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Workin' on the Railroad

Reminiscences from the Age of Steam

Richard Reinhardt (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

336 Seiten

2003
University of Oklahoma Press (Verlag)
978-0-8061-3525-0 (ISBN)

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The mighty railroad occupied the undisputed center of American public life. The railroad founded cities, populated states, created governments, destroyed the wilderness. It was the great speculator, the political tyrant, the recruiter of immigrants, the opener of new lands, the cynosure of poets and pioneers, the symbol of adventure, opportunity, escape, and power. . . . Yet, the railroad man, for all his historic importance, his archetypal stature, and his economic power, has achieved only a minor position in American literature.""--from Workin' on the RailroadIn Workin' on the Railroad, Richard Reinhardt presents firsthand accounts from engineers, brakemen, porters, conductors, section men, roundhouse workers, switchmen, telegraphers, surveyors, and other neglected pioneers who worked the railroad during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the Age of Steam.

Richard Reinhardt is the author of Treasure Island: San Francisco?s Exposition Years and The Ashes of Smyrna: A Novel of the Near East.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.5.2003
Zusatzinfo	72 line drawings
Verlagsort	Oklahoma
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	479 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Regional- / Landesgeschichte
	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schienenfahrzeuge
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	0-8061-3525-5 / 0806135255
ISBN-13	978-0-8061-3525-0 / 9780806135250
Zustand	Neuware