Description: This original, deeply researched history shows the Transcontinentals to be pivotal actors in the making of modern America. There's a new vision of the Gilded Age, often darkly funny, that shows history to be rooted in failure as well as success.
Brief description: Richard White's distinguished career is marked by pioneering works in environmental history and landmark histories of the Gilded Age. His history of the transcontinentals, Railroaded, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and winner of the Parkman Prize and Los Angeles Times Book Award. He taught for many years at Stanford University, and lives now in Los Angeles, California.
Review Quotes: Required reading for anyone interested in the history of American railroading...This is an exciting story and well told.--John Steele Gordon "Wall Street Journal"