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Stories of the great railroads / by Charles Edward Russell.
LIBRA - Athenaeum of Philadelphia HE2751 .R8 1912
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Russell, Charles Edward, 1860-1941.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Railroads--United States--Finance.
- Railroads.
- United States.
- Finance.
- Physical Description:
- 332 pages ; 20 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : C. H. Kerr & Co., 1912.
- Contents:
- Prefatory anecdote.
- The romantic history of the Dutch bondholders and the St. Paul and Pacific.
- The romance of the Inland Empire.
- The greatest melon patch in the world.
- The romance of Death avenue.
- Romantic days in early California.
- Uncle Mark packs up the books.
- Mr. Huntington writes to friend Colton.
- Mrs. Colton learns about philanthropy.
- Speaking of widow and orphans.
- What the law does for us.
- The story of the harbor fight.
- The story of the lemon rate.
- The story of the New Haven.
- Notes:
- "Most of the matter in this book originally appeared in Hampton's magazine in the form of separate articles."
- OCLC:
- 2013220
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