Hear That Lonesome Whistle Blow

Author : Dee Brown
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781453274200

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Hear That Lonesome Whistle Blow by Dee Brown Pdf

“A fascinating story” of the railways that linked America from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (The Washington Post). Hear that Lonesome Whistle Blow unspools the history of the beginnings of the American railroad system. By the mid-nineteenth century, settlers in Missouri and California were separated by a vast landscape that dwarfed and isolated them, conquerable only by “the demonic power of the Iron Horse and its bands of iron track.” Although the building of the great railroad is commonly known as a story of romance, adventure, and progress, it also has a dark side, as profiteers decimated American Indian tribes, exploited workers, and destroyed ecosystems. Despite this, by the turn of the twentieth century, five major railroads would span the continent. This account vividly illustrates the railroad builders’ breathtaking skill, ambition, and ingenuity. . Brown compellingly tells a high-stakes tale, an exhilarating history that still holds lessons for today. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Dee Brown including rare photos from the author’s personal collection.

Author : Dee Alexander Brown
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Railroad
ISBN : OCLC:939615856

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Hear that Lonesome Whistle Blow by Dee Alexander Brown Pdf

When train service began in 1869, Americas Great Transcontinental Railroad was a symbol of the pioneers' ingenuity. By the late 1800s, the romantic ideal had become a lost cause; a corrupt enterprise built upon a bedrock of paltry ethics and unbridled greed.

Author : Dee Alexander Brown
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Railroads
ISBN : 082632343X

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Hear That Lonesome Whistle Blow by Dee Alexander Brown Pdf

Author : Christian Wolmar
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2012-09-25
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781610391801

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The Great Railroad Revolution by Christian Wolmar Pdf

America was made by the railroads. The opening of the Baltimore & Ohio line -- the first American railroad -- in the 1830s sparked a national revolution in the way that people lived thanks to the speed and convenience of train travel. Promoted by visionaries and built through heroic effort, the American railroad network was bigger in every sense than Europe's, and facilitated everything from long-distance travel to commuting and transporting goods to waging war. It united far-flung parts of the country, boosted economic development, and was the catalyst for America's rise to world-power status. Every American town, great or small, aspired to be connected to a railroad and by the turn of the century, almost every American lived within easy access of a station. By the early 1900s, the United States was covered in a latticework of more than 200,000 miles of railroad track and a series of magisterial termini, all built and controlled by the biggest corporations in the land. The railroads dominated the American landscape for more than a hundred years but by the middle of the twentieth century, the automobile, the truck, and the airplane had eclipsed the railroads and the nation started to forget them. In The Great Railroad Revolution, renowned railroad expert Christian Wolmar tells the extraordinary story of the rise and the fall of the greatest of all American endeavors, and argues that the time has come for America to reclaim and celebrate its often-overlooked rail heritage.

Author : Robert V. Hine,John Mack Faragher,Jon T. Coleman
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017-08-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300231786

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The American West: A New Interpretive History by Robert V. Hine,John Mack Faragher,Jon T. Coleman Pdf

A fully revised and updated new edition of the classic history of western America The newly revised second edition of this concise, engaging, and unorthodox history of America’s West has been updated to incorporate new research, including recent scholarship on Native American lives and cultures. An ideal text for course work, it presents the West as both frontier and region, examining the clashing of different cultures and ethnic groups that occurred in the western territories from the first Columbian contacts between Native Americans and Europeans up to the end of the twentieth century.

Author : Oak Publications
Publisher : Oak Publications
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1973-01-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781783234608

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Folksinger's Wordbook by Oak Publications Pdf

A first-rate collection of words to more than 1,000 songs, loosely categorised as folk songs...grouped by general themes and indexed by title. Lyrics and guitar chords.

Author : Trevor K. Snowdon
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-18
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781476671543

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Diverging Tracks by Trevor K. Snowdon Pdf

The advent of mass railroad travel in the 1800s saw the extension of a system of global transport that developed various national styles of construction, operation, administration, and passenger experiences. Drawing on travel narratives and a broad range of other contemporary sources, this history contrasts the railroad cultures of 19th century England and America, with a focus on the differing social structures and value systems of each nation, and how the railroad fit into the wider industrial landscape.

Author : Richard Hewlett
Publisher : Richard Hewlett
Page : 1075 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-04
Category : Music
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Melody Sheet Music Lyrics Midi by Richard Hewlett Pdf

Author : Meg Peterson
Publisher : Mel Bay Publications
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-12
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781619117563

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Complete Book of Traditional & Country Autoharp Picking Style by Meg Peterson Pdf

One of Meg Peterson's finest books. This comprehensive text presents all of the strums and techniques needed to play back-up and melody on autoharp. Contains excellent teaching on various strum and fingerpicking styles. In addition, arrangements are included on 57 country favorites.

Author : Michael V. Uschan
Publisher : Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2009-05-11
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781420503036

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The Transcontinental Railroad by Michael V. Uschan Pdf

This colorful and easy-to-read volume presents background of the Transcontinental railroad, including the increasing demand for land and the partnership between government and wealthy individuals. It tells the tale of how more than 1,700 miles of track were built through mountains and deserts by using mere shovels and picks. The book explains the impact of the railroad on the nation's settlement and how Native Americans lost their land to white homesteaders. Readers will learn about the technical challenges and huge scale of the task overcome by the hard labor of thousands of workers to connect the nation across itself.

Author : R. Conrad Stein
Publisher : Enslow Publishing, LLC
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780766046207

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The Incredible Transcontinental Railroad by R. Conrad Stein Pdf

In the Civil War, the Union's victory over the Confederacy was largely due in part to the superior Northern railroads, which kept the military stocked with supplies. As a result, the United States realized the great value of a transcontinental railroad and pushed to connect the east with the west. Author R. Conrad Stein tells the stories of those who, whether motivated by money and greed or by idealism and dedication to a lofty goal, played a part in creating a railroad that would unite a country.

Author : John Harner
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2021-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781646421688

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Profiting from the Peak by John Harner Pdf

Colorado Springs, Colorado, has long profited from Pikes Peak and built an urban infrastructure to sustain that relationship. In Profiting from the Peak, geographer John Harner surveys the events and socioeconomic conditions that formed the city, analyzing the built landscape to offer insight into the origins of its urban forms and spatial layout, focusing particularly on historic downtown architecture and public spaces. He examines the cultural values that have come to define the city, showing how military and other institutions, tourism, political and economic conditions, cultural movements, key individual actors, and administrative policies have created a singular urban personality. Capital accumulation has been a defining theme of Colorado Springs from its very beginning, with enormous profits generated from regional industrialization, railroads, land sales, water appropriation, and extraction of coal and gold. These conditions and its setting in the Rocky Mountain West formed a libertarian-oriented, limited governance philosophy. This persistent prioritization of liberty at the heart of Colorado Springs’s identity, specifically the freedom to conduct business and generate profits in a relatively unconstrained setting, has directed the urban sprawl of the built landscape and molded the region’s political culture. Profiting from the Peak will be of interest to historical and urban geographers, historians of Colorado and the American West, and anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the cultural identity of Colorado Springs.

Author : Nicholas J. Santoro
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 626 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 9781440107955

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Atlas of the Indian Tribes of North America and the Clash of Cultures by Nicholas J. Santoro Pdf

Atlas of the Indian Tribes of the Continental United States and the Clash of Cultures The Atlas identifies of the Native American tribes of the United States and chronicles the conflict of cultures and Indians' fight for self-preservation in a changing and demanding new word. The Atlas is a compact resource on the identity, location, and history of each of the Native American tribes that have inhabited the land that we now call the continental United States and answers the three basic questions of who, where, and when. Regretfully, the information on too many tribes is extremely limited. For some, there is little more than a name. The history of the American Indian is presented in the context of America's history its westward expansion, official government policy and public attitudes. By seeing something of who we were, we are better prepared to define who we need to be. The Atlas will be a convenient resource for the casual reader, the researcher, and the teacher and the student alike. A unique feature of this book is a master list of the varied names by which the tribes have been known throughout history.

Author : Craig Mishler
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Fiddle tunes
ISBN : 0252019962

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The Crooked Stovepipe by Craig Mishler Pdf

Named for a popular local fiddle tune, The Crooked Stovepipe is a rollicking, detailed, first-ever study of the indigenous fiddle music and social dancing enjoyed by the Gwich'in Athapaskan Indians and other tribal groups in northeast Alaska, the Yukon, and the northwest territories. Though the music has obvious roots in the British Isles, French Canada, and the American South, the Gwich'in have used it in shaping their own aesthetic, which is apparent in their choice of fiddle tunings, bowing techniques, foot clogging, and a distinctively stratified tune repertoire. Craig Mishler treats this rural subarctic artistic tradition as a distinctive regional style akin to Cajun, bluegrass, or string-band music. He uses convergence theory as the framework for showing how this aesthetic came about. His skillful use of personal anecdotes, interviews, music examples, dance diagrams, and photographs will appeal to general readers interested in folk music and dance, as well as to specialists.

Author : Henry Witt
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781664175754

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My Second Manuscript by Henry Witt Pdf

This book is a collection of writings that Henry Witt began in 1975. It has taken 46 years to publish and is a dream fulfilled.