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Illustrated True Book Of American Railroads, The by Webb w/Dust Jacket
Illustrated True Book of American Railroads by Robert N. Webb
The Illustrated True Book of American Railroads
Robert N. Webb
Hard Cover w/dust jacket (has some damage)
154 Pages
Copyright 1957
Contents
I. LINKING THE CONTINENT 3
II. HORSEBACK AND STAGECOACH 14
III. THE FIRST TRAINS 21
IV. EARLY AMERICAN RAILROADS 33
V. WAR RIDES THE RAILS 49
VI. THE RACE ACROSS THE CONTINENT 72
VII. MEN, MONEY AND RAILROADS 92
VIII. A MAGIC CARPET OF IRON 101
IX. NOTORIOUS TRAIN ROBBERIES 110
X. TWENTIETH CENTURY TRAINS 115
XI. THE TRAIN OF THE FUTURE 130
XII. ROUNDHOUSE ROUNDUP 137
GLOSSARY OF RAILROAD SLANG 144
RAILROAD WHISTLE TALK 147
HISTORICAL HIGHLIGHTS OF AMERICAN RAILROADS 148
SELECTED LIST OF BOOKS ABOUT RAILROADS . 149
MAPS 150
INDEX 153
THE American adventure of growth and progress is perhaps best told in the story of its railroads. For here is not only the magnificent chronicle of one of man's greatest inventions, but also the story of expanding frontiers, of a pioneer nation building its future on a virgin continent.
This is a book full of drama and excitement, of war and peace, of humor and suspense. Robert N. Webb tells us the thrilling stories of:
the first primitive experiments with steam locomotives, when people said no human could travel ten miles an hour and live
the early trains, such as The Best Friend of Charleston, Old Ironsides, and the De Witt Clinton
Andrews' raiders and the hair-raising locomotive chase of the Civil War
the westward surge and the first transcontinental railroad a superhuman American triumph
the notorious train bandits Jesse James, the Reno Brothers, and many more who terrorized the rails
the era of ambitious railroad barons building empires of American enterprise
the famous speed records of a nation fascinated by man's race against time
the fabulous trains of the future, light, luxurious and swift
All of these and more are in this volume, brimming with photographs, period prints and engravings, some of which have never been published before in this century.
Here is a book that everyone can enjoy the railroad buffs whose pulses pound at the echo of a locomotive whistle, and those of us who enjoy history made as lively and exciting as an adventure story. All the facts are here, too, written with painstaking accuracy and authority, checked and double-checked, the results of extensive research and the work of a historian gifted with imagination and verve.
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