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Trade Review

"A fine, engaging, and enlightening study of a corporate underdog's struggle to survive."
-Railroad History
"Grant tells a good story. His narrative is balanced between the factual, the anecdotal, and the broader issues."—Technology & Culture
"A thorough, well-written study of building and running a major midwestern 'little' railroad."
-Journal of American History



Table of Contents

Table of Contents
Preface to the 1996 Edition
Preface to the 1984 Edition
Chapter One: A. B. Stickney Builds a Railroad: The Minnesota & Northwestern, 1883-1887
Chapter Two: The Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City, and the Formation of the Chicago Great Western, 1887- 1892
Chapter Three: Running the Maple Leaf Route, 1892-1904
Chapter Four: Years of Growth, 1895-1904
Chapter Five: Reorganization, Rehabilitation, and Recuperation: The Samuel M. Felton Years, 1908-1929
Chapter Six: Scandal, Depression, and War, 1929-1948
Chapter Seven: The Deramus Era, 1948-1957
Chapter Eight: The Final Decade, 1957-1968
Afterword
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index

The Corn Belt Route

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      Publisher Cornell University Press
      Published 1 April 1984
      ISBN-13 9780875800950
      978-0875800950
      ISBN-10 0875800955
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      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review

      "A fine, engaging, and enlightening study of a corporate underdog's struggle to survive."
      -Railroad History
      "Grant tells a good story. His narrative is balanced between the factual, the anecdotal, and the broader issues."—Technology & Culture
      "A thorough, well-written study of building and running a major midwestern 'little' railroad."
      -Journal of American History



      Table of Contents

      Table of Contents
      Preface to the 1996 Edition
      Preface to the 1984 Edition
      Chapter One: A. B. Stickney Builds a Railroad: The Minnesota & Northwestern, 1883-1887
      Chapter Two: The Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City, and the Formation of the Chicago Great Western, 1887- 1892
      Chapter Three: Running the Maple Leaf Route, 1892-1904
      Chapter Four: Years of Growth, 1895-1904
      Chapter Five: Reorganization, Rehabilitation, and Recuperation: The Samuel M. Felton Years, 1908-1929
      Chapter Six: Scandal, Depression, and War, 1929-1948
      Chapter Seven: The Deramus Era, 1948-1957
      Chapter Eight: The Final Decade, 1957-1968
      Afterword
      Appendix
      Notes
      Bibliography
      Index

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