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  • Electric Interurbans and the American People

    by H. Roger Grant ...
    Series series Railroads Past and Present
    "A well-written social history of the shortest-lived major US transportation mode" from the railway historian and author of A Mighty Fine Road ( Choice).One of the most intriguing yet neglected pieces of American transportation history, electric interurban railroads were designed to assist shoppers, salesmen, farmers, commuters, and pleasure-seekers alike with short distance travel. At a time when ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Mighty Fine Road

    A History of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company

    by H. Roger Grant ...
    "Grant has once again hit a home run . . . a detailed but readable history of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific, a major Midwestern railroad." —Carlos A. Schwantes, St. Louis Mercantile Library Professor EmeritusThe Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad's history is one of big booms and bigger busts. When it became the first railroad to reach and then cross the Mississippi River in 1856, it ... Read more

    $15.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Railroads and the American People

    by H. Roger Grant ...
    Series series Railroads Past and Present
    "[A] wealth of vignettes and more than 100 black-and-white illustrations . . . Does a fine job of humanizing the iron horse" ( The Wall Street Journal).In this social history of the impact of railroads on American life, H. Roger Grant concentrates on the railroad's "golden age," from 1830 to 1930. He explores four fundamental topics—trains and travel, train stations, railroads and community life, ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Transportation and the American People

    by H. Roger Grant ...
    This "outstanding contribution to transportation history" chronicles the evolution of American mobility from stagecoaches to buses and airplanes ( Choice).Transportation is the unsung hero of American history. Stagecoaches, waterways, canals, railways, busses, and airplanes revolutionized much more than just the way people got around; they transformed the economic, political, and social aspects of ... Read more

    $12.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Railroaders without Borders

    A History of the Railroad Development Corporation

    by H. Roger Grant ...
    Series series Railroads Past and Present
    For over 25 years, the creatively led Railroad Development Corporation (RDC) has rejuvenated a series of down-and-out and even defunct railroads. Launched in 1987 by Henry Posner III, this investment and management company has demonstrated that it is possible both to have a conscience and to earn a profit in today's railroad industry. With ventures on four continents, RDC has created an admirable ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Railroaders without Borders

    A History of the Railroad Development Corporation

    by H. Roger Grant ...
    Series series Railroads Past and Present
    For over 25 years, the creatively led Railroad Development Corporation (RDC) has rejuvenated a series of down-and-out and even defunct railroads. Launched in 1987 by Henry Posner III, this investment and management company has demonstrated that it is possible both to have a conscience and to earn a profit in today's railroad industry. With ventures on four continents, RDC has created an admirable ... Read more

    $47.99 CAD

  • Railroads in the Midwest

    An Epic History

    by H. Roger Grant ...
    Series series Heartland History
    Discover how railroad companies in America's heartland developed a monumental network that spanned nearly 70,000 route miles. Over a century, a wide array of carriers ranging from short lines to trunk roads spread through the Midwest and represented over 35% of the country's rail mileage in the 1920s.Railroads in the Midwest is a portrait of two premier rail hub rivals, Chicago and St. Louis, and ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Station Agent and the American Railroad Experience

    by H. Roger Grant ...
    Series series Railroads Past and Present
    Before the widespread popularity of automobiles, buses, and trucks, freight and passenger trains bound the nation together. The Station Agent and the American Railroad Experience explores the role of local frontline workers that kept the country's vast rail network running.Virtually every community with a railroad connection had a depot and an agent. These men and occasionally women became the ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Iowa's Railroads

    An Album

    by H. Roger Grant ...
    Series series Railroads Past and Present
    A definitive history of the railroads of Iowa, featuring over four hundred black-and-white photographs.At one point in time, no place in Iowa was more than a few miles from an active line of rail track. In this splendid companion volume to Steel Trails of Hawkeyeland (IUP, 2005), H. Roger Grant and Don L. Hofsommer explore the pivotal role that railroads played in the urban development of the ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • "Follow the Flag"

    A History of the Wabash Railroad Company

    by H. Roger Grant ...
    "Follow the Flag" offers the first 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 book provides more than traditional business history. Noted transportation historian H. Roger Grant captures the human side of the Wabash, ranging from the medical doctors ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Sunset Cluster

    A Shortline Railroad Saga

    by H. Roger Grant ...
    Series series Railroads Past and Present
    Discover the Sunset Cluster—railroads that were doomed to fail?The first two decades of the 20th century were the twilight of the Railroad Age. Major routes had long been established, and local service became the focus of new construction. Beginning in 1907, a cluster of five shortline railroads were established in otherwise unconnected parts of Iowa. They, however, would short lived.The five Iowa ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • The Louisville, Cincinnati & Charleston Rail Road

    Dreams of Linking North and South

    by H. Roger Grant ...
    Series series Railroads Past and Present
    "An outstanding work on an important element of American railroad history." — The Civil War MonitorAmong the grand antebellum plans to build railroads to interconnect the vast American republic, perhaps none was more ambitious than the Louisville, Cincinnati & Charleston. The route was intended to link the cotton-producing South and the grain and livestock growers of the Old Northwest with traders ... Read more

    $15.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus