They Built The West, An Epic of Rails and Cities

New York, NY: D Appleton & Co, 1934. 1st Ed. Orig owners name in ink inside front cover. Hardbound. 8vo. 142 Pgs.. Nr Fine in Torn & Taped DJ/Poor. They Built The West, An Epic of Rails and Cities by Glenn Chesney Quiett. Published by D Appleton & Co, New York, NY, 1934. 1st Edition. Hardbound. Paper DJ. Size 8vo (up to 9-1/2'' tall). Condition: Nr Fine in Torn & Taped DJ. Orig owners name in ink inside front cover. 569 Pgs. A dramatic account of the rise of the large American Western cities, particularly as they developed in the wake of the great wave of railroad enterprise during the fifty years following the Civil War. The author's narrative is set forth in the terms of the personalities of the builders, the men of vision, daring, and organizing genius, who, though sometimes piratical in their methods, transformed the frontier West into the West that exists today. Palmer of the Kansas Pacific; Strong of the Santa Fe; Huntington and his associates, Stanford, Hopkins, and Crocker, of the Central Pacific; Durant and the Ames brothers of the Union Pacific, plus others such as Darius Mills, the elder Hearst, Senator Clark, E H Harriman, James J Hill, etc. The author also gives a history of the rise of towns and cities within the vast web of sprawling rails: Denver, San Francisco, San Diego, Los Angeles, Portland, Tacoma, Seattle, and Spokane. Illustrated with black & white photos. Description text copyright 2010 BooksForComfort. Item ID 23371.