Terry Pindell (born ) is an

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travel writer known primarily for three North American 'rail odysseys', through the US, Canada and Mexico, each of which became the subject of a travel book. He has also written a book on migration within the United States. The ''

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'' said of his first book, ''Making Tracks'': "Not since John Steinbeck's ''

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'' has anyone put together a better story about America on the road." A

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resident, Pindell is a former English teacher and mayoral candidate in Keene, NH. He is the grandson of a railroad engineer."LATimes book review of Making Tracks"
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Works

* ''A Good Place to Live: America's Last Migration'' by Terry Pindell (1997) * ''Yesterday's Train: A Rail Odyssey Through Mexican History'' () coauthored with Lourdes Ramirez Mallis (1997) * ''Last Train to Toronto: A Canadian Rail Odyssey'' (1992) * ''Making Tracks: An American Rail Odyssey'' (1990)

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