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John W. Garrett and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Kathleen Waters Sander
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Description for John W. Garrett and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Hardback. Garrett and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is a vivid account of Garrett's twenty-six-year reign. Num Pages: 416 pages, 29, 28 black & white halftones, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; 1KBBNH; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; KNGT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 31. .
Chartered in 1827 as the country's first railroad, the legendary Baltimore and Ohio played a unique role in the nation's great railroad drama and became the model for American railroading. John W. Garrett, who served as president of the B&O from 1858 to 1884, ranked among the great power brokers of the time. In this gripping and well-researched account, historian Kathleen Waters Sander tells the story of the B&O's beginning and its unprecedented plan to build a rail line from Baltimore over the Allegheny Mountains to the Ohio River, considered to be the most ambitious engineering feat of its time. ... Read more
Chartered in 1827 as the country's first railroad, the legendary Baltimore and Ohio played a unique role in the nation's great railroad drama and became the model for American railroading. John W. Garrett, who served as president of the B&O from 1858 to 1884, ranked among the great power brokers of the time. In this gripping and well-researched account, historian Kathleen Waters Sander tells the story of the B&O's beginning and its unprecedented plan to build a rail line from Baltimore over the Allegheny Mountains to the Ohio River, considered to be the most ambitious engineering feat of its time. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421422206
SKU
V9781421422206
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About Kathleen Waters Sander
Kathleen Waters Sander teaches history at the University of Maryland University College. She is the author of The Business of Charity: The Woman's Exchange Movement, 1832-1900 and Mary Elizabeth Garrett: Society and Philanthropy in the Gilded Age.
Reviews for John W. Garrett and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
The book is an excellent social, political, and commercial history of 19th-century Baltimore and the nation... Highly recommended.
Choice
This volume was well written, nearly placing the reader alongside Garrett in his office or home library as he took on the enormous task on running the Baltimore & Ohio.
The Michigan Railfan
In a well-researched and ... Read more
Choice
This volume was well written, nearly placing the reader alongside Garrett in his office or home library as he took on the enormous task on running the Baltimore & Ohio.
The Michigan Railfan
In a well-researched and ... Read more