Louisville, Cincinnati & Charleston Rail Road - Dreams of Linking North and South

Informationen zum Autor H. Roger Grant is Kathryn and Calhoun Lemon Professor of History at Clemson University. He is author of 30 books, including Visionary Railroader (IUP, 2008), Iowa's Railroads (with Don L. Hofsommer) (IUP, 2009), and Railroads and the American People (IUP, 2012). Klappentext H. Roger Grant is Kathryn and Calhoun Lemon Professor of History at Clemson University. He is author of 30 books, including Visionary Railroader (IUP, 2008), Iowa¿s Railroads (with Don L. Hofsommer) (IUP, 2009), and Railroads and the American People (IUP, 2012). Zusammenfassung Among the grand antebellum plans to build railroads to interconnect the vast American republic, perhaps none was more ambitious than the Louisville, Cincinnati & Charleston. This book tells the story of the visionaries whose hopes for connecting North and South would require more than half a century - and one Civil War - to reach fruition. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgments 1. Slow, Difficult and Dangerous Travel 2. A Rail Road? 3. Knoxville, 1836 4. Surveys, Finances and Construction 5. Crisis and Contraction 6. What Happened 7. What Might Have Happened Notes Index

Product details

• Authors: H Roger Grant, H. Roger Grant, H.Roger Grant, Grant H Roger
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.04.2014
• EAN: 9780253011817
• ISBN: 978-0-253-01181-7
• No. of pages: 216
• Series: Railroads Past and Present; Railroads Past and Present
• Subjects: Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Rail vehicles; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches