Ten turtles to Tucumcari : a personal history of the Railway Express Agency / Klink Garrett with Toby Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Garrett, Klink.

Contributor:

Smith, Toby, 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Railway Express Agency--History.

Railway Express Agency.

Express service--United States--History.

Express service.

History.

United States.

Physical Description:

xiv, 172 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [2003]

Summary:

From its founding in 1929, Railway Express Agency dominated the transportation industry until the 1960s. This history of REA coincides with the career of Klink Garrett, who began as a temporary employee in Rapid City, South Dakota, in 1934 and retired in 1973 as a senior executive and member of REA's board of directors.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-166) and index.

ISBN:

0826330495

OCLC:

51899034