Union Pacific Country by Robert G. Athearn (1976 U of Nebraska Press)

Description: This new, perfect-bound soft-cover book is from the inventory of a closed college book store, Trinity Books, Ltd., Wichita Falls, TX. There are no creases to covers or spine and no inventory markings. There may be slight signs of shelf wear and customer handling. Pages may be slightly tanned with age. Last copy."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.

Price: 9 USD

Location: Wichita Falls, Texas

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