Hell on Wheels

Name: Hell on Wheels
Brand: Chicago Review Press
SKU: 1555919480
Price: 1574 INR
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ISBN: 9781555919481

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01 May, 2013

By Dick Kreck (author), David F Halass (Foreword by)

Overnight settlements, better known as "Hell on Wheels," sprang up as the transcontinental railroad crossed Nebraska and Wyoming. They brought opportunity ...

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ISBN-10:

1555919480

ISBN-13:

9781555919481

Publisher

Chicago Review Press

Dimensions

8.90 X 6.00 X 0.90 inches

Language

English

Description

Overnight settlements, better known as "Hell on Wheels," sprang up as the transcontinental railroad crossed Nebraska and Wyoming. They brought opportunity not only for legitimate business but also for gamblers, land speculators, prostitutes, and thugs. Dick Kreck tells their stories along with the heroic individuals who managed, finally, to create permanent towns in the interior West.

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Product Details

ISBN-10

:1555919480

ISBN-13

:9781555919481

Publisher

:Chicago Review Press

Publication date

: 01 May, 2013

Editorial Reviews

"Kreck's "Hell on Wheels" is a tour de force, whose fact-filled narrative is as lively as any television production. And he doesn't let the serious research get in the way of telling an entertaining story." "The Denver Post"
"Noteworthy is the way Kreck pays specific attention to contributions made by women on the frontier, who 'did almost everything men did, and more.' However, the book is strongest when Kreck's veers back to discussing the construction of the transcontinental railroad itself." "Publishers Weekly"
"With his practiced eye for Western history and the ribald, Dick Kreck has fashioned a romping account of the wicked towns that sprang up and died during the building of the transcontinental railroad in the 1860s." Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper
"Dick Kreck, a crackerjack storyteller, rail enthusiast and best-selling author, does it here again. No one has better captured those wild railroad construction camps where hard-toiling men reveled in whiskey and women galore." Tom "Dr. Colorado" Noel
"A refreshing approach. Rather than the ordinary story, Dick Kreck reveals hardships during early methods of overland transportation and how the driving of the Golden Spike improved travel across America." James L. Ehernberger, railroad historian, photographer, and author
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About the Author

Dick Kreck retired from the Denver Post after thirty-eight years as an editor and columnist. He previously worked at the San Francisco Examiner and the Los Angeles Times. He is the author of four other books, and lives in Denver, Colorado.

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