{"product_id":"9780803258297","title":"Union Pacific Country","description":"\"No one has done before what Athearn has done in this volume. He has utilized company records and a variety of other sources to write a very attractive and readable, but scholarly account of the impact of the Union Pacific and its branch line son the country it served from the 1860s to the 1890s. . . . Everyone from railroad buffs to Western history scholars will like the book.\"--Choice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This highly readable book is an excellent history of the heart-breaking efforts to build the Union Pacific into a viable enterprise before the end of the nineteenth century. . . . Throughout this attractive reprint edition, Athearn provides insights and fresh perspectives not only on the Union Pacific but on other railroads in the West and their significance in frontier America.\"--David Dary, Overland Journal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A superb contribution by a master historian, Union Pacific Country is a model chapter in the epic story of how the American West was penetrated, settled, and developed with the aid of steam and iron. The research is massive; the writing style is inviting; the photographs, maps, and documents are helpful; and the story is compelling.\"--Journal of the West.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad: Rebel of the Rockies by Robert G. Athearn is also available.\\  ","brand":"Bison Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47030740320496,"sku":"9780803258297","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780803258297_p0.jpg?v=1763728314","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780803258297","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}