History of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad (Railroads of America) - Hardcover

Klein, Maury

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0813122635 ISBN 13: 9780813122632

Publisher: University Press of Kentucky, 2003

Synopsis

After the Civil War, the Louisville and Nashville Railroad took the lead among southern railroads in developing rail systems and organizing transcontinental travel. Through two world wars, federal government control, internal crises, external dissension, the Depression, and the great Ohio River flood of 1937, the L&N Railroad remained one of the country's most efficient lines. It is a southern institution and a railroad buff's dream. When eminent railroad historian Maury Klein's definitive History of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad was first published in 1972, it quickly became one of the most sought after books on railroad history. This new edition both restores a hard-to-find classic to print and provides a new introduction by Klein detailing the L&N's history in the thirty years since the book was first published.

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About the Author

Maury Klein, professor of history at the University of Rhode Island, is the author of several books, including Unfinished Business: The Railroad in American Life and The Life and Legend of E.H. Harriman.

Review

"A fascinating look at the L&N's long and tumultuous history."―Business Horizons

"Stands both as an excellent example of what business history can accomplish and as an illustration of the work that remains to be done in the field."―H-Net Reviews

"Reading like an epic saga, albeit with a corporation as the main character, this enduring and definitive account of the L&N successfully offers a broad yet detailed survey befitting a company that at one time helped develop and mold the South while amassing great wealth."―Journal of Appalachian Studies

"A detailed account of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad's first century of operation. The story of the L&N is a great one, and Klein has written a definitive corporate and financial history of the railroad.Klein's vivid account of this period in the L & N's history will be very informative to those who wonder why America's railroads are what they are today."―Journal of Southern History

"Although the L&N 'don't stop here anymore,' the history of Kentucky's most famous railroad has been accurately and painstakingly preserved."―Lexington Herald-Leader

"Provides a fascinating look at the L&N's responsibility in creating the Southern metropolises we know today."―NMRA Bulletin

"We are fortunate that the book has at least been reprinted and made available to a new generation of historians. . . . Remains the definitive history of the Louisville & Nashville."―Railroad History

"The definitive account of the L&N's rise and decline."―Tennessee Courier

About this edition

• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0813122635
• ISBN 13: 9780813122632
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 600