Travelers, tracks and tycoons : the railroad in American legend and life / by Nicholas Fry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fry, Nicholas Brandon, author.

Hoover, John Neal, author of foreword.

Contributor:

Grolier Club, publisher, host institution.

St. Louis Mercantile Library at the University of Missouri--St. Louis, publisher, collector.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

St. Louis Mercantile Library at the University of Missouri--St. Louis--Exhibitions.

St. Louis Mercantile Library at the University of Missouri--St. Louis.

St. Louis Mercantile Library at the University of Missouri--St. Louis--Catalogs.

Railroads--United States--History--Exhibitions.

Railroads.

Railroads--United States--History--Bibliography--Catalogs.

Academic libraries--Missouri--21st century--Catalogs.

Academic libraries.

Missouri.

United States.

Genre:

Bibliographies.

Catalogs.

Exhibition catalogs.

History.

Physical Description:

166 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 32 cm

Production:

[New York] : Grolier Club ; [Bellerive, Missouri]: St. Louis Mercantile Library, 2022.

Contents:

Foreword / John Hoover

Introduction

Part I. The beginning : the 1820s and 1830s

Part II. The railroad industry grows up : the 1840s

Part III. Off and running : the 1850s

Part IV. The Civil War era : 1861 to 1865

Part V. The first transcontinental railroad : 1862 to 1869

Part VI. Railroads triumphant : 1870 to 1900

Part VII. The progressive era : 1900 to 1920

Part VIII. The challenges of the 20th century : the 1920s to 1970

Part IX. Rebirth and resurgence : the 1970s to 2020s.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-164) and index.

"Catalogue published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Grolier Club, May 4-July 30, 2022" -- Title page verso.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Gift of St. Louis Mercantile Library.

ISBN:

0963980424

9780963980427

9781605831015

1605831018

OCLC:

1311953365