{"product_id":"9780253011879","title":"The Louisville, Cincinnati \u0026 Charleston Rail Road: Dreams of Linking North and South","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmong the grand antebellum plans to build railroads to interconnect the vast American republic, perhaps none was more ambitious than the Louisville, Cincinnati\u0026amp;Charleston. The route was intended to link the cotton-producing South and the grain and livestock growers of the Old Northwest with traders and markets in the East, creating economic opportunities along its 700-mile length. But then came the Panic of 1837, and the project came to a halt. H. Roger Grant tells the incredible story of this singular example of \"railroad fever\" and the remarkable visionaries whose hopes for connecting North and South would require more than half a century—and one Civil War—to reach fruition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47074125775088,"sku":"9780253011879","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780253011879_p0.jpg?v=1769912387","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780253011879","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}