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Book Synopsis
Offers an illuminating look into the life of an accomplished civil engineer.

Trade Review

Author 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 Contents

Preface
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

John Frank Stevens

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      Publisher Indiana University Press
      Published 23 October 2013
      ISBN-13 9780253010612
      978-0253010612
      ISBN-10 0253010616

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Offers an illuminating look into the life of an accomplished civil engineer.

      Trade Review

      Author 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 Contents

      Preface
      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

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