The Iron Way: Railroads, the Civil War, and the Making of Modern America by William G. Thomas

The Iron Way: Railroads, the Civil War, and the Making of Modern America

William G. Thomas

281 pages first pub 2011 (editions)

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A new perspective on the central role of the railroads and slavery in the coming, fighting, and aftermath of the Civil War. Beginning with Frederick Douglass's escape from slavery in 1838 on the railroad, and ending with the driving of the golden...

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