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Carregando... Men of Eriede Edward Hungerford
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. An interesting look at the checkered history of the Erie Railroad, up to the time of publication (1947), which was about a decade or so before the railroad eventually met its demise (in a merger with its local rival, the Lackawanna). Written by someone who, candidly, notes that he was employed by the railroad in a public relations capacity, and he was also a noted railroad enthusiast. As such, the book tends to handle Erie somewhat carefully. While there are critiques of the operations at various times, I for one thought Jay Gould and Jim Fisk got off fairly lightly. One of the best parts of the book shows how the railroad operated in the immediate post-war era, in terms of how freight trains were put together and tracked, in an interesting early use of (punch card) computers. Generally recommended, with a bit of warning about the gentleness. (Hungerford, incidentally, would die very shortly after this book was published, so I doubt there are many signed copies.) ( ) sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
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