Author: DRABELLE, DENNIS
Title: The great American railroad war : how Ambrose Bierce and Frank Norris took on the notorious Central Pacific Railroad / Dennis Drabelle
Description: New York : St. Martin's Press 2012. First Edition. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dust wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 306 pages; Physical description; 306 p. ; 24 cm. Contents; Introduction -- Working on the railroad -- Hell-bent for promontory summit -- How to be very. very unpopular -- Ambrose Bierce at a low point -- Anatomy of the funding bill -- Bierce at war again -- The beast emerges from within Frank Norris -- Norris picks up a rake -- Mussel slough under a microscope -- Endings. Subjects; Bierce. Ambrose 1842-1914? - Criticism and interpretation. Norris. Frank 1870-1902 - Criticism and interpretation. Central Pacific Railroad Company - History. Railroads - California - History - 19th century. Political corruption - Press coverage - California.Weight in Kg appr.:

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