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  • Moord In Het Theater

    Series Libro 1 - Ferguson
    "Ik heb veel gezien. Pijn. Verdriet. Meer dan goed is voor een mensenleven. Het kwaad zaait veel ellende op het levenspad maar het blijft wel jouw levenspad. Jij bepaalt welke afslag je neemt."De Britse detective Isaac Ferguson is nodig toe aan rust. Zijn vakantieplannen op het Griekse eiland Karpathos worden echter gedwarsboomd door een brute moord. De moordenaar en het motief lijken voor de hand ... Leer más

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  • Railroads 1889

    During the last half of the nineteenth century Railroads were the life blood of the nation. Here are four short pieces describing the working of the Railroads at that time. Railway management, by E P Alexander, former Confederate General and President of Several post Civil War Railroads; The Railway Mail Service,  by Thomas L James,  Former United States Postmaster General; The Railroad Freight ... Leer más

    $2.99 USD

  • Iron Horses

    American Locomotives 1829-1900

    Series series Dover Transportation
    Colorful stories of the old steam engines of yesteryear fill these pages — from the steam carriage operated on the streets of Paris in 1769 to the mighty locomotives that thundered across the American West in the latter half of the 19th century. 98 plates of fine, rare illustrations, many rendered by the author. ... Leer más

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    The Classic Account of the Influential Capitalists Who Transformed America's Future

    "The best, the liveliest and most illuminating" account of Rockefeller, Morgan, and the other men who seized American economic power after the Civil War ( The New Republic).John D. Rockefeller, J. P. Morgan, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Andrew Carnegie, E. H. Harriman, Jay Gould, Henry Clay Frick . . . their names carry a powerful historical ring, still echoing today in the countless institutions that ... Leer más

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  • What Was the Underground Railroad?

    Ilustraciones de Lauren Mortimer ...
    Series series What Was?
    No one knows where the term Underground Railroad came from--there were no trains or tracks, only "conductors" who helped escaping slaves to freedom. Including real stories about "passengers" on the "Railroad," this book chronicles slaves' close calls with bounty hunters, exhausting struggles on the road, and what they sacrificed for freedom. With 80 black-and-white illustrations throughout and a ... Leer más

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  • The Great Railroad Revolution

    The History of Trains in America

    The captivating story of how trains shaped American history**“Wolmar’s sweeping history of railroads in America is rich in drama.” —**The New YorkerThe United States was made by the railroads. Promoted by visionaries and built through heroic effort, more than two hundred thousand miles of railroad track and a series of magisterial stations covered the United States by the early 1900s. Trains ... Leer más

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  • Jay Gould: Ruthless Railroad Tycoon

    de Daniel Alef ...
    Biographical profile of Jay Gould railroad tycoon and baron of Wall Street. Jay Gould one of the richest and most hated men in America in the 1880s was an elusive slippery character difficult to assess and more difficult to understand. The secretive tycoon was brilliant and ruthless perhaps the quintessential "robber baron." In a fiery sermon delivered a week after Gould's death the Rev. G. ... Leer más

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  • A Guide Book of Civil War Tokens

    Series series Official Red Book
    Civil War tokens are tangible reminders of American history. These small, cent-sized tokens served as emergency “money” during the small-change shortage of 1862–1865. Today they are highly collectible, and A Guide Book of Civil War Tokens elevates the collecting and study of these once-shunned imitation cents to a new level of scholarship and accessibility. Novice and experienced collectors alike, ... Leer más

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  • The History of Locomotives: The Steam Era

    de Eugene Weiser ...
    The steam locomotive has brought fascination to railroad fans worldwide. As you watch them roll by, you cannot help admire the beauty of the motive. Artisanship is evident as you look at the sleek lines, the wheels that seem to move with an almost orchestrated movement led by the conductor.It could also be the steam seen belching from the smoke stacks as the engines move across the country, or it ... Leer más

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  • Wedding of the Waters

    The Erie Canal and the Making of a Great Nation

    **New York Times BestsellerThe epic account of how one narrow ribbon of water forever changed the course of American history.**The history of the Erie Canal is a riveting story of American ingenuity. A great project that Thomas Jefferson judged to be “little short of madness,” and that others compared with going to the moon, soon turned into one of the most successful and influential public ... Leer más

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  • Baldwin Locomotives

    de Brian Solomon ...
    Philadelphia-based Baldwin began designing and building steam locomotives in the 1830s and gave the U.S. many of its most significant and famous types of steam, and diesel-electric motive power. This history of Baldwin is illustrated with a large selection of rare, superb builder's photos and other publicity images from the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, with the book's large page size ... Leer más

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  • The American Revolution

    1763–1783

    Series Libro 1997 - The Drama of American History Series
    History is dramatic—and the renowned, award-winning authors Christopher Collier and James Lincoln Collier demonstrate this in a compelling series aimed at young readers. Covering American history from the founding of Jamestown through present day, these volumes explore far beyond the dates and events of a historical chronicle to present a moving illumination of the ideas, opinions, attitudes and ... Leer más

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