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Death Rode the Rails

American Railroad Accidents and Safety, 1828-1965

Death Rode the Rails( )
Author: Aldrich, Mark
ISBN:978-0-8018-9402-2
Publication Date:Nov 2009
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $40.00
Book Description:

For most of the 19th and much of the 20th centuries, railroads dominated American transportation. They transformed life and captured the imagination. Yet by 1907 railroads had also become the largest cause of violent death in the country, that year claiming the lives of nearly twelve thousand passengers, workers, and others. In Death Rode the ......

Book Details
Pages:480
Detailed Subjects: Transportation / Railroads / History
Transportation / Railroads / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):7.137 x 9.789 x 0.993 Inches
Book Weight:1.883 Pounds



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