"Follow the Flag" : A History of the Wabash Railroad Company / H. Roger Grant.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grant, H. Roger, 1943- author.

Series:

Railroads in America.

Cornell scholarship online.

Cornell scholarship online

Railroads in America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wabash Railroad.

Wabash Railroad--History.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 291 pages) : illustrations, maps

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2021

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Northern Illinois University Press, 2020.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

'Follow the Flag' offers an authoritative history of the Wabash Railroad Company, a once vital interregional carrier. The corporate saga of the Wabash involved the efforts of strong-willed and creative leaders, but this text provides more than traditional business history. Noted transportation historian H. Roger Grant captures the human side of the Wabash, ranging from the medical doctors who created an effective hospital department to the worker-sponsored social events.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

One. The Wabash Emerges East of the Mississippi River

Two. The Wabash Emerges West of the Mississippi River

Three. The Jay Gould Years

Four. The Wabash Matures

Five. "Follow the Flag"

Six. Reorganization, War, Boom and Bust

Seven. Depression, Rebirth and World War II

Eight. The New Wabash

Nine. A Fallen Flag

Epilogue

Notes

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Previously issued in print: 2019.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781501747786

1501747789

9781501747793

1501747797

OCLC:

1125112443