Travel on Southern Antebellum Railroads, 1828-1860

Eugene Alvarez (Author)

9780817354831

Paperback / softback, published 23 August 2007

234 pages, 12 illustrations
21.4 x 14.5 x 1.5 cm, 0.34 kg

Here is a carefully researched account of all aspects of railroading - engines, cars, life aboard, perils of the road, stations - with much contemporary flavor [from] this boisterous era. - Anniston Star ""A charming and informative examination of the early years of railroads. It is also history of the kind I like best: a study not of great events or momentous trends, but of how people lived."" - Jonathan Yardley, Miami Herald ""Excellently and extensively illustrated and can be recommended to all interested in trains and southern social history."" - Journal of Southern History

This volume presents railroading in its heyday. The matter-of-fact descriptive title of this interesting little volume on railroading in the pre-Civil War South does not do justice to Alvarez's coverage of the subject. Along with his full account of trains and train accommodations, he manages to encompass a number of social, political, and even ideological subjects.