ISBN: 9780803251595 - the story of western railroads: from 1852 through the reign of the giants (33 resultados)

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Soft cover. Condición: As New. No Jacket. 5th or later Edition. As new in wraps,no blemishes.Reprint of the 1926 edition.345 pgs. with index.The conquest of the west by the ralroads.All aspects of the story.

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Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: None as Issued. First Edition, 6th Printing. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Illustrated soft cover/NF with light wear. First published 1926; this is Bison paperback reprint with a 1964 Preface by author. Political, socio-economic history of the western phase of the railroad contruction in America. Story of the advance of the Iron Horse through conflicts with Indian conflicts, labor woes, farmer disillusionment, to its final completion.…

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Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - On December 23, 1852, the first train on the first railroad west of the Mississippi River steamed proudly from St. Louis to Cheltenham-the immense distance of five miles. In that moment of exaltation, writes Robert Edgar Riegel, 'flags waved, bands played, and orators prophesied the flowering of the West under the beneficent influence of the steam locomotive. For once the orators were right. An epoch was marked. Twenty-five years earlier the musical whistle of the locomotive was as yet unheard in the United States. Twenty-five years later steel tracks spanned the continent from New York to San Francisco.'In this account of the railroad conquest of the United States, the author is primarily concerned with the western phase of the story. He follows the Iron Horse west through Indian trouble, labor difficulties, civil war, and farmer disillusionment to the completion of the western railroad net. All aspects of the subject-financial, industrial, engineering, as well as the development of railroad regulation-are covered in this classic work.…

Condición: New. On December 23, 1852, the first train on the first railroad west of the Mississippi River steamed from St Louis to Cheltenham. This work features an account of the railroad conquest of the United States. It covers the various aspects of the subject - financ.

Condición: New. Print on Demand pp. 364 4:B&W 5 x 8 in or 203 x 127 mm Perfect Bound on Creme w/Gloss Lam.