| Union Pacific Country Contributor(s): Athearn, Robert G. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0803258291 ISBN-13: 9780803258297 Publisher: Bison Books OUR PRICE: $31.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1976 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Transportation | Railroads - General - History |
| Dewey: 385.097 |
| LCCN: 75011707 |
| Physical Information: 1.09" H x 5.98" W x 9" (1.38 lbs) 480 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Plains |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "No one has done before what Athearn has done in this volume. He has utilized company records and a variety of other sources to write a very attractive and readable, but scholarly account of the impact of the Union Pacific and its branch line son the country it served from the 1860s to the 1890s. . . . Everyone from railroad buffs to Western history scholars will like the book."--Choice. "This highly readable book is an excellent history of the heart-breaking efforts to build the Union Pacific into a viable enterprise before the end of the nineteenth century. . . . Throughout this attractive reprint edition, Athearn provides insights and fresh perspectives not only on the Union Pacific but on other railroads in the West and their significance in frontier America."--David Dary, Overland Journal. "A superb contribution by a master historian, Union Pacific Country is a model chapter in the epic story of how the American West was penetrated, settled, and developed with the aid of steam and iron. The research is massive; the writing style is inviting; the photographs, maps, and documents are helpful; and the story is compelling."--Journal of the West. The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad: Rebel of the Rockies by Robert G. Athearn is also available. |