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000717322 1001_ $$aMost, Doug.
000717322 24514 $$aThe race underground :$$bBoston, New York, and the incredible rivalry that built America's first subway /$$cDoug Most.
000717322 250__ $$aFirst edition.
000717322 264_1 $$aNew York :$$bSt. Martin's Press,$$c2014.
000717322 300__ $$aviii, 404 pages :$$billustrations ;$$c25 cm
000717322 336__ $$atext$$2rdacontent
000717322 337__ $$aunmediated$$2rdamedia
000717322 338__ $$avolume$$2rdacarrier
000717322 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000717322 5050_ $$aIntroduction: Two Cities, One Crisis -- PART I. THE VISIONARIES -- A Secret Subway -- Where Spirits, the Devil and the Dead Live -- A Family for the Ages -- History Made in Richmond -- PART II. THE BLIZZARD AND THE BILLIONAIRES -- The Blizzard That Changed Everything -- New York City's Moses -- William Whitney's Missed Opportunity -- The Engineer and the Piano Maker -- The Rise and Fall of Henry Whitney -- PART III. TRAGEDIES, TRIUMPHS -- Bidding to Build History -- "Meehanville" -- Boom! -- "First Car off the Earth!" -- The Brains, the Builder and the Banker -- Playing with Dynamite -- October 27, 1904 -- Epilogue -- Author's Note.
000717322 520__ $$a"In the late nineteenth century, as cities like Boston and New York grew larger, the streets became increasingly clogged with horse-drawn carts. When the great blizzard of 1888 brought New York City to a halt, a solution had to be found. Two brothers--Henry Melville Whitney of Boston and William Collins Whitney of New York City--pursued the dream of his city being the first American metropolis to have a subway and the great race was on. The competition between Boston and New York was played out in an era not unlike our own, one of economic upheaval, job losses, bitter political tensions, and the question of America's place in the world. The Race Underground is peopled with the famous, like Boss Tweed, and Thomas Edison, and the not-so-famous, like the countless "sandhogs" who dug and blasted into the earth's crust, sometimes losing their lives in the process of building the subway's tunnels. Doug Most chronicles the science of the subway, looks at fears people had about travelling underground and tells a story as exciting as any ever ripped from the pages of U.S. history. The Race Underground is a great American saga of two rival American cities, the powerful interests within, and an invention that changed the lives of millions"--$$cProvided by publisher.
000717322 60010 $$aWhitney, Henry Melville,$$d1839-1923.
000717322 60010 $$aWhitney, William C.$$q(William Collins),$$d1841-1904.
000717322 650_0 $$aSubways$$zMassachusetts$$zBoston$$xHistory.
000717322 650_0 $$aSubways$$zNew York (State)$$zNew York$$xHistory.
000717322 650_0 $$aSubways$$zUnited States$$xHistory.
000717322 650_0 $$aSubways$$zUnited States$$xDesign and construction$$vCase studies.
000717322 650_0 $$aUrban transportation$$zUnited States$$vCase studies.
000717322 650_0 $$aCompetition$$zUnited States$$vCase studies.
000717322 651_0 $$aBoston (Mass.)$$xHistory$$y19th century.
000717322 651_0 $$aNew York (N.Y.)$$xHistory$$y19th century.
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