The Ghosts of Duffy's Cut: The Irish Who Died Building America's Most Dangerous Stretch of Railroad

by William E. Watson, Earl H. Schandelmeier, J. Francis Watson, et al.

In 1832, 57 Irish Catholic workers were brought to the United States to lay one of the most difficult miles of American railway, Duffy's Cut of the Pennsylvania Railroad. These men were chosen because, in the eyes of the railroad company that hired them, they were expendable. Deaths were common during the building of the railway but this stretch was worse than most. When cholera swept the camp basic medical attention and community support was denied...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275987272
• ISBN13: 9780275987275
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.8"