Hell on Wheels

Wicked Towns Along the Union Pacific Railroad

Dick Kreck (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

280 Seiten

2013
Fulcrum Inc.,US (Verlag)
978-1-55591-948-1 (ISBN)

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The Wild West was more than cowboys; it was also the raucous and unfettered railroad settlements that followed the tracks.

Overnight settlements, better known as "Hell on Wheels," sprang up as the transcontinental railroad crossed Nebraska and Wyoming. They brought opportunity not only for legitimate business but also for gamblers, land speculators, prostitutes, and thugs. Dick Kreck tells their stories along with the heroic individuals who managed, finally, to create permanent towns in the interior West.

Dick Kreck retired from the Denver Postafter thirty-eight years as an editor and columnist. He previously worked at theSan Francisco Examinerand theLos Angeles Times. He is the author of four other books, and lives in Denver, Colorado.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	9.7.2013
Vorwort	David F Halass
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations, unspecified
Sprache	englisch
Maße	153 x 229 mm
Gewicht	383 g
Themenwelt	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schienenfahrzeuge
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
ISBN-10	1-55591-948-0 / 1555919480
ISBN-13	978-1-55591-948-1 / 9781555919481
Zustand	Neuware