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Re: (erielack) New Erie Book
> Ya gotta look at it this way..........Mr. Adams was among the 'movers &
> shakers' of his era & he had the inside dope on all of it (access).
> I first ran across the book at SUNY Binghamton (Harpur College) which I
> attended on the GI Bill and was punished for it by Sammy 'U missed a
> call' Miller. >Alfred Runte, author of TRAINS OF DISCOVERY told me about
> it & I got my own copy which I still have (& treasure).
> Regards,
> Walt Smith
Walt & List,
I have an original copy also. It's in like new condition. It only measures
4.5 in X 6.75 in. and is 152 pages. Copyright is 1869. It was one of the
first Erie books I purchased and I really didn't know at the time what a
great find it was.
There was a short article in the NRHS Journal (I don't know the issue) which
dealt with the book, entitled: "When Railroads Played Roughly" by Hugh R.
Gibb.
For those who are truly interested in this era of Erie history, there is
another excellent book published on the subject by the Yale University Press
in 1929. It's entitled: "High Finance in the Sixties", edited by Frederick
C. Hicks. This is a compilation of the seven leading articles of the time
about the Erie. Authors include: C. F. Adams Jr., Henry Adams, Albert
Stickney, George Ticknor Curtis and Jeremiah S. Black. The book runs 410
pages and has five illustrations of the leading characters of the time.
Ron Dukarm
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