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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Union Pacific Country

Union Pacific Country

Athearn, Robert G.

Paperback

TrainsGeneral World History

Publisher Price: $35.00

ISBN10: 0803258291
ISBN13: 9780803258297
Publisher: Univ Of Nebraska Pr
Published: Sep 1 1976
Pages: 480
Weight: 1.38
Height: 1.09 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
No one has done before what Athearn has done in this volume. He has utilized company records and a variety of other sources to write a very attractive and readable, but scholarly account of the impact of the Union Pacific and its branch line son the country it served from the 1860s to the 1890s. . . . Everyone from railroad buffs to Western history scholars will like the book.--Choice. This highly readable book is an excellent history of the heart-breaking efforts to build the Union Pacific into a viable enterprise before the end of the nineteenth century. . . . Throughout this attractive reprint edition, Athearn provides insights and fresh perspectives not only on the Union Pacific but on other railroads in the West and their significance in frontier America.--David Dary, Overland Journal. A superb contribution by a master historian, Union Pacific Country is a model chapter in the epic story of how the American West was penetrated, settled, and developed with the aid of steam and iron. The research is massive; the writing style is inviting; the photographs, maps, and documents are helpful; and the story is compelling.--Journal of the West. The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad: Rebel of the Rockies by Robert G. Athearn is also available.

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