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The Railway Man

Author : Eric Lomax
Publisher : Charnwood
ISBN 13 : 9781444819854
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (198 download)

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Download or read book The Railway Man written by Eric Lomax and published by Charnwood. This book was released on 2014 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the Second World War, Eric Lomax was forced to work on the notorious Burma-Siam Railway, and was tortured by the Japanese for making a crude radio. Left emotionally scarred, and unable to form relationships, Lomax suffered for years - until, with the help of the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture, he came to terms with what had happened. Almost 50 years after the war his life was changed by the discovery that his interrogator, the Japanese interpreter, was still alive; their reconciliation is the culmination of this extraordinary story.

The Man from the Train

Author : Bill James
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476796270
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)

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Download or read book The Man from the Train written by Bill James and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-09-19 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Edgar Award finalist for Best Fact Crime, this “impressive…open-eyed investigative inquiry wrapped within a cultural history of rural America” (The Wall Street Journal) shows legendary statistician and baseball writer Bill James applying his analytical acumen to crack an unsolved century-old mystery surrounding one of the deadliest serial killers in American history. Between 1898 and 1912, families across the country were bludgeoned in their sleep with the blunt side of an axe. Jewelry and valuables were left in plain sight, bodies were piled together, faces covered with cloth. Some of these cases, like the infamous Villasca, Iowa, murders, received national attention. But few people believed the crimes were related. And fewer still would realize that all of these families lived within walking distance to a train station. When celebrated baseball statistician and true crime expert Bill James first learned about these horrors, he began to investigate others that might fit the same pattern. Applying the same know-how he brings to his legendary baseball analysis, he empirically determined which crimes were committed by the same person. Then after sifting through thousands of local newspapers, court transcripts, and public records, he and his daughter Rachel made an astonishing discovery: they learned the true identity of this monstrous criminal. In turn, they uncovered one of the deadliest serial killers in America. Riveting and immersive, with writing as sharp as the cold side of an axe, The Man from the Train paints a vivid, psychologically perceptive portrait of America at the dawn of the twentieth century, when crime was regarded as a local problem, and opportunistic private detectives exploited a dysfunctional judicial system. James shows how these cultural factors enabled such an unspeakable series of crimes to occur, and his groundbreaking approach to true crime will convince skeptics, amaze aficionados, and change the way we view criminal history.

Lincoln's Railroad Man: Herman Haupt

Author : Francis Alfred Lord
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Lincoln's Railroad Man: Herman Haupt written by Francis Alfred Lord and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Nothing Like It In the World

Author : Stephen E. Ambrose
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 9780743203173
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (31 download)

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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.

Southern Railroad Man

Author : Nimrod J. Bell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780875801841
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Southern Railroad Man written by Nimrod J. Bell and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nimrod J. Bell worked as a conductor for several southern railroads in their formative period, from 1857 to 1894. After his career was cut short by an accident, he wrote his memoirs detailing his first glimpses of some of the earliest trains in the South and his thirty-eight years as a conductor. Published in Atlanta in 1896, his book offers a first-hand account of working conditions on the railroads, operational procedures, wartime railroading, and passenger travel during Reconstruction. Full of stories about colorful characters who rode the trains - from Confederate troops to train robbers - Southern Railroad Man is a rich source on late nineteenth-century southern culture, tradition, and travel. Perhaps because Bell worked as a conductor, some of his most interesting observations pertain to the people he encountered. Unintentionally, he also provides insights into race relations in a time of transition as he recalls his interactions with blacks as slaves, laborers, and patrons. Written in the language of the ordinary worker, Bell's narrative is a veritable treasure trove of information on southern railroads and their operations. Among the roads he traveled were several in the Carolinas, the Western & Atlantic, the East Tennessee & Georgia, the Alabama & Chattanooga, the South & North Alabama, and the East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia. Many of the railroads for which Bell worked were eventually incorporated into the Southern Railway. A rare account of early railroading, Southern Railroad Man is edited by James A. Ward, who provides notes and an introduction that places Bell's story in historical context. This unique book will appeal to anyone interested in railroad history, the history of industrialization, the Civil War, and the culture of the South in the late nineteenth century.

Railroad Man

Author : Tina Wald
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781936838004
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Railroad Man written by Tina Wald and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Workin' on the Railroad

Author : Richard Reinhardt
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806135250
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book Workin' on the Railroad written by Richard Reinhardt and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The mighty railroad occupied the undisputed center of American public life. The railroad founded cities, populated states, created governments, destroyed the wilderness. It was the great speculator, the political tyrant, the recruiter of immigrants, the opener of new lands, the cynosure of poets and pioneers, the symbol of adventure, opportunity, escape, and power. . . . Yet, the railroad man, for all his historic importance, his archetypal stature, and his economic power, has achieved only a minor position in American literature.”--from Workin’ on the Railroad In Workin’ on the Railroad, Richard Reinhardt presents firsthand accounts from engineers, brakemen, porters, conductors, section men, roundhouse workers, switchmen, telegraphers, surveyors, and other neglected pioneers who worked the railroad during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the Age of Steam.

John Henry, an American Legend

Author : Ezra Jack Keats
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780394813028
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book John Henry, an American Legend written by Ezra Jack Keats and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Railroad Photography of Donald W. Furler

Author : Scott Lothes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781734563504
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (635 download)

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Download or read book The Railroad Photography of Donald W. Furler written by Scott Lothes and published by . This book was released on 2020-09 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Railroad Photography of Donald W. Furler showcases the black-and-white imagery of a master of the craft. Furler (1917-1994) grew up in New Jersey and helped pioneer the "action shot" to show trains at speed. He faithfully and dramatically documented the final decade of steam operations in the northeastern United States with technically-superior and often creative images portraying the trains in their environments. While his work appeared frequently in early issues of Trains magazine in the 1940s and 1950s, it has rarely been seen since. As someone who helped write the rules for railroad action photography, an examination of Furler's photography is long overdue.

Last Train to Paradise

Author : Les Standiford
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 1400051185
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Last Train to Paradise written by Les Standiford and published by Crown. This book was released on 2003-08-05 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fast-paced and gripping true account of the extraordinary construction and spectacular demise of the Key West Railroad—one of the greatest engineering feats ever undertaken, destroyed in one fell swoop by the strongest storm ever to hit U.S. shores. In 1904, the brilliant and driven entrepreneur Henry Flagler, partner to John D. Rockefeller, dreamed of a railway connecting the island of Key West to the Florida mainland, crossing a staggering 153 miles of open ocean—an engineering challenge beyond even that of the Panama Canal. Many considered the project impossible, but build it they did. The railroad stood as a magnificent achievement for more than twenty-two years, heralded as “the Eighth Wonder of the World,” until its total destruction in 1935's deadly storm of the century. In Last Train to Paradise, Standiford celebrates this crowning achievement of Gilded Age ambition, bringing to life a sweeping tale of the powerful forces of human ingenuity colliding with the even greater forces of nature’s wrath.

Working on the Railroad

Author : Brian Solomon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781610600149
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Working on the Railroad written by Brian Solomon and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Strangers on a Train

Author : Patricia Highsmith
Publisher : Longman
ISBN 13 : 9781405882323
Total Pages : 63 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (823 download)

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Download or read book Strangers on a Train written by Patricia Highsmith and published by Longman. This book was released on 2008 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reading level: 4 [red].

The Life and Crimes of Railroad Bill

Author : Larry L. Massey
Publisher : University Press of Florida
ISBN 13 : 0813059445
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book The Life and Crimes of Railroad Bill written by Larry L. Massey and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2015-09-11 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over a year, Railroad Bill eluded sheriffs, private detectives hired by the L&N line, and bounty hunters who traveled across the country to match guns with the legendary desperado. The African American outlaw was wanted on multiple charges of robbery and murder, and rumor had it that he stole from the rich to give to the poor. He terrorized busy train lines from east of Mobile to the Florida Panhandle, but as soon as the lawmen got close, he disappeared into the bayous and pine forests--until one day his luck ran out, and he was gunned down inside a general store in Atmore, Alabama. Little is known about Railroad Bill before his infamy--not his real name or his origins. His first recorded crime, carrying a repeating rifle without a license, led him into a gunfight with a deputy and made him a wanted man throughout Florida in 1894. His most celebrated escape--a five-day foot chase with scores of men and several bloodhounds--led to tales of Railroad's supernatural ability to transmogrify into an animal or inanimate object at will. As his crimes progressed from robbing boxcars to wounding trainmen to murdering sheriffs, more and more reward money was offered for his capture--dead or alive. Today, Railroad Bill is the subject of many folk songs popularized by singers such as Paul McCartney, Taj Mahal, Gillian Welch, and Ramblin' Jack Elliot. But who was he? Where did he come from? What events led to his murderous spree? And why did some view him as a hero? In Railroad Bill, Larry Massey separates fact from myth and teases out elusive truths from tall tales to ultimately reveal the man behind the bandit's mask.

General William Palmer

Author : Joyce Burke Lohse
Publisher : Filter Press
ISBN 13 : 9780865410923
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book General William Palmer written by Joyce Burke Lohse and published by Filter Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A profile of the Civil War hero and railroad owner who founded the city of Colorado Springs.

The Signal-Man Illustrated

Author : Charles Dickens
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (58 download)

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Download or read book The Signal-Man Illustrated written by Charles Dickens and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-07 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Signal-Man" is a horror/mystery story by Charles Dickens, first published as part of the Mugby Junction collection in the 1866 Christmas edition of All the Year Round.The railway signal-man of the title tells the narrator of an apparition that has been haunting him. Each spectral appearance precedes a tragic event on the railway on which the signalman works. The signalman's work is at a signal-box in a deep cutting near a tunnel entrance on a lonely stretch of the railway line, and he controls the movements of passing trains. When there is danger, his fellow signalmen alert him by telegraph and alarms. Three times, he receives phantom warnings of danger when his bell rings in a fashion that only he can hear. Each warning is followed by the appearance of the spectre, and then by a terrible accident.The first accident involves a terrible collision between two trains in the tunnel. Dickens may have based this incident on the Clayton Tunnel crash[1] that occurred in 1861, five years before he wrote the story. Readers in 1866 would have been familiar with this major disaster. The second warning involves the mysterious death of a young woman on a passing train. The final warning is a premonition of the signalman's own death

The Man in Seat Sixty-one - Worldwide

Author : Administrative Officer Mark Smith
Publisher : Bantam Press
ISBN 13 : 9780593059432
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (594 download)

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Download or read book The Man in Seat Sixty-one - Worldwide written by Administrative Officer Mark Smith and published by Bantam Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers international train travel around Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australasia. Focusing on affordable international travel by scheduled trains, not just deluxe tourist services, this book is packed with insider knowledge and top tips on the best routes and cheapest fares; travelling with children and changing trains; and, more.

Hear that Train Whistle Blow!

Author : Milton Meltzer
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 9780375829222
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (292 download)

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Download or read book Hear that Train Whistle Blow! written by Milton Meltzer and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Takes a look at the history of rail transportation, focussing on how it transformed societies from isolated communities which rarely communicated or traded into unified nations.