The well-dressed hobo : the many wondrous adventures of a man who loves trains /
Loving was enchanted with railroads at an early age. Here he looks at eight decades of the railroad industry and some of its greatest leaders. Chatting with brakemen, engineers and executives, Loving shares stories he collected in locomotive cabs, business cars, executive suites and even the White H...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Bloomington :
Indiana University Press,
[2016]
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| Series: | Railroads past and present.
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| Summary: | Loving was enchanted with railroads at an early age. Here he looks at eight decades of the railroad industry and some of its greatest leaders. Chatting with brakemen, engineers and executives, Loving shares stories he collected in locomotive cabs, business cars, executive suites and even the White House. The result is an intimate portrait of the railroad industry and its leaders, both inept and visionary, and of the dedicated men and women who truly love trains and know the industry from the rails up. |
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| Item Description: | Color maps on endpapers. |
| Physical Description: | x, 365 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780253020635 0253020638 |