Author Name O'Connor, Richard
Title Iron Wheels and Broken Men: The Railroad Barons and the Plunder of the West
Binding Hardcover
Book Condition Near Fine
Type Book
Edition First Edition
Publisher Putnam 1973
ISBN Number 0399111204 / 9780399111204
Seller ID 016502
Hardcover with DJ in
mylar. Putnam, 1973, first edition. In near fine condition. How and why
the transcontinental railroads were built, with cast of players from
exploited Chinese and Irish gandy dancers and dance-hall girls to the
Wall Street tycoons, land barons, and presidents who conned thousands
onto the sterile waterless plains. William F. Cody was paid $500 a month
to kill at least twelve buffalo a day for meat. In 18 months he killed
4,280 buffalo to nourish the Kansas Pacific's workmen.
Price =
30.00 USD
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