“The fascinating story of the projection and welding of the leading American railway systems and the careers of the men of vision who pushed out across the Mississippi valley and the Rocky mountains in this bold enterprise.” (R of Rs) “Has photographs and drawings of first locomotives and trains in America. Maps of routes. Author founded and edited until 1907 “Moody’s manual of railroad and corporation securities.’” (St Louis)
Reviewed by V: S. Clark
+ − Am Hist R 26:120 O ’20 380w
“A piece of high-class journalistic history that avoids obvious pitfalls without gaining any special elevation of interpretation. In the absence of the careful studies based upon original research in transportation that ought to be available and are not, Mr Moody’s volume is entitled to rank among the best of our summaries. His bibliography is sensible and his maps are good.” F. L. P.
+ Mississippi Valley Hist R 7:158 S ’20 250w
“The final chapter in this volume, ‘The American railroad problem,’ is an excellent historical summary of this question as it presents itself at the present time.”
+ N Y Times p16 O 31 ’20 130w
“Popular works in this field are not many, and Mr Moody has contributed to the ‘Chronicles of America’ series one of its most distinctive volumes. The narrative as a whole makes one of the most vital and thrilling chapters in nineteenth-century achievement.”
+ R of Rs 61:672 Je ’20 70w St Louis 18:100 Je ’20 30w