Hear That Lonesome Whistle Blow: Railroads in the West.
by Brown, Dee
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- BINDING/CONDITION: black cloth with red and gilt on the spine; a Very Good book, with a Very Good dust jacket; publisher's price
- ISBN 10
- 0030169364
- ISBN 13
- 9780030169366
- Seller
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Oroville, California, United States
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About This Item
New York:: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1977.. 1st Edition, so stated; 1st Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: black cloth with red and gilt on the spine; a Very Good book, with a Very Good dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact.. 8vo (9.25 inches tall) . Notes, bibliography, index. Map endpapers. Description: Includes several black and white illustrations. From the jacket blurb: ''The story of the transcontinental railroad is one of breathtaking technological ingenuity, other-worldly idealism, and all-too worldly greed. The heroes and villains were Irish laborers, Chinese coolies, intrepid engineers, avaricious bankers, stock manipulators, and corrupt politicians. Before it was over more than 155 million acres were given way to the railroad magnates, Indian tribes were decimated, the buffalo were driven from the Great Plains, millions of immigrants were lured from Europe, and a colossal continental nation was built. Woven into the dramatic narrative are the origins of present-day governmental corruption.''
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- Bookseller
- The Bookworm (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 067598
- Title
- Hear That Lonesome Whistle Blow: Railroads in the West.
- Author
- Brown, Dee
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound
- Book Condition
- Used - BINDING/CONDITION: black cloth with red and gilt on the spine; a Very Good book, with a Very Good dust jacket; publisher's price
- Edition
- 1st Edition, so stated; 1st Printing.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0030169364
- ISBN 13
- 9780030169366
- Publisher
- Holt, Rinehart and Winston
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1977.
- Pages
- 311 pages.
- Size
- 8vo (9.25 inches tall)
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