Rails Across the Mississippi : A History of the St. Louis Bridge

Rails Across the Mississippi : A History of the St. Louis Bridge
Author: Robert W. Jackson
Publisher: Univ of Illinois Pr (Trd); ISBN: 0252026802
Description: Hardcover - 280 pages (November 2001)
ISBN: 0252026802

An absorbing tale of grand dreams, shady politics, daring engineering experiments, greed, ambition, and westward expansion, Rails across the Mississippi is the first book-length history since 1881 to document the planning, financing, and construction of the first bridge across the Mississippi River at St. Louis, a national engineering landmark completed in 1874 that is now known as the Eads Bridge. Robert W. Jackson takes a fresh look at this monumental project, dispersing the myths and filling in the gaps left by earlier scholarship.

Rails across the Mississippi explores how Eads took on the task of building the bridge as he envisioned it and how he met the obstacles presented by his tenacious fidelity to that vision.

More Info/Buy This Item | Rate/Vote for This Item | Report Broken Link
(Added: 7-Oct-2001) - Hits: 711 Rating: 7 Votes: 2

Prices shown were accurate at the time the product was listed. Our suppliers may occasionally revise product pricing. You will be shown the current price before you place your order. While every effort is made to ensure accuracy and current information, we are not responsible for price changes and/or typographical errors.

RailroadBookstore.Com

Search our railroad books