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Derailed by bankruptcy : life after the Reading Railroad / Howard H. Lewis ; foreword by John C. Spychalski.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lewis, Howard H., author.
- Series:
- Railroads past and present.
- Railroads past and present
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Railroads--United States--Finance.
- Railroads.
- Railroads--United States--Management.
- Bankruptcy--United States.
- Bankruptcy.
- Railroads and state--United States.
- Railroads and state.
- Reading Company.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (111 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington ; Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, [2015]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- After five grueling years, the case was ultimately settled for 186 million--three times the original offer from the US government--and Lewis became known as a champion defender of both the railroad industry and its assets.
- Contents:
- The age of innocence
- The gathering storm
- A time of waiting
- The beginning
- The plot thickens
- Fear and exhaustion
- Detailed case preparation
- The times that try men's souls
- The rail use case: ours and the government's
- The government's case
- End game.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780253018717
- 0253018714
- OCLC:
- 931877152
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