[PDF] Hear That Lonesome Whistle Blow eBook

Author : Dee Alexander Brown
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 24,37 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Railroad
ISBN :

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When train service began in 1869, Americas Great Transcontinental Railroad was a symbol of the pioneers' ingenuity. By the late 1800s, the romantic ideal had become a lost cause; a corrupt enterprise built upon a bedrock of paltry ethics and unbridled greed.

Author : Dee Brown
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 32,57 MB
Release : 2012-10-23
Category : History
ISBN : 1453274200

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“A fascinating story” of the railways that linked America from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (The Washington Post). Hear that Lonesome Whistle Blow unspools the history of the beginnings of the American railroad system. By the mid-nineteenth century, settlers in Missouri and California were separated by a vast landscape that dwarfed and isolated them, conquerable only by “the demonic power of the Iron Horse and its bands of iron track.” Although the building of the great railroad is commonly known as a story of romance, adventure, and progress, it also has a dark side, as profiteers decimated American Indian tribes, exploited workers, and destroyed ecosystems. Despite this, by the turn of the twentieth century, five major railroads would span the continent. This account vividly illustrates the railroad builders’ breathtaking skill, ambition, and ingenuity. . Brown compellingly tells a high-stakes tale, an exhilarating history that still holds lessons for today. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Dee Brown including rare photos from the author’s personal collection.

Author : Christian Wolmar
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 49,54 MB
Release : 2012-09-25
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1610391802

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America was made by the railroads. The opening of the Baltimore & Ohio line -- the first American railroad -- in the 1830s sparked a national revolution in the way that people lived thanks to the speed and convenience of train travel. Promoted by visionaries and built through heroic effort, the American railroad network was bigger in every sense than Europe's, and facilitated everything from long-distance travel to commuting and transporting goods to waging war. It united far-flung parts of the country, boosted economic development, and was the catalyst for America's rise to world-power status. Every American town, great or small, aspired to be connected to a railroad and by the turn of the century, almost every American lived within easy access of a station. By the early 1900s, the United States was covered in a latticework of more than 200,000 miles of railroad track and a series of magisterial termini, all built and controlled by the biggest corporations in the land. The railroads dominated the American landscape for more than a hundred years but by the middle of the twentieth century, the automobile, the truck, and the airplane had eclipsed the railroads and the nation started to forget them. In The Great Railroad Revolution, renowned railroad expert Christian Wolmar tells the extraordinary story of the rise and the fall of the greatest of all American endeavors, and argues that the time has come for America to reclaim and celebrate its often-overlooked rail heritage.

Author : Robert V. Hine
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 43,30 MB
Release : 2017-08-08
Category : History
ISBN : 0300231784

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A fully revised and updated new edition of the classic history of western America The newly revised second edition of this concise, engaging, and unorthodox history of America’s West has been updated to incorporate new research, including recent scholarship on Native American lives and cultures. An ideal text for course work, it presents the West as both frontier and region, examining the clashing of different cultures and ethnic groups that occurred in the western territories from the first Columbian contacts between Native Americans and Europeans up to the end of the twentieth century.

Author : Oak Publications
Publisher : Oak Publications
Page : 423 pages
File Size : 17,75 MB
Release : 1973-01-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 1783234601

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A first-rate collection of words to more than 1,000 songs, loosely categorised as folk songs...grouped by general themes and indexed by title. Lyrics and guitar chords.

Author : Trevor K. Snowdon
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 31,30 MB
Release : 2018-12-18
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1476671540

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The advent of mass railroad travel in the 1800s saw the extension of a system of global transport that developed various national styles of construction, operation, administration, and passenger experiences. Drawing on travel narratives and a broad range of other contemporary sources, this history contrasts the railroad cultures of 19th century England and America, with a focus on the differing social structures and value systems of each nation, and how the railroad fit into the wider industrial landscape.

Author : Meg Peterson
Publisher : Mel Bay Publications
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 25,60 MB
Release : 2017-09-12
Category : Music
ISBN : 1619117568

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One of Meg Peterson's finest books. This comprehensive text presents all of the strums and techniques needed to play back-up and melody on autoharp. Contains excellent teaching on various strum and fingerpicking styles. In addition, arrangements are included on 57 country favorites.

Author : R. Conrad Stein
Publisher : Enslow Publishing, LLC
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 23,39 MB
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0766046206

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In the Civil War, the Union's victory over the Confederacy was largely due in part to the superior Northern railroads, which kept the military stocked with supplies. As a result, the United States realized the great value of a transcontinental railroad and pushed to connect the east with the west. Author R. Conrad Stein tells the stories of those who, whether motivated by money and greed or by idealism and dedication to a lofty goal, played a part in creating a railroad that would unite a country.