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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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	Across America on an Emigrant Train by Jim Murphy and Robert Louis Stevenson from Sandpiper Books for 5th-8th grade 1994 NCTE Orbis Pictus Award in Immigration & Emigration (Location: HISA-20IM) $9.31
	All About Sailing the Seven Seas All About Books #40 by Ruth Brindze from Random House for 4th-7th grade in All About Books (Location: VIN-ALL) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Arts of the Sailor Knotting, Splicing and Ropework by Hervey Garrett Smith Reprint from Dover Publications for 5th-Adult in Ships, Boats & Submarines (Location: HISV-SHIP) $4.80 (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) $11.86
	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) $6.40 (1 in stock)
	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 (1 in stock)
	Coolies by Yin, illustrated by Chris Soentpiet from Puffin Books for 5th-8th grade in History of Railroads (Location: HISA-19TRR) $7.64
	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) $7.20 (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
	Getting There Frontier Travel without Power by Suzanne Hilton from Westminster Press for 5th-Adult in Things That Go (Location: SCI-TTGO) $6.80 (1 in stock)
	Illustrated History of Ships and Boats by Lionel Casson from Doubleday & Company for 7th-Adult in Nautical History (Location: VIN-NAUT) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Keystone Battlewagon - U.S.S. Pennsylvania (BB-38) Warship Series #2 by Myron J. Smith 1^st edition for 7th-10th grade in Clearance: History & Geography (Location: ZCLE-HIS) $2.00 (1 in stock)
	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)
	Mayflower II from Plimoth Plantation Publication for 6th-12th grade in Ships, Boats & Submarines (Location: HISV-SHIP) $3.20 (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)
	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) $12.74
	Naval Warfare Courage and Combat on the Water Civil War Chronicles by John C. Wideman from MetroBooks for 7th-Adult in American Civil War Era (1850-1865) (Location: HISA-19CW) $5.60 (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) $11.86 $6.40 (2 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) $8.49
	Pirate Ship: 1660-1730 by Angus Konstam, illustrated by Tony Bryan from Osprey Publishing for 7th-Adult in Pirates (Location: HISV-PIRATE) $7.20 (1 in stock)
	Pirates An Illustrated History by Nigel Cawthorne from Chartwell Books for 4th-8th grade in Pirates (Location: HISV-PIRATE) $6.40 (1 in stock)
	Railroad Inventions That Shaped the World by John Matthews from Franklin Watts for 4th-9th grade in History of Railroads (Location: HISA-19TRR) $3.20 (1 in stock)
	Salt-Water Men Canada's Deep-Sea Sailors Canadian Inheritance Series #1 by Joseph Schull from Inheritance Publications for 7th-10th grade in Ships, Boats & Submarines (Location: HISV-SHIP) $11.01
	San Francisco Bay by John Haskell Kemble from Cornell Maritime Press for 7th-12th grade in Nautical History (Location: VIN-NAUT) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	San Francisco Bay A Pictorial Maritime History by John Haskell Kemble 1978 Reissue from Bonanza Books for 7th-12th grade in Nautical History (Location: VIN-NAUT) $5.00 (1 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) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	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 Captain Cook by John Lang from Living Book Press for 6th-8th grade in History Shapers (Location: BIO-SHAPE) $5.94
	Story of Flight by Mary Lee Settle from Random House for 4th-7th grade in Step Up Books (Location: VIN-STEP) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Story of Sir Francis Drake by Oliver Elton from Living Book Press for 4th-8th grade in History Shapers (Location: BIO-SHAPE) $5.94
	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) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Timechart History of Aviation from Lowe & B. Hould Publishers for 6th-Adult in Aviation History (Location: HISV-AVIA) $7.20 (1 in stock)
	Twelve Seconds to the Moon A Story of the Wright Brothers by Rosamond Young & Catharine Fitzgerald 2^nd edition from Air Force Museum Foundation, Inc. for 7th-Adult in Aviation History (Location: HISV-AVIA) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Twentieth Century Sea Power for 7th-12th grade in Clearance: History & Geography (Location: ZCLE-HIS) $1.00 (1 in stock)
	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) $7.64
	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) $11.04
	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) $14.44
	Wright Brothers: Pioneers of American Aviation Landmark Series by Quentin Reynolds from Random House Biography for 5th-8th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $6.79 $3.60 (2 in stock)
	Yankee Clippers The Story of Donald McKay by Clara Ingram Judson from Follett Publishing Co. for 4th-8th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $12.80 (1 in stock)

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