The Iron Horse and the Windy City

by David M. Young

With the coming of railroads, upstart Chicago quickly became the Midwest's center for commerce and trade, overtaking its older rival, St. Louis. The first tracks to link the East coast with the West ran through Chicago, and within a few decades the city grew to be the hub of an immense transportation network that stretched across the nation.

Noted transportation writer David M. Young vividly tells how railroads created and shaped Chicago,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0875803342
• ISBN13: 9780875803340
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.4" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher