Race Underground (Paperback)

In the late nineteenth century, as cities like Boston and New York grew more congested, the streets became clogged with plodding, horse-drawn carts. When the great blizzard of 1888 crippled the entire northeast, a solution had to be found. Two brothers from one of the nation's great families--Henry Melville Whitney of Boston and William Collins Whitney of New York--pursued the dream of his city digging America's first subway, and the great race was on. The competition between Boston and New York played out in an era not unlike our own, one of economic upheaval, life-changing innovations, class warfare, bitter political tensions, and the question of America's place in the world."The Race Underground" is peopled with the famous, like Boss Tweed, Grover Cleveland and Thomas Edison, and the not-so-famous, from brilliant engineers to the countless "sandhogs" who shoveled, hoisted　and blasted their way into the earth's crust, sometimes losing their lives in the construction of　the tunnels. Doug Most chronicles the science of the subway, looks at the centuries of　fears people overcame about traveling underground and tells a story as exciting as any ever ripped from the pages of U.S. history. The Race Underground is a great American saga of two rival American cities, their rich, powerful and sometimes corrupt interests, and an invention that changed the lives of millions.

General

Imprint:	St. Martin's Griffin
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	2015
First published:	February 2015
Authors:	Doug Most
Dimensions:	216 x 137 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	432
ISBN-13:	978-1-250-06135-5
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > Transport: general interest > General Promotions
LSN:	1-250-06135-0
Barcode:	9781250061355

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