In this engaging social history of the impact of railroads on
American life, H. Roger Grant explores the railroad's "golden age"
of 1830-1930. To capture the essence of the nation's railroad
experience, Grant looks at four fundamental topics-trains and
travel, train stations, railroads and community life, and the
legacy of railroading in America-illustrating each topic with
carefully chosen period illustrations. Grant recalls the lasting
memories left by train travel, both of luxurious Pullman cars and
the grit and grind of coal-powered locals. He discusses the
important role railroads played for towns and cities across
America, not only for the access they provided to distant places
and distant markets but also for the depots that were a focus of
community life. Finally, Grant reviews the lasting heritage of the
railroads preserved in word, stone, paint, and memory. Railroads
and the American People is a sparkling paean to American
railroading by one of its finest historians.
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