Description
Book SynopsisOffers an illuminating look into the life of an accomplished civil engineer.
Trade ReviewAuthor Foust is to be commended for presenting a complete and unbiased account of this extraordinary man's working life.
* Michigan Railfan *
This tome is a great read for anyone that seeks to know more of the in-depth facts that surrounded the success of this world acclaimed engineer.
* Lexington Quarterly *
Clifford Faust has produced an excellent biography that is certainly not hagiography; it is a warts-and-all portrayal. . . . The study is thoroughly researched and Foust used a large body of previously unused family papers . . . Readers of this journal will find the chapters on the work Stevens accomplished for the railroads of particular interest.
* Railroad History *
Table of ContentsPreface
Acknowledgements
1. A Boy of West Gardiner
2. Beginnings
3. The Great Northern
4. The Panama Canal: In
5. The Panama Canal: Out
6. Interlude
7. Railroading in Russia
8. The Final Decades
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index
