It's my experience that most folk who ride trains could care less where they're going. For them it's the journey itself and the people they meet along the way. You see, at every stop this train makes, a little bit of America, a little bit of your country, gets on and says hello.
David BaldacciAbout author
- Author's profession: Novelist
- Nationality: american
- Born: August 5, 1960
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