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An Old Coachman's Chatter, with Some Practical Remarks on Driving

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An Old Coachman's Chatter, with Some Practical Remarks on Driving

Edward Corbett and John Sturgess

264 pages~5 hr 16 min read28 chapters$4.99
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When the royal mail ran on four horses, the coachman was king of the road. Edward Corbett's reminiscences roll through the great mail routes, the wrecks and runaways, and the battles against snow, fog, and flood, with horses at the heart of every tale. The lost world of the English highway, told by a driver. Climb up to the box seat.

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28 chapters

  1. 1AN OLD COACHMAN'S CHATTER WITH SOME Practical Remarks on Driving.
  2. 2CONTENTS.
  3. 3LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  4. 4INTRODUCTION.
  5. 5CHAPTER I. THE ROYAL MAILS.
  6. 6CHAPTER II. THE ROYAL MAILS (continued).
  7. 7CHAPTER III. ACCIDENTS.
  8. 8CHAPTER IV. COMBATING WITH SNOW, FOGS, AND FLOODS.
  9. 9CHAPTER V. NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN.
  10. 10CHAPTER VI. HORSES.
  11. 11CHAPTER VII. THE ROADS.
  12. 12CHAPTER VIII. A SCIENTIFIC CHAPTER.
  13. 13CHAPTER IX. A NOTE ON THE HORN.
  14. 14CHAPTER X. THE HOLYHEAD ROAD.
  15. 15CHAPTER XI. THE BRIGHTON ROAD.
  16. 16CHAPTER XII. EARLY DAYS.
  17. 17CHAPTER XIII. OLD TIMES.
  18. 18CHAPTER XIV. COACHMEN: WHERE DID THEY COME FROM?

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