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Download or read book Long Steel Rail written by Norm Cohen and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 774 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Impeccable scholarship and lavish illustration mark this landmark study of American railroad folksong. Norm Cohen provides a sweeping discussion of the human aspects of railroad history, railroad folklore, and the evolution of the American folksong. The heart of the book is a detailed analysis of eighty-five songs, from "John Henry" and "The Wabash Cannonball" to "Hell-Bound Train" and "Casey Jones," with their music, sources, history, and variations, and discographies. A substantial new introduction updates this edition.
Download or read book Railroadin' Some written by Max Haymes and published by Music Mentor Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This groundbreaking book, written by one of the foremost blues historians in the UK, is based on over 30 years' research, exploration and absolute passion for early blues music. It is the first ever comprehensive study of the enormous impact of the railroads on 19th and early 20th Century African American society and the many and varied references to this new phenomenon in early blues lyrics. The book is comprehensively annotated, and also includes a Discography at the end of each chapter.
Book Synopsis The Complete Book of North American Railroading by : Kevin EuDaly
Download or read book The Complete Book of North American Railroading written by Kevin EuDaly and published by Crestline Books. This book was released on 2016-09 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrate over 150 years of the North American railroad with this visual history. You'll be amazed by over 400 modern and vintages photographs of these trains!
Download or read book Railfan & Railroad written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 852 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Nothing Like It In the World by : Stephen E. Ambrose
Download or read book Nothing Like It In the World written by Stephen E. Ambrose and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2001-11-06 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the men who build the transcontinental railroad in the 1860's.
Book Synopsis The Underground Railroad by : Colson Whitehead
Download or read book The Underground Railroad written by Colson Whitehead and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2016-10-06 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES BY BARRY JENKINS (COMING MAY 2021) WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION 2017 WINNER OF THE ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD 2017 LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2017 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER 2016 'Whitehead is on a roll: the reviews have been sublime' Guardian 'Luminous, furious, wildly inventive' Observer 'Hands down one of the best, if not the best, book I've read this year' Stylist 'Dazzling' New York Review of Books Praised by Barack Obama and an Oprah Book Club Pick, The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead won the National Book Award 2016 and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2017. Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. All the slaves lead a hellish existence, but Cora has it worse than most; she is an outcast even among her fellow Africans and she is approaching womanhood, where it is clear even greater pain awaits. When Caesar, a slave recently arrived from Virginia, tells her about the Underground Railroad, they take the perilous decision to escape to the North. In Whitehead's razor-sharp imagining of the antebellum South, the Underground Railroad has assumed a physical form: a dilapidated box car pulled along subterranean tracks by a steam locomotive, picking up fugitives wherever it can. Cora and Caesar's first stop is South Carolina, in a city that initially seems like a haven. But its placid surface masks an infernal scheme designed for its unknowing black inhabitants. And even worse: Ridgeway, the relentless slave catcher sent to find Cora, is close on their heels. Forced to flee again, Cora embarks on a harrowing flight, state by state, seeking true freedom. At each stop on her journey, Cora encounters a different world. As Whitehead brilliantly recreates the unique terrors for black people in the pre-Civil War era, his narrative seamlessly weaves the saga of America, from the brutal importation of Africans to the unfulfilled promises of the present day. The Underground Railroad is at once the story of one woman's ferocious will to escape the horrors of bondage and a shatteringly powerful meditation on history.
Book Synopsis Casey Jones - Epic of the American Railroad by : Fred J. Lee
Download or read book Casey Jones - Epic of the American Railroad written by Fred J. Lee and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013-05-31 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a wide difference between the saturated steam locomotives of the late nineteenth century and the sleek aluminum, streamlined Diesel and electric engines of today capable of developing speeds up to two hundred miles per hour j but the technique, methods and personalities of the earlier romantic period com prise an essentially important and extremely interesting chapter in the history of the American railroad. From the vast army of workers who were responsible for the actual operation and maintenance of the railroad in the nineties one name has arisen that will survive in memory as long as the railroad in any form exists. It radiates the spirit of romance and adventure inherent in the American railroad. That name is Casey Jones. There must be some fundamental vital element in any ballad that is accepted as a folk song* The element assumes additional weight and significance when the hero of the ballad was a real living human being. It was such a person who inspired the song that has been sung around the world. The author has gone to every known available source in order that historical accuracy might be pre servedj and has spared no pains to follow every clew that promised to throw light upon the life of Casey Jones, the man. Whenever possible, every story con - cerning him has been verified, and nothing of doubtful authenticity has been retained. An exact chronology has been followed, and although the story is told in fictional form care has been taken not to color the related incidents more than the known facts warranted. The purpose has been to recreate the scenes and make them live again. Most of the characters arc or were real persons, with whose names no liberties have been taken.
Book Synopsis The Granite Monthly by : Henry Harrison Metcalf
Download or read book The Granite Monthly written by Henry Harrison Metcalf and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains articles on the White Mountains and a map.
Book Synopsis After Promontory by : Keith L. Bryant
Download or read book After Promontory written by Keith L. Bryant and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2019-03-01 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Some of the most accomplished scholars of railroad history…tell the story of these enterprises which totally re-shaped the western landscape.”—The Michigan Railfan After Promontory profiles the history and heritage behind the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States. Starting with the original Union Pacific—Central Pacific lines that met at Promontory Summit, Utah, in 1869, the book expands the narrative by considering all of the transcontinental routes in the United States and examining their impact on building this great nation. Exquisitely illustrated with full color photographs, After Promontory divides the western United States into three regions—central, southern, and northern—and offers a deep look at the transcontinental routes of each one. Included are contributions by such renowned railroad historians as Maury Klein, Keith Bryant, Don Hofsommer, H. Roger Grant, and Rob Krebs. Includes photos
Book Synopsis Essays of E. B. White by : E. B. White
Download or read book Essays of E. B. White written by E. B. White and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-02-25 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Some of the finest examples of contemporary, genuinely American prose. White's style incorporates eloquence without affection, profundity without pomposity, and wit without frivolity or hostility. Like his predecessors Thoreau and Twain, White's creative, humane, and graceful perceptions are an education for the sensibilities." — Washington Post The classic collection by one of the greatest essayists of our time. Selected by E.B. White himself, the essays in this volume span a lifetime of writing and a body of work without peer. "I have chosen the ones that have amused me in the rereading," he writes in the Foreword, "alone with a few that seemed to have the odor of durability clinging to them." These essays are incomparable; this is a volume to treasure and savor at one's leisure.
Download or read book The Granite Monthly written by and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book American Railroad Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1854 with total page 780 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Voluntary Modification of Railroad Financial Structures by : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate Commerce
Download or read book Voluntary Modification of Railroad Financial Structures written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Annual Report of the Railroad Retirement Board by : United States. Railroad Retirement Board
Download or read book Annual Report of the Railroad Retirement Board written by United States. Railroad Retirement Board and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Railroad Telegrapher written by and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 862 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Annual Report of the Railroad Commission of Oregon to the Governor by : Oregon. Public Service Commission
Download or read book Annual Report of the Railroad Commission of Oregon to the Governor written by Oregon. Public Service Commission and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Some Observations as to the Western & Atlantic Railroad by : Western and Atlantic Railroad Company
Download or read book Some Observations as to the Western & Atlantic Railroad written by Western and Atlantic Railroad Company and published by . This book was released on with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
