"No one has done before what Athearn has done in this volume. He
has utilized company records and a variety of other sources to
write a very attractive and readable, but scholarly account of the
impact of the Union Pacific and its branch line son the country it
served from the 1860s to the 1890s...Everyone from railroad buffs
to Western history scholars will like the book."--Choice. "This
highly readable book is an excellent history of the heart-breaking
efforts to build the Union Pacific into a viable enterprise before
the end of the nineteenth century...Throughout this attractive
reprint edition, Athearn provides insights and fresh perspectives
not only on the Union Pacific but on other railroads in the West
and their significance in frontier America."--David Dary, Overland
Journal. "A superb contribution by a master historian, Union
Pacific Country is a model chapter in the epic story of how the
American West was penetrated, settled, and developed with the aid
of steam and iron. The research is massive; the writing style is
inviting; the photographs, maps, and documents are helpful; and the
story is compelling."--Journal of the West. The Denver and Rio
Grande Western Railroad: Rebel of the Rockies by Robert G. Athearn
is also available.
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