Blood, Iron, and Gold: How the Railroads Transformed the World by Christian Wolmar

Blood, Iron, and Gold: How the Railroads Transformed the World

Christian Wolmar

376 pages first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction history travel informative slow-paced
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The opening of the world's first railroad in Britain and America in 1830 marked the dawn of a new age. Within the course of a decade, tracks were being laid as far afield as Australia and Cuba, and by the outbreak of World War I, the United States...

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