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Kevin J. Last

Tracks

A Journey Through Metro-Land

Kevin J. Last

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English
Unicorn Publishing Group
28 January 2026
City & town planning - architectural aspects; Trains & railways: general interest
Tracks: A Journey Into Metroland tells the story of Metroland and the development of suburbia that grew alongside the Metropolitan Railway. Originally the brainchild of eminent Victorians, the Metropolitan grew to become the queen of underground lines, eventually expanding to a point some fifty miles outside London. Author Kevin J. Last describes how the concept of Metroland was an aspiration for several levels of society, promising a better lifestyle well away from the deprivations of wartime. The idea that the working man could live comfortably outside the smoke in individually designed houses would mean that he could also thrive at work, largely due to the regular service offered by the new railway. This was quite exceptional in that, while nominally an underground line, most of the Met's route was above ground and, in length, went far beyond other similar lines, far out into the Buckinghamshire countryside. Not marked on any map, Metroland is as much a concept of the mind as a real place.
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Imprint:   Unicorn Publishing Group
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Edition:   Not for Online ed.
Dimensions:   Height: 234mm,  Width: 156mm, 
ISBN:   9781917458320
ISBN 10:   1917458320
Pages:   176
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Kevin J Last has degrees in Film Studies and English Literature. Fascinated by the power of film, he has lectured widely for various universities and written, produced and acted in educational and entertainment shows for the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford and elsewhere. Subjects have included the Music Hall, World War I and John Betjeman. He has been published on a number of occasions both in the Daily Mail and a trilogy of books on Cotchford Farm indifferent eras for Unicorn Press. He has a wide knowledge of the films of Alfred Hitchcock.

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