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A Missouri railroad pioneer : the life of Louis Houck / Joel P. Rhodes.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rhodes, Joel P., 1967-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pioneers--Missouri--Biography.
- Pioneers.
- German Americans--Missouri--Biography.
- German Americans.
- Businessmen--Missouri--Biography.
- Businessmen.
- Railroads--Missouri--History.
- Railroads.
- Historians--Missouri--Biography.
- Historians.
- Cape Girardeau (Mo.)--Biography.
- Cape Girardeau (Mo.).
- Southeast Missouri State University--History.
- Southeast Missouri State University.
- Houck, Louis, 1840-1925.
- Houck, Louis.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (311 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Examines the life of a self-taught Cape Girardeau railroader whose network of more than five hundred miles of track transformed southeastern Missouri in the late nineteenth century. Louis Houck also helped establish the college now known as Southeast Missouri State University and wrote a noted history of Missouri"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Wanderjahre
- 2. Volksblatt
- 3. The Belle of Cape Girardeau
- 4. To Cogitate and To Dream: The Coming of the Railroad
- 5. The Houck Roads
- 6. Zwei Meinungen: Of Two Minds
- 7. A Damn Fine Lawyer
- 8. St. Louis, Kennett and Southern and Allied Lines
- 9. Academic Hall
- 10. The Histories
- 11. Cape Girardeau Northern
- 12. The Big Ditch
- 13. A Quiet Religious Mood
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-291) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780826266422
- 0826266428
- OCLC:
- 315478405
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