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Railroads: Their Origins and Problems (Abridged, Annotated)

By Charles Francis Adams, Jr.
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By Charles Francis Adams, Jr.
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Railroads didn't just change transportation—they rewired power, money, and politics. Charles Francis Adams Jr. saw it happen from the inside.

A Union Army colonel turned railroad executive, Adams belonged to America's most influential political dynasty—great grandson of President John Adams and grandson of President John Quincy Adams, with a brother who wrote the classic memoir The Education of Henry Adams. Drawing on this unique vantage point, he delivers one of the sharpest, most entertain...

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