Steam, Smoke And Power

The United States was made by the railroads but in a very real sense was also made for the railroad thanks to its large size and economic potential.

Steam, Smoke And Power is about the rise of the railroads in the United States and how the railroads brought together distant parts of the young country, boosted economic development and were the catalyst for America’s rise to world-power status. But it’s more than a book on the railroads because it’s also a story of the men behind the railroad...