| The Pennsylvania Railroad at Bay: William Riley McKeen and the Terre Haute & Indianapolis Railroad Contributor(s): Wallis, Richard T. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0253338727 ISBN-13: 9780253338723 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $42.70 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2001 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Transportation | Railroads - History - Biography & Autobiography - History | United States - General |
| Dewey: 385.097 |
| LCCN: 00058073 |
| Series: Railroads Past and Present |
| Physical Information: 0.83" H x 7.31" W x 10.32" (1.50 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Indiana - Cultural Region - Midwest - Geographic Orientation - Pennsylvania - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Pennsylvania Railroad at Bay Richard T. Wallis The first complete study of William Riley McKeen and the Terre Haute & Indianapolis Railroad. The Pennsylvania Railroad at Bay is the story of an independent and creative 19th-century Indiana businessman, William Riley McKeen, and the railroad that he built based in Terre Haute--the Terre Haute & Indianapolis Railroad. It is also the story of a small-town entrepreneur who held the mighty Pennsylvania Railroad at bay, refusing to sell out before he was ready to do so. Until now, the TH&I has been something of an enigma for historians of the Pennsylvania Railroad. They have often ignored or failed to understand the fact that the Terre Haute road remained independent for so long. Unlike similar relations with its other western lines--such as the Indiana Central and the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago--the Pennsy's early courtship of the TH&I did not lead to the usual smothering embrace, as author Wallis puts it. Instead, what he calls an arm's length's partnership endured between the two vastly different organizations. This volume is a long-overdue look at that partnership and the man who, against all odds, kept it in balance. Wallis has made a fascinating contribution to the railroad history of Indiana, to the story of the Pennsylvania Railroad, and to the history of Terre Haute and one of its most interesting businessmen. Railroads Past and Present series--George M. Smerk, editor June 2001 Contents |