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Phelps' Hundred Cities And Large Towns Of America: With Railroad Distances Throughout The United States, Maps Of Thirteen Cities, And Other Embellishm

Phelps' Hundred Cities And Large Towns Of America: With Railroad Distances Throughout The United States, Maps Of Thirteen Cities, And Other Embellishm

Phelps, Humphrey

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TrainsGeneral World HistoryGeography

ISBN10: 9354503551
ISBN13: 9789354503559
Publisher: Alpha Ed
Published: Apr 6 2021
Pages: 86
Weight: 0.30
Height: 0.21 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
America on the move, mapped in ink. Open it; travel in time. Humphrey Phelps' Phelps' Hundred Cities And Large Towns Of America is a brisk, information-rich historical gazetteer and american city directory for a nation expanding by rail. Designed as a railroad distance guide, it gathers rail distances United States travellers once relied on, alongside concise entries on leading us towns and cities and a suite of nineteenth century city maps, including thirteen detailed plans. Read it straight through for the texture of 19th century America, or dip in for facts, place-names, and the practical geography that shaped everyday decisions. For genealogy research reference and local history researchers, the appeal is immediate: a grounded snapshot of where communities sat in relation to one another, and how the era's routes connected them. For anyone fascinated by historic United States railroads, it is also a quiet drama of numbers and names, revealing corridors of commerce, migration, and ambition. As an illustrated map book, it stands at the crossroads of cartography and social history. Preserving the language of towns, the prominence of cities, and the logic of distance, it captures the railway knitting regions together nationwide. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today -- a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. It is a handsome facsimile reprint edition for the shelf, and a working companion for the desk, for study, browsing, and armchair journeys.

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