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The Old Post Road: The Story of the Boston Post Road.

Travel

Holbrook, Stewart H.

United States

McGraw=Hill

The Old Post Road The Story of the Boston Post Road

McGraw-Hill Book Company

This richly comprehensive history by a self-proclaimed "low-brow" historian features more than 100 photographs and contemporary prints of America's railway system. Stewart H. Holbrook presents a dramatic, highly readable chronicle of the development of the backbone of the country's commerce and industry. Abounding in episodes of ingenuity and achievement, the growth of the railway system required constant improvements in techniques, devices, and machines, from the first wood burner that traveled on wooden rails to modern streamliners and diesel-powered giants. In addition to technological innovations, the colossal enterprise required courage and resolve to battle challenges posed by nature as well as by political maneuvering and corruption. This fascinating survey draws upon many hitherto unknown original sources and new data, in addition to firsthand accounts from hundreds of brakemen, conductors, engineers, and other railroad employees. Sound and authoritative, it constitutes a definitive history of America's railroads.

The Story of American Railroads: From the Iron Horse to the Diesel Locomotive

Teen & Young Adult

Dover Publications

Praised by Kirkus Reviews as "a brisk, colorful, and cleverly recounted selection of ten crimes," this gripping book ventures into rural America to uncover true tales of homicide. From "Death and Times of a Prophet," involving a hypnotic Oregon revivalist known as Joshua the Second, to "Who Called on Sarah Meservey?," an account of the mysterious slaying of a Maine sea captain’s wife, these reports of backwoods bloodletting crackle with suspense. Culprits include Belle Gunness, a lady Bluebeard who dispatched numerous victims; Harry Orchard, a bomber who haunted Colorado mines; conman Harry T. Hayward, America's first documented serial killer; and other cutthroats. Author Stewart Hall Holbrook (1893–1964) worked as a lumberjack, actor, cartoonist, artillery man, and editor. His lively books on American history cover topics as diverse as the timber industry, the Wobblies, Ethan Allen, and eccentrics of the Pacific Northwest. Murder Out Yonder ranges from coast to coast to offer a fascinating variety of real-life crime stories.

Murder Out Yonder: True Crime Stories from America's Frontier

History

Americas

This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.

The Old Post Road: The Story Of The Boston Post Road

Kessinger Publishing

Columbia

Comstock Publishing

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

The Old Post Road

Literature & Fiction

Literary

Nabu Press

Lost men of American history,

Biographies & Memoirs

Reference & Collections

The Macmillan Co.

MURDER IN THE LONELIEST PLACESA cult-like leader gets assassinated on Seattle's First Avenue in broad daylight. A man kills a former governor by blowing him up. Kitty Ging goes out for a buggy ride and never returns.If you love True Crime that you can't put down, you'll love this collection of fast-paced, quirky, but altogether true murders in rural America. Famed writer Stewart Holbrook brought his Mark Twain sensibilities to cases that escaped the view of big city criminologists.These stories of murder and mayhem from America's past will thrill you and Holbrook's inimitable style will amuse.

Murder Out Yonder (Abridged, Annotated)

Independently published

Far Corner is the saga of a latter-day pioneer who invaded the Pacific Northwest wearing the only derby hat those parts had ever seen. Author Stewart H. Holbrook bought the ha in Boston just before he boarded the steam-cars to seek fame and fortune amidst the books and busts of the roaring '20's. On his journey, he discovered thee were still people who liked fried elk for breakfast and noticed that not all cowboys wee six feet tall and lithe. He was delighted with a hamlet named Pluvius because one year it rained for 362 days and the other three day, according to the sole resident,"was goddam cloudy."

Far Corner: A personal view of the Pacific Northwest

Epicenter Press (WA)

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