Rails Through the Wiregrass A History of the Georgia and Florida Railroad

Name: Rails Through the Wiregrass A History of the Georgia and Florida Railroad
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ISBN: 9780875803654

ISBN-10: 0875803652

ISBN-13: 9780875803654

Edition: 2007

Authors: H. Roger Grant

List price: $42.95

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The Georgia & Florida Railway began with bright promise, but early in the 20th century, like many other enterprises in the South, it experienced mostly times of struggle. Started in 1906, the G & F was thrown into receivership after World War I, and rebounded in 1926 only to be forced into bankruptcy by the Great Depression. In 1963 the Southern Railway acquired the property. Offering insights on social and economic conditions in the South from the late 19th century to the mid-20th century, Grant's study of this obscure yet noteworthy railroad will appeal to those interested in transportation, business, railroad, and Southern regional history.

Book details

List price: $42.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication date: 10/10/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 239
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 2.002
Language: English

Born in 1943 in Ottumwa, Iowa, H. Roger Grant is a professor of history at the University of Ohio at Akron. A contributor to numerous history journals, Grant is also a noted railway historian and editor of Railway History. His books on the subject include Erie Lackawanna: Death of an American Railroad, 1938-1992 (1994), and Living in the Depot: The Two-Story Railroad Station (1993). Grant has also published several collections of postcards with railways and Ohio history as their themes.