The ghosts of Duffy's Cut : the Irish who died building America's most dangerous stretch of railroad / William E. Watson ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Watson, William E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Columbia-Philadelphia Railroad.

Irish Americans--Pennsylvania--Malvern Region--History--19th century.

Irish Americans.

Ghost stories, American.

History.

Railroad construction workers.

Epidemics.

Cholera.

Foreign workers, Irish.

Duffy's Cut Site (Malvern, Pa.).

Malvern Region (Pa.)--History--19th century.

Malvern Region (Pa.).

Malvern Region (Pa.)--Antiquities.

Foreign workers, Irish--Pennsylvania--Malvern Region--History--19th century.

Cholera--Pennsylvania--Malvern Region--History--19th century.

Epidemics--Pennsylvania--Malvern Region--History--19th century.

Railroad construction workers--Pennsylvania--Malvern Region--History--19th century.

Columbia-Philadelphia Railroad--History.

Ghost stories, American--Pennsylvania--Malvern Region.

Pennsylvania.

Physical Description:

x, 216 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, music ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2006.

Contents:

The genesis of the Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad

The kingdom of Ireland in 1832

America in 1832

The Irish in Penn's Woods

The story of Duffy's Cut

"A chastisement for the sins of the people" : cholera in Pennsylvania, 1832

Duffy's Cut in historical memory

The ghosts of Duffy's Cut

The Duffy's Cut Project : a chronicle

A virtual tour of Duffy's Cut.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [203]-209) and index.

ISBN:

0275987272

OCLC:

65644272

Publisher Number:

9780275987275