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Paperback Iron Empires: Robber Barons, Railroads, and the Making of Modern America Book

ISBN: 0358567122

ISBN13: 9780358567127

Iron Empires: Robber Barons, Railroads, and the Making of Modern America

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From Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Hiltzik, the epic tale of the clash for supremacy between America's railroad titans

In 1869, when the final spike was driven into the transcontinental railroad, few were prepared for its seismic aftershocks. Once a hodgepodge of short, squabbling lines, America's railways soon exploded into a titanic industry helmed by a pageant of speculators, crooks, and visionaries. The vicious competition...

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