... 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.

... a dense yet colorful history.