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Railroad Avenue; Great Stories and Legends of American Railroading by Freeman H. Hubbard - 1945
by Freeman H. Hubbard
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Railroad Avenue; Great Stories and Legends of American Railroading
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New York, NY: Wittlesey House/McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1945 Wittlesey House/McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York. 1945. Hardcover. Stated 2nd Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; light shelfwear to head, tail, and tips; paint adherence to three areas on bottom 1.5 " of edge of front board. No DJ. Blue cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 374 pp 8vo. In 23 chapters, this book tells of the railroader and his life on Railroad Avenue. Much of the material came from his work as editor of Railroad Magazine that combined fact and fiction, technology and reminiscence, realism and romance to present the human side of a great industry. Full of stories and legends of heroes, of great rail moments, of the railroader's way of life all in the genuine lingo of the railroader. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Date Published 1945
- Keywords railroads, Railroad Magazine, railroad fiction, railroad legends, railroad stories, railroading, railroaders, railroad songs, railroad poems, railroad ditties, Johnstown Flood, Casey Jones,
- Size 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
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McGraw-Hill Book Company, inc, 1945. hardcover. Good. 9x1x6. Unmarked hardcover in unclipped jacket. 3rd printing. Some staining along front board edge. DJ flap laid in.
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Railroad Avenue : Great Stories and Legends of American Railroading
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Railroad Avenue: Great Stories and Legends of American Railroading
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McGraw Hill, New York, 1945. 2nd Printing. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Railroad; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 24223. .
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McGraw-Hill Book Company, inc, 1945. hardcover. Very Good. 8x6x1. ***Please Read*** No marks on text - My shelf location 33-f-11
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Railroad Avenue: Great Stories and Legends of American Railroading
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New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover . Used Good/yes . Hardback, no dust jacket, stated first edition, many illustrations, deckle edges, square, no marks or writing.
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New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. [Whittlesey House], 1945. Second printing [stated]. Hardcover. Good. x, 374 pages. Frontis illustration. Illustrations. Songs, Poems, and Ditties, Vocabulary of Railroad Lingo. Index. Cover has some wear and soiling. Corners bumped and rubbed. This contains some information on Canadian railways. Freeman H. Hubbard (21 April 1894 ? August 1981) was an American writer known for his articles and books about railroads. He was editor of Railroad Magazine for 42 years, from 1930 until its demise in 1979, with seven years away while he worked as a freelance writer from 1946 to 1953. (The magazine was named Railroad Man's Magazine in 1930, when Hubbard succeeded editor William Edward Hayes, being renamed Railroad Stories in 1932 and, finally, Railroad Magazine in 1937.) . He wrote widely about railroad history, legend and lore, including famous personalities such as Casey Jones, John Henry, Jesse James and Kate Shelley. He was Secretary of the American…
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