The Rock Island Line - Rilegato

Marvel, Bill

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ISBN 10: 0253011272 ISBN 13: 9780253011275

Casa editrice: Indiana Univ Pr, 2013

Riassunto

This richly illustrated volume tells the story of a legendary railroad whose tracks spanned the Midwest, serving farms and small-town America for more than 140 years. One of the earliest railroads to build westward from Chicago, it was the first to span the Mississippi, advancing the frontier, bringing settlers into the West, and hauling their crops to market. Rock Island’s celebrated Rocket passenger trains also set a standard for speed and service, with suburban runs as familiar to Windy City commuters as the Loop. For most of its existence, the Rock battled competitors much larger and richer than itself and when it finally succumbed, the result was one of the largest business bankruptcies ever. Today, as its engines and stock travel the busy main lines operated by other carriers, the Rock Island Line lives on in the hearts of those whom it employed and served.

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L'autore:

Bill Marvel has been a newspaper journalist and freelance writer for 49 years. He is author (with R. V. Burgin) of Islands of the Damned: A Marine at War in the Pacific, a main selection of the History Book Club.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Indiana Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0253011272
• ISBN 13: 9780253011275
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 169