The Story of American Railroads: From the Iron Horse to the Diesel Locomotive Tapa blanda - 2016
de Stewart H. Holbrook
Descripción de contraportada
This richly comprehensive history by a self-proclaimed "low-brow" historian features more than 100 photographs and contemporary prints of America's railway system. Stewart H. Holbrook presents a dramatic, highly readable chronicle of the development of the backbone of the country's commerce and industry. Abounding in episodes of ingenuity and achievement, the growth of the railway system required constant improvements in techniques, devices, and machines, from the first wood burner that traveled on wooden rails to modern streamliners and diesel-powered giants.
In addition to technological innovations, the colossal enterprise required courage and resolve to battle challenges posed by nature as well as by political maneuvering and corruption. This fascinating survey draws upon many hitherto unknown original sources and new data, in addition to firsthand accounts from hundreds of brakemen, conductors, engineers, and other railroad employees. Sound and authoritative, it constitutes a definitive history of America's railroads.
Dover (2015) republication of the edition originally published by Bonanza Books, New York, 1947.
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Detalles
- Título The Story of American Railroads: From the Iron Horse to the Diesel Locomotive
- Autor Stewart H. Holbrook
- Encuadernación Tapa blanda
- Páginas 528
- Volúmenes 1
- Idioma ENG
- Editorial Dover Publications
- Fecha de publicación 2016-04
- Features Bibliography, Index
- ISBN 9780486799223 / 0486799220
- Peso 1.55 libras (0.70 kg)
- Dimensiones 8.9 x 6 x 1.1 pulgadas (22.61 x 15.24 x 2.79 cm)
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Temas
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Library of Congress subjects Railroads - United States - History
- Número de catálogo de la Librería del Congreso de EEUU 2015024216
- Dewey Decimal Code 385.097
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