Railroad Fever
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Railroad Fever
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Author : Wayne Erbsen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
Railroad Fever written by Wayne Erbsen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Railroad stories categories.
This small volume includes pictures, songs & poetry, and interesting facts and oddities about railroads.
Railroad Fever
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Author : Wayne Erbsen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001-06-14
Railroad Fever written by Wayne Erbsen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-06-14 with Folk music categories.
Railroad Fever
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Author : Monica Halpern
language : en
Publisher: Crossroads America
Release Date : 2004
Railroad Fever written by Monica Halpern and has been published by Crossroads America this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Presents a history of the building of the transcontinental railroad and its effects on American life. By the 1840s, daring Americans were trickling westward to begin a new life in the great wide open. When gold was discovered in 1848, the promise of riches drew people by the thousands out to California. But the journey was slow and dangerous, since the best ways of travelling were by wagon and on foot. During the "railroad fever" of the 1830s, thousands of miles of track were laid, mostly throughout the Northeast and the South. Few had dreamt of extending this new travel westward-but all it takes is a few. Abraham Lincoln signed the Pacific Railroad Act in 1862, allowing for the start of the first transcontinental railroad. Though construction problems and hard times confronted them, American workers, Chinese immigrants, and former slaves pounded away through the rough geography of the western U.S., paving a path for the new train. A day in the life of a railroad worker was not an easy one. The work was backbreaking; the conditions were terrible; and workers were often faced with attack from Native Americans. The building of the railroad turned into a great race between two companies, the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific, to see who could finish their part of the railroad faster. The company that got farthest stood to make the most money. The "great race" turned into a national pastime-with reports of progress dominating the news. Railroad Fever illuminates the struggles of the railroad worker, the anger of the Plains Indians, and the many changes in both American life and geography that were prompted by the railroad. The completion of the transcontinental railroad left empty boomtowns across the country, changed the ethnic face of America, and, of course, created a new exciting and fast way of travel. Like the other titles in the Crossroads America series, Railroad Fever is illustrated with period paintings, drawings, and photographs. Also included are a glossary and an index.
Proceedings
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Author : Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1885
Proceedings written by Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1885 with Labor unions categories.
American Railroad Journal
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1885
American Railroad Journal written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1885 with Engineering categories.
A History Of American Magazines Volume Ii 1850 1865
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Author : Frank Luther Mott
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 1938
A History Of American Magazines Volume Ii 1850 1865 written by Frank Luther Mott and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1938 with American periodicals categories.
The first volume of this work, covering the period from 1741-1850, was issued in 1931 by another publisher, and is reissued now without change, under our imprint. The second volume covers the period from 1850 to 1865; the third volume, the period from 1865 to 1885. For each chronological period, Mr. Mott has provided a running history which notes the occurrence of the chief general magazines and the developments in the field of class periodicals, as well as publishing conditions during that period, the development of circulations, advertising, payments to contributors, reader attitudes, changing formats, styles and processes of illustration, and the like. Then in a supplement to that running history, he offers historical sketches of the chief magazines which flourished in the period. These sketches extend far beyond the chronological limitations of the period. The second and third volumes present, altogether, separate sketches of seventy-six magazines, including The North American Review, The Youth's Companion, The Liberator, The Independent, Harper's Monthly, Leslie's Weekly, Harper's Weekly, The Atlantic Monthly, St. Nicholas, and Puck. The whole is an unusual mirror of American civilization.
Westward Fever
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Author : James Taylor
language : en
Publisher: New Generation Publishing
Release Date : 2020-10-26
Westward Fever written by James Taylor and has been published by New Generation Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-26 with categories.
A WISE OLD LADY ONCE SAID... 'You should be able to take your retirement now, then work right up until you're eighty. Maybe then we'll all appreciate how precious this life really is. Go see the world now, when you're young, fit, and able. Maybe then we can all give something back!' Back in the spring of 2010, we quit our corporate jobs to go rail-tracking across America. Everyone thought we were crazy. 'You're doing what? In a middle of a recession? Have you lost your flipping minds?' In search of hope and inspiration we followed a dream, along the old railroad routes of the vast American West. What started as an adventure to fulfil a goal, ended up in discovering a lost American soul. Aimed at readers of all ages, Westward Fever is a sharp, nostalgic and comical look into the American way of life. Drawing much of its inspiration from the growth of the American frontier, Westward Fever provides hope and inspiration for every hard-working lost soul who dares to live the dream.
A Dictionary Of The Underworld
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Author : Eric Partridge
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2015-06-12
A Dictionary Of The Underworld written by Eric Partridge and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-12 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
First published in 1949 (this edition in 1968), this book is a dictionary of the past, exploring the language of the criminal and near-criminal worlds. It includes entries from Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa, as well as from Britain and America and offers a fascinating and unique study of language. The book provides an invaluable insight into social history, with the British vocabulary dating back to the 16th century and the American to the late 18th century. Each entry comes complete with the approximate date of origin, the etymology for each word, and a note of the milieu in which the expression arose.
A New History Of Modern Latin America
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Author : Lawrence A. Clayton
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2017-08
A New History Of Modern Latin America written by Lawrence A. Clayton and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08 with History categories.
"Revised and expanded third edition"--Cover.
American Engineer And Railroad Journal
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1886
American Engineer And Railroad Journal written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1886 with Railroad engineering categories.