Around the World with Citizen Train: The Sensational Adventures of the Real Phileas Fogg by Allen Foster (9781903582114)
Allen Foster Release Date: 01 April 2002 Format: Hardcover Pages: 288 Category: Political Publisher: Merlin Publishing ISBN: 9781903582114 ISBN-10: 1903582113
George Francis Train was among other things the real Phileas Fogg. In July 1890, George Train set out on one of the most famous journeys ever made. He traveled around the world in eighty days. Two years after his return he found himself immortalized in Jules Verne's famous story. Verne had changed him into Phileas Fogg. This book chronicles the amazing life and times of one of the most fascinating adventurers in history.