Description: The Railroad King, James F. Joy is a brand new limited edition (300-half are gone already) biography of a man overlooked by midwest railroad development history. The Detroit resident was the President of Michigan Central, CB&Q, Wabash (and saved it bankruptcy and dissolution) and dozens of others across the midwest from 1852 to 1887, and had his hand on almost 100 more (listed). No man stands taller in midwest railroad building during that time than Mr. Joy. His roads spread over 715,00 square miles of the midwest and many are still in use today. This book is densely detailed to tell how he did it. It is an interesting and surprising story, as are his court cases won as a lawyer. Some still stand as precedence today. Almost 400 pages including front matter, fully indexed, 442 references cited, 140+ maps/photos/illustrations including rare 150 year old documents from personal collections that haven't seen the light of day for a over a century. UPDATE: On 9/8/22 the Historical Society of Michigan gave this book an award-- "Privately Printed Book of the Year" for 2022.
Price: 35 USD
Location: West Chester, Ohio
End Time: 2024-10-15T22:57:58.000Z
Shipping Cost: 5.38 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Year: 2021
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
