256 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm
Note
Map on lining papers
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 252) and index.
Summary
Join Portillo for an epic trip by train from New York and Boston to the Deep South, on to Chicago, and Colorado, and finishing in San Francisco. Combining social history with travelogues, Portillo also explores the construction of rail routes across the continent.
Contents
Foreword / by Michael Portillo -- Introduction -- The early years -- The American Civil War -- Robber barons -- Reconstruction & The Gilded Age -- Timeline -- Conclusion.
