Pullman

by Acie Cargill

George Pullman built America's first industrial town south of Chicago on Lake Calumet. He purchased 4000 acres of natural marshlands and woods and built factories to make sleeping cars for the railroads. He also built a model community for the workers to live in. Brick homes with modern conveniences. The more skills the worker had, the better the home he would have. List of Poems: 1. I am Pullman 2. The Pullman Experiment 3. Lake Calumet Flyway 4...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1515184714
• ISBN13: 9781515184713
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"