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Railroad noir : the American West at the end of the twentieth century / narratives by Linda Grant Niemann ; photographs by Joel Jensen.
Lippincott Library HD8039.R12 U659 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Niemann, Linda.
- Series:
- Railroads past and present
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Railroads--West (U.S.)--Employees--History.
- Railroads.
- Railroads--Social aspects--West (U.S.)--History.
- Railroads--Social aspects.
- History.
- Employees.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 151 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 24 x 29 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2010]
- Contents:
- Boomer in a boom town
- Breaking - in blues
- Blues for Ron
- Beet inspector
- The blue motel
- The big four bar
- Learning spanish
- Organized booming
- The border
- On the road again
- A starry night
- Train to the underworld
- Back to work
- The hospital yard
- The hopper at granite rock
- The Lawrence switcher
- The lord of the night
- Midnight train to Georgia
- The spiritual beauty of the rails
- Old head, new hire.
- ISBN:
- 9780253354464
- 0253354463
- OCLC:
- 433548911
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