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The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, better known as
the Lackawanna Railroad, was organized in 1851 and thrived on the
anthracite coal traffic originating from the area surrounding
Scranton, Pennsylvania. The company came to operate a network of
track between Hoboken, New Jersey, and Buffalo, New York, before
becoming part of the Erie Lackawanna Railway in 1960. During the
first decade of the 1900s, the railroad underwent a substantial
modernization and improvement project, which was documented
extensively by company-hired photographers. A century later, these
images provide a fascinating insight into the everyday workings of
a railroad and its interaction with the communities along its
route. Nearly all of the railroad territory covered by this book
remains in operation today.
In November of 1999, photographer David Crosby set off on a dream
trip; helping to pilot a 42' Grand Banks trawler 1,300 miles down
the Intra Coastal Waterway from Oxford, Maryland, to Sarasota,
Florida. He only had two weeks to make the trip, as he'd promised
his family that he'd be home in Greenville, South Carolina, for the
Thanksgiving dinner. David's two week long running conversation
with Captain Rick, the boat owner's representative, turned the trip
into something else. As they shared stories, Rick told of his
travels and troubles, and David of his decades long effort to bring
happiness to his wife Jenny while still leading a fun and exciting
life along the way. From poverty to a clash with the law, college
to success, living in a plantation house, a synagogue, a houseboat,
a log home and a farm, Crosby's candid story of his never ending
efforts to fulfill Jenny's dreams fill the long hours of driving
the boat. Only after telling the whole story during the two week
cruise does David realize that he will never make his wife happy.
Only she can do that for herself. Part travelogue and part memoir,
this engaging story of adventure and challenge is filled with the
craziness of being a commercial photographer in the 80's and 90's,
and of the difficulties of trying to make someone else happy. It's
a journey worth taking. The book includes a link to a web site
containing photography from the ICW trip and from other stories
included in the timeline.
A thorough and candid autobiography that is both a personal journey
and a cultural history of American pop music. From the early folk
era to the Golden Age of rock & roll, Crosby's story is both a
cautionary tale and an insight into one of pop music's enduring
legends.
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