American Railroads of the Nineteenth Century: A Pictorial History in Victorian Wood Engravings FROM THE PUBLISHER
With accompanying text, American Railroads of the Nineteenth Century traces the development and growth of rail lines across the country. It also details the corresponding evolution of street railway systems, including horsecars, cable cars, and trolleys. Harter also provides history and images on such themes as Civil War railroads; passenger, mail, and freight service; labor disputes; urban mass transit systems; and train disasters. Perhaps no other book gives such a complete overview of nineteenth-century American railroading.
FROM THE CRITICS
Booknews
Fine, big (9x12") collection of hundreds of illustrations from Harper's Weekly, Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Scientific American, Railroad Gazette and others including foreign sources; all are in the public domain. Presenting the material chronologically, Harter covers developments up to the end of the Civil War before depiction of locomotive development from 1865 onward, westward expansion, freight and passenger service, mass transit, and disasters (no less cherished by the 19th c. news hustlers than by our current mob). Of value to historians; a treasure for fans. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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