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| Author | : Keith L. Bryant|Frailey Jr. (Fred W.) |
| Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
| Total Pages | : 432 |
| Release | : 2020 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 1496222733 |
"Keith L. Bryant Jr. and Fred W. Frailey present a comprehensive history of the financing, construction, growth, and management of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway"--
| Author | : Peter Pyne |
| Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
| Total Pages | : 380 |
| Release | : 2021-03-30 |
| Genre | : Transportation |
| ISBN | : 0253052092 |
In 1848, a group of ambitious American entrepreneurs decided to embark upon a remarkable engineering feat—they would build a railroad across the Isthmus of Panama to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The creation of the Panama Railroad ranks as one the boldest capitalist ventures in the 19th century, and would require battling climate, disease, and geography before it was completed. On a human level, it would transform the destiny of thousands of lives in America, Panama, the West Indies, and Asia, as well as in Ireland. The Panama Railroad provides the first comprehensive account of the railroad's construction, going well beyond the known stories of the titans of industry involved with its construction, such as William Aspinwall, George Law, and Cornelius Vanderbilt. It seeks to correct false claims and address numerous gaps in past histories, and in particular showcases the stories of the ordinary Irish workers willing to travel halfway around the globe to pursue an uncertain future and a perilous undertaking in the hopes of escaping the devastating aftermath of the Great Famine of 1845–49.
| Author | : H. Craig Miner |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 268 |
| Release | : 1972 |
| Genre | : Transportation |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Mary Ann Fraser |
| Publisher | : Square Fish |
| Total Pages | : 81 |
| Release | : 2016-08-02 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 1250131243 |
On May 10, 1869, the final spike in North America's first transcontinental railroad was driven home at Promontory Summit, Utah. Illustrated with the author's carefully researched, evocative paintings, here is a great adventure story in the history of the American West--the day Charles Crocker staked $10,000 on the crews' ability to lay a world record ten miles of track in a single, Ten Mile Day.
| Author | : David Haward Bain |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 1432 |
| Release | : 2000-09-01 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1101658045 |
After the Civil War, the building of the transcontinental railroad was the nineteenth century's most transformative event. Beginning in 1842 with a visionary's dream to span the continent with twin bands of iron, Empire Express captures three dramatic decades in which the United States effectively doubled in size, fought three wars, and began to discover a new national identity. From self--made entrepreneurs such as the Union Pacific's Thomas Durant and era--defining figures such as President Lincoln to the thousands of laborers whose backbreaking work made the railroad possible, this extraordinary narrative summons an astonishing array of voices to give new dimension not only to this epic endeavor but also to the culture, political struggles, and social conflicts of an unforgettable period in American history.
| Author | : Derek R. Whaley |
| Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
| Total Pages | : 352 |
| Release | : 2015-02-26 |
| Genre | : California |
| ISBN | : 9781508570738 |
Once there was an endless redwood wilderness, populated by only the hardiest of people. Then, the sudden blast of a steam whistle echoed across the canyons and the valleys-the iron horse had arrived in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Driven by the need to transport materials like lumber and lime to the rest of the world, the railroad brought people seeking out new ways of living, from the remote outposts along Bean and Zayante Creeks to the bustling towns of Los Gatos and Santa Cruz. Bridges and tunnels marked the landscape, and each new station, siding and spur signaled activity: businesses, settlements, and vacation spots. Summer resorts in the mountains evolved into sprawling residential communities which formed the backbone of the towns of the San Lorenzo Valley today. Much of the history of the locations along the route has since been forgotten. This is their story. Third Revision (February 2016) Addenda available at http://www.whaleyland.com/downloads/addenda1.3.pdf Exclusive CreateSpace Discount: Enter MU236Q6V into the coupon code field and get this book for $5.00 off! Offer only valid through CreateSpace. Review this book at GoodReads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25144919)
| Author | : Stephen E. Ambrose |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 468 |
| Release | : 2001-11-06 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 9780743203173 |
The story of the men who build the transcontinental railroad in the 1860's.
| Author | : Charles Frederick Carter |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 392 |
| Release | : 1909 |
| Genre | : Railroads |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Harold Adams Innis |
| Publisher | : London, McClelland |
| Total Pages | : 384 |
| Release | : 1923 |
| Genre | : Canadian Pacific Railway |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : James Fallows |
| Publisher | : Vintage |
| Total Pages | : 440 |
| Release | : 2018-05-08 |
| Genre | : Travel |
| ISBN | : 1101871857 |
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • "James and Deborah Fallows have always moved to where history is being made.... They have an excellent sense of where world-shaping events are taking place at any moment" —The New York Times • The basis for the HBO documentary streaming on HBO Max For five years, James and Deborah Fallows have travelled across America in a single-engine prop airplane. Visiting dozens of towns, the America they saw is acutely conscious of its problems—from economic dislocation to the opioid scourge—but it is also crafting solutions, with a practical-minded determination at dramatic odds with the bitter paralysis of national politics. At times of dysfunction on a national level, reform possibilities have often arisen from the local level. The Fallowses describe America in the middle of one of these creative waves. Their view of the country is as complex and contradictory as America itself, but it also reflects the energy, the generosity and compassion, the dreams, and the determination of many who are in the midst of making things better. Our Towns is the story of their journey—and an account of a country busy remaking itself.
