THE WISCONSIN CENTRAL [Railroad History] IN ILLINOIS by David J. Leider 2010 HC

Description: THE WISCONSIN CENTRAL [Railroad History] IN ILLINOIS by David J. Leider. 2010 isbn 9781616588496 Like New Hardcover book with dustjacket. Brown cloth boards with gilt titling on front and spine. Gilt is bright and boards have no marks or edgewear. Endpapers clean, no marks. Hinges and binding square and tight, no loose pages. Text pages crisp and white, no markings or damaged pages noted. Book is heavily illustrated with 49 maps, 67 illustrations, and 90 photographs plus name and subject index. Book is entirely like new. Buff, parchment colored paper dustjacket has some tiny signs of handling at the edges but is clean and unmarked; price is not clipped.9" x 11.25" 269 p. Read the author's Foreword (photo) to understand the scope of this history--not only the building of the Chicago extension and the men who did it, but how it was financed in the banking centers of New York and Boston. Also covered are the impact of the Chicago World's Fair, the Grant Locomotive Works, the Chicago Stock Yards and A. B. Stickney's.

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