Hear That Lonesome Whistle Blow by Dee Brown

Hear That Lonesome Whistle Blow by Dee Brown

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The heroes of this epic are the Irish labourers and Chinese coolies; the villains, the avaricious bankers and the corrupt politicians. Before the undertaking was complete, more than 155 million acres of land had been given away to railway magnates, the Indian tribes had been massacred, and a colossal industrial nation had been forged.

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Hear That Lonesome Whistle Blow by Dee Brown

The heroes in this extraordinary epic are the Irish labourers and Chinese coolies; the villains, the avaricious bankers and the corrupt politicians. Before the undertaking was complete, more than 155 million acres of land had been given away to railway magnates, the Indian tribes had been massacred and the buffalo driven from the Great Plains, millions of settlers had been lured from Europe and a colossal industrial nation had been forged.
Dee Brown was born on February 28, 1908, in Alberta, Louisiana and died in 2002.
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ISBN 13 9780099440741
ISBN 10 0099440741
Title Hear That Lonesome Whistle Blow
Author Dee Brown
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Vintage Publishing
Year published 2002-08-01
Number of pages 320
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