Iron Wheels and Broken Men: The Railroad Barons and the Plunder of the West
by O'Connor, Richard
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0399111204
- ISBN 13
- 9780399111204
- Seller
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Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
Putnam, 1973. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. Hardcover with DJ in mylar. Putnam, 1973, first edition. In near fine condition. How and why the transcontinental railroads were built, with cast of players from exploited Chinese and Irish gandy dancers and dance-hall girls to the Wall Street tycoons, land barons, and presidents who conned thousands onto the sterile waterless plains. William F. Cody was paid $500 a month to kill at least twelve buffalo a day for meat. In 18 months he killed 4,280 buffalo to nourish the Kansas Pacific's workmen..
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- Bookseller
- The Book Faerie (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016502
- Title
- Iron Wheels and Broken Men: The Railroad Barons and the Plunder of the West
- Author
- O'Connor, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 0399111204
- ISBN 13
- 9780399111204
- Publisher
- Putnam
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- RAILROADS UNITED STATES WEST U
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana - Railways, Railroads, Trains;
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