wright Brothers Pioneers of American Aviation Landmark Series by Quentin Reynolds from Random House Biography for 5th-8th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $6.99
	Wright Brothers Sowers Series by Charles Ludwig from Mott Media Biography for 4th-6th grade in Sowers Biographies (Location: BIO-SOW) $8.99 $5.00 (2 in stock)
	Wright Brothers by George Sullivan from Scholastic Inc. Biography for 3rd-6th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $2.50 (1 in stock)
	Wright Brothers by Shelia Wyborny 1^st edition from KidHaven Press for 4th-6th grade in Clearance: History & Geography (Location: ZCLE-HIS) $2.00 (1 in stock)
	Wright Brothers At Kitty Hawk by Donald J. Sobol from Scholastic Inc. Biography for 3rd-6th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $2.00 (1 in stock)
	Wright Brothers for Kids by Mary Kay Carson 1^st edition from Chicago Review Press for 4th-6th grade in Aviation History (Location: HISV-AVIA) $18.95 $9.00 (1 in stock)
	You Wouldn't Want to Sail the Seas! Nautical Stuff You Wouldn't Want to Know by Written by Peter Cook, John Malam, Jim Pipe, and David Stewart, and Illustrated by David Antram and Kevin Whelan from Parfait Press for 3rd-6th grade in Ships, Boats & Submarines (Location: HISV-SHIP) $8.00 (1 in stock)

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