Letters of Travel Letter 7 - Captains Courageous

In which the rolling expanse of the North Pacific and the restless spirit of the railway invite the traveller into a fresh frontier of Canada and the United States, where new towns rise and fall with the fervour of hopeful pioneers and the clangour of the land-boom. The tale reflects on the endless dance of progress and decline, where daring captains and adventurers, both real and imagined, continue to breathe romance into the harsh realities of empire and enterprise.