Railroad Empire Across the Heartland
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Railroad Empire Across the Heartland by James E Sherow
Best known for his Civil War photographs, Alexander Gardner also documented the construction of the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division, across Kansas beginning in 1867. This book presents recent photographs by John R. Charlton of the scenes Gardner recorded, paired with the Gardner originals, and accompanied by James E. Sherow's discussion.
James E. Sherow is a professor of history at Kansas State University. A specialist in the environmental history of the American West, he is the author of The Grasslands of the United States: An Environmental History and Watering the Valley: Development along the High Plains Arkansas River, 1870–1950. He is also the editor of A Sense of the American West: An Environmental History Anthology (UNM Press).
John R. Charlton was for many years a photographer with the Kansas Geological Survey at the University of Kansas. He provided the rephotographs for Donald L. Baars’s The Canyon Revisited: A Rephotography of the Grand Canyon, 1923/1991.
John R. Charlton was for many years a photographer with the Kansas Geological Survey at the University of Kansas. He provided the rephotographs for Donald L. Baars’s The Canyon Revisited: A Rephotography of the Grand Canyon, 1923/1991.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780826355096 |
| ISBN 10 | 0826355099 |
| Title | Railroad Empire Across the Heartland |
| Author | James Sherow |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of New Mexico Press |
| Year published | 2014-09-15 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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