Workin On The Railroad

Author : Richard Reinhardt
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 0806135255

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Workin' on the Railroad by Richard Reinhardt Pdf

“The mighty railroad occupied the undisputed center of American public life. The railroad founded cities, populated states, created governments, destroyed the wilderness. It was the great speculator, the political tyrant, the recruiter of immigrants, the opener of new lands, the cynosure of poets and pioneers, the symbol of adventure, opportunity, escape, and power. . . . Yet, the railroad man, for all his historic importance, his archetypal stature, and his economic power, has achieved only a minor position in American literature.”--from Workin’ on the Railroad In Workin’ on the Railroad, Richard Reinhardt presents firsthand accounts from engineers, brakemen, porters, conductors, section men, roundhouse workers, switchmen, telegraphers, surveyors, and other neglected pioneers who worked the railroad during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the Age of Steam.

Author : Brian Solomon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Law firms
ISBN : 1610600142

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Working on the Railroad by Brian Solomon Pdf

Author : Steven Anderson
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781632902344

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I've Been Working on the Railroad by Steven Anderson Pdf

This classic song gets an updated, original recording paired with a delightful picture book. The combination of paired music and text helps engage students and develop early literacy skills. This eBook includes online music access.

Author : Nancy Smiler Levinson
Publisher : Dutton Books for Young Readers
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : PSU:000047170988

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She's Been Working on the Railroad by Nancy Smiler Levinson Pdf

Relates the story of women who have worked on the railroad in ever-increasing numbers and expanding range of jobs from the mid-1800s to the present.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Hyperion
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0786820411

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I've Been Working on the Railroad by Anonim Pdf

An illustrated presentation of the familiar folk song about railroad life.

Author : Walter Licht
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781400855841

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Working for the Railroad by Walter Licht Pdf

Walter Licht chronicles the working and personal lives of the first two generations of American railwaymen, the first workers in America to enter large-scale, bureaucratically managed, corporately owned work organizations. Originally published in 1983. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : Richard Reinhardt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Railroads
ISBN : OCLC:23591059

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Workin' on the Railroad by Richard Reinhardt Pdf

Author : Laura Gates Galvin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1592497713

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I've Been Working on the Railroad by Laura Gates Galvin Pdf

An illustrated presentation of the American folk song which may have been written to celebrate the building of the Transcontinental Railroad. Includes historical notes and trivia.

Author : Lesa Cline-Ransome
Publisher : Holiday House
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2020-01-28
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780823443901

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Overground Railroad by Lesa Cline-Ransome Pdf

A window into a child's experience of the Great Migration from the award-winning creators of Before She Was Harriet and Finding Langston. As she climbs aboard the New York bound Silver Meteor train, Ruth Ellen embarks upon a journey toward a new life up North-- one she can't begin to imagine. Stop by stop, the perceptive young narrator tells her journey in poems, leaving behind the cotton fields and distant Blue Ridge mountains. Each leg of the trip brings new revelations as scenes out the window of folks working in fields give way to the Delaware River, the curtain that separates the colored car is removed, and glimpses of the freedom and opportunity the family hopes to find come into view. As they travel, Ruth Ellen reads from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, reflecting on how her journey mirrors her own-- until finally the train arrives at its last stop, New York's Penn Station, and the family heads out into a night filled with bright lights, glimmering stars, and new possiblity. James Ransome's mixed-media illustrations are full of bold color and texture, bringing Ruth Ellen's journey to life, from sprawling cotton fields to cramped train cars, the wary glances of other passengers and the dark forest through which Frederick Douglass traveled towards freedom. Overground Railroad is, as Lesa notes, a story "of people who were running from and running to at the same time," and it's a story that will stay with readers long after the final pages. A Junior Library Guild Selection Praise for Lesa Cline-Ransome and James Ransome's Before She Was Harriet, a Coretta Scott King Honor Book and winner of the Christopher Award * "Ransome's lavishly detailed and expansive double-page spreads situate young readers in each time and place as the text takes them further into the past."--Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review * "a powerful reminder of how all children carry within them the potential for greatness."--Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

Author : Ann Owen
Publisher : Capstone Classroom
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1404804315

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I've Been Working on the Railroad by Ann Owen Pdf

Presents an illustrated version of the traditional song along with some discussion of its folk origins. Includes music and instructions for a musical banjo box.

Author : Jay Youngdahl
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2011-10-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780874218541

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Working on the Railroad, Walking in Beauty by Jay Youngdahl Pdf

For over one hundred years, Navajos have gone to work in significant numbers on Southwestern railroads. As they took on the arduous work of laying and anchoring tracks, they turned to traditional religion to anchor their lives. Jay Youngdahl, an attorney who has represented Navajo workers in claims with their railroad employers since 1992 and who more recently earned a master's in divinity from Harvard, has used oral history and archival research to write a cultural history of Navajos' work on the railroad and the roles their religious traditions play in their lives of hard labor away from home.

Author : Stephen E. Ambrose
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2001-11-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0743203178

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Nothing Like It In the World by Stephen E. Ambrose Pdf

The story of the men who build the transcontinental railroad in the 1860's.

Author : Norm Cohen
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 774 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Music
ISBN : 0252068815

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Long Steel Rail by Norm Cohen Pdf

Impeccable scholarship and lavish illustration mark this landmark study of American railroad folksong. Norm Cohen provides a sweeping discussion of the human aspects of railroad history, railroad folklore, and the evolution of the American folksong. The heart of the book is a detailed analysis of eighty-five songs, from "John Henry" and "The Wabash Cannonball" to "Hell-Bound Train" and "Casey Jones," with their music, sources, history, and variations, and discographies. A substantial new introduction updates this edition.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Folk songs, English
ISBN : 059010702X

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I've Been Working on the Railroad by Anonim Pdf

An illustrated presentation of the familiar folk song about railroad life.

Author : Gordon H. Chang
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : China
ISBN : 9781328618573

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Ghosts of Gold Mountain by Gordon H. Chang Pdf

A groundbreaking, breathtaking history of the Chinese workers who built the Transcontinental Railroad, helping to forge modern America only to disappear into the shadows of history until now.