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John W. Barriger III
"e;Readers will find in his biography an extraordinary tale of the travails of twentieth-century railroading through the career of this one man."e; -The Annals of IowaAfter …
Railroads and the American People
“[A] wealth of vignettes and more than 100 black-and-white illustrations . . . Does a fine job of humanizing the iron horse” (The Wall Street Journal). In this social history of …
Louisville, Cincinnati & Charleston Rail Road
Among the grand antebellum plans to build railroads to interconnect the vast American republic, perhaps none was more ambitious than the Louisville, Cincinnati & Charleston. The …
John W. Barriger III
In John W. Barriger III: Railroad Legend, historian H. Roger Grant details the fascinating life and impact of a transportation tycoon and "e;doctor of sick …
Electric Interurbans and the American People
"e;A well-written social history of the shortest-lived major US transportation mode"e; from the railway historian and author of A Mighty Fine Road (Choice).One of the most …
Transportation and the American People
This "e;outstanding contribution to transportation history"e; chronicles the evolution of American mobility from stagecoaches to buses and airplanes (Choice).Transportation …
Mighty Fine Road
"e;Grant has once again hit a home run . . . a detailed but readable history of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific, a major Midwestern railroad."e; -Carlos A. Schwantes, …
"e;Follow the Flag"e;
"e;Follow the Flag"e; offers the first authoritative history of the Wabash Railroad Company, a once vital interregional carrier. The corporate saga of the Wabash involved …