The Great Road

The Great Road
Author: James D. Dilts
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Total Pages: 594
Release: 1996-10-01
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 9780804726290

This masterful, richly illustrated account of the planning and building of the most important and influential early American railroad contributes not only to the railway history but to the history of the development of the United States in the 19th century. 80 illustrations.