{"product_id":"workin-on-the-railroad-reminiscences-from-the-age-of-steam-9780806135250","title":"Workin' on the Railroad: Reminiscences from the Age of Steam","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"The mighty railroad occupied the undisputed center of American public life. The railroad founded cities, populated states, created governments, destroyed the wilderness. It was the great speculator, the political tyrant, the recruiter of immigrants, the opener of new lands, the cynosure of poets and pioneers, the symbol of adventure, opportunity, escape, and power. . . . Yet, the railroad man, for all his historic importance, his archetypal stature, and his economic power, has achieved only a minor position in American literature.\"--from \u003cem\u003e Workin' on the Railroad\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn Workin' on the Railroad, Richard Reinhardt presents firsthand accounts from engineers, brakemen, porters, conductors, section men, roundhouse workers, switchmen, telegraphers, surveyors, and other neglected pioneers who worked the railroad during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the Age of Steam.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Reinhardt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Oklahoma Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/27\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.03lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.28h x 6.12w x 0.81d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780806135250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eReinhardt, Richard:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRichard Reinhardt\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of \u003cem\u003eTreasure Island: San Francisco's Exposition Years\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Ashes of Smyrna: A Novel of the Near East.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Oklahoma Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40151911497843,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_ebc7131c-429e-4525-a442-c92a62647c21.jpg?v=1654781641","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/workin-on-the-railroad-reminiscences-from-the-age-of-steam-9780806135250","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}