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From the River to the Sea: The Untold Story of the Railroad War That Made the West
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Readers
15/100Critics
6/100Scholars
Author:
John Sedgwick
Publisher:
Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
Date:
June 1, 2021
The author of Blood Moon: An American Epic of War and Splendor in the Cherokee Nation returns with a look back at the decade-long 19th century fight between two masters of the railroad industry: General William J. Palmer and William Barstow Strong, each one claiming exclusive routes across the country to the American West.
What The Reviewers Say
... a book perfectly suited, in its manageable length and rich incidental detail, for the return of mass air and rail travel.
A little-known tale of an Old West railroad rivalry comes to life in From the River to the Sea.
Sedgwick's narrative is gripping at times, but it is a substantial oversight that it glosses over the appalling impacts of white railroad expansion on the continent's Indigenous peoples.
Sedgwick’s narrative meanders in his discussion of Palmer’s extensive legal and financial maneuvers to protect his Rio Grande route to Leadville.
