Twilight Rails: The Final Era of Railroad Building in the Midwest
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Twilight Rails: The Final Era of Railroad Building in the Midwest
By (Author) H. Roger Grant
University of Minnesota Press
University of Minnesota Press
23rd June 2010
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
History
Trains and railways: general interest
Local history
385.0977
Physical Properties
Hardback
296
Width 178mm, Height 254mm, Spine 23mm
Description
In Twilight Rails, H. Roger Grantone of the leading railroad historians working todaydocuments the stories of eight Midwestern carriers that appeared at the end of the railroad building craze. When historians have reflected on these "twilight" carriers, they have suggested that they were relevant only as examples of unwise business ventures. Grant finds that even the weakest railroads were important to the communities they served.
Author Bio
H. Roger Grant is the Kathryn and Calhoun Lemon Professor of History at Clemson University and the author of numerous books on railroad history, including Erie Lackawanna: The Death of an American Railroad, 19381992; Follow the Flag: A History of the Wabash Railroad Company; and The North Western: A History of the Chicago & North Western Railway System.
