Iowa's Railroads: An Album

by H. Roger Grant and Don L. Hofsommer

Book Overview

At one point in time, no place in Iowa was more than a few miles from an active line of rail track. In this splendid companion volume to Steel Trails of Hawkeyeland (IUP, 2005), H. Roger Grant and Don L. Hofsommer explore the pivotal role that railroads played in the urban development of the state as well as the symbiotic relationship Iowa and its rails shared. With more than 400 black-and-white photographs, a solid inventory of depots and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253220734
• ISBN13: 9780253220738
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 2.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.5" x 10.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher