From the river to the sea : the untold story of the railroad war that made the West /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Avid Reader Press,
2021.
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| Edition: | First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Prologue: a tale of two cities
- Introduction: a very personal war
- The raton pass. On the train to El Moro ; The wild west ; Beware the prairie lilies ; The grid ; Where to go ; Seeking Uncle Dick ; Santa Fe, Inc. ; Enter the queen ; The battle is joined
- The royal gorge. Precious metals ; "A game of bluff" ; Haw ; The dead-line ; This means war ; Bad men ; Gould ; A whiskey salute ; Harvey houses
- Los Angeles. The pueblo ; The big four ; "A terrible, single-handed talker" ; Guaymas ; "This is hard" ; The A&P ; The end of the line ; Ightham mote ; California for a dollar ; Boom! ; Home
- Epilogue: the frontier thesis.