Christopher Chant

Provides an illustrated history of sailing ships and describes how they operate.

Describes the history of railroads from the earliest wooden-wheeled carts used in mines to the railway networks and trains that developed around the world during the 19th century.

Drawings, photographs, and text describe a variety of fighter planes, both U.S. and foreign, in use in World Wars I and II, including Britain's Sopwith Camel, the German Fokker and Messerschmitts, the American Curtiss series and the Lockheed Lightning.