Iron Empires: Robber Barons, Railroads, and the Making of Modern America by Michael Hiltzik

Iron Empires: Robber Barons, Railroads, and the Making of Modern America

Michael Hiltzik

448 pages 2020

7 editions

nonfiction history politics informative slow-paced
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In 1869, when the final spike was driven into the Transcontinental Railroad, few were prepared for its seismic aftershocks. Once a hodgepodge of short, squabbling lines, America’s railways soon exploded into a titanic industry helmed by a pageant ...

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