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From the River to the Sea The Untold Story of the Railroad War That Made the West by John Sedgwick | 57.18 MB
English | 344 Pages| ISBN: 1982104287
Title: From the River to the Sea
Author: John Sedgwick
Year: 2021
Description:
A sweeping and lively history of one of the most dramatic stories never told-of the greatest railroad war of all time, fought by the daring leaders of the Santa Fe and the Rio Grande to seize, control, and create the American West.
It is remarkable now to imagine, but during the 1870s, the American West, for all its cloud-topped peaks and endless coastline, might have been barren tundra as far as most Americans knew. In 1869, the first transcontinental railroad had made history by linking East and West, but, relying heavily on federal grants, it left an opening for two brash new railroad men, the Civil War hero behind the Rio Grande and the corporate chieftain of the Santa Fe, to build the first transcontinental to make money by creating a railroad empire across the Southwest to the sea.
The railroad companies were governments on wheels: they set the course, chose the route, and built up cities and towns along their tracks. Their choices brought life to...
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A sweeping and lively history of one of the most dramatic stories never told-of the greatest railroad war of all time, fought by the daring leaders of the Santa Fe and the Rio Grande to seize, control, and create the American West.
It is remarkable now to imagine, but during the 1870s, the American West, for all its cloud-topped peaks and endless coastline, might have been barren tundra as far as most Americans knew. In 1869, the first transcontinental railroad had made history by linking East and West, but, relying heavily on federal grants, it left an opening for two brash new railroad men, the Civil War hero behind the Rio Grande and the corporate chieftain of the Santa Fe, to build the first transcontinental to make money by creating a railroad empire across the Southwest to the sea.
The railroad companies were governments on wheels: they set the course, chose the route, and built up cities and towns along their tracks. Their choices brought life to...
DOWNLOAD:
https://uploadgig.com/file/download/Db5042031bbfBd4c/From_the_River_to_the_Sea__The_Untold_Story_of_the_Railroad_War_That_Made_the_West_by_John_Sedgwick_.rar
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