ROMANTIC REALITIES. THE STORY OF THE BUILDING OF THE PACIFIC ROADS, AS TOLD BY THE ENGINEER WHOSE GENIUS FOUND A PATHWAY OVER THE MOUNTAINS. A PAPER ON THE TRANS-CONTINENTAL RAILWAYS, BY GENERAL G. M. DODGE. READ BEFORE THE SOCIETY OF THE ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE AT ITS TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL RE-UNION AT TOLEDO, OHIO, SEPTEMBER 15TH, 1888. COMPLIMENTS PASSENGER DEPARTMENT OF THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY

(Railroads; Union Pacific Railway) Dodge, General Grenville Mellon

Published by Passenger Department of the Union Pacific Railway, Omaha, Neb., 1889

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21x14.2 cm, pp. [1-3] 4-24, map on inside front cover, original yellow wrappers printed in black, sewn. Second (first trade) edition. The former Library of Congress copy. Printer's imprint on the front cover reads: "Nonpareil Printing Co., Council Bluffs, Iowa." An account of the obstacles encountered, hardships endured, adventures experienced and the difficulties which had to be overcome by General Dodge, the Union Pacific's chief engineer. Historian Stanley P. Hirshon suggested that Grenville Mellen Dodge (1831-1916), Union Army officer, U.S. Congressman, businessman, and railroad executive who helped direct the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad, "by virtue of the range of his abilities and activities," could be considered "more important in the national life after the Civil War than his more famous colleagues and friends, Grant, Sherman, and Sheridan." This 24-page promotional booklet issued by the Union Pacific was preceded by a rare 49-page edition privately printed in New York by Styles and Cash, printers, in 1888 (OCLC lists six copies). An expanded (?) 50-page (privately printed?) edition was published in New York in 1899 (a copy of which was auctioned by Anderson Galleries in 1920; another was offered for sale in a 1938 Eberstadt catalogue; OCLC lists four of these). Howes D397. The Library of Congress copyright deposit copy with their receipt stamp on the title page dated 5 March 1889. Old vertical center crease, a very nice copy. OCLC lists no copies of this 1889 first trade edition. (#167348). Seller Inventory # 167348

Bibliographic Details

Title: ROMANTIC REALITIES. THE STORY OF THE ...

Publisher: Passenger Department of the Union Pacific Railway, Omaha, Neb.

Publication Date: 1889

Binding: Soft cover

Edition: 1st Edition