Reviews
The book is an excellent social, political, and commercial history of 19th-century Baltimore and the nation... Highly recommended.
This volume was well written, nearly placing the reader alongside Garrett in his office or home library as he took on the enormous task on running the Baltimore & Ohio.
In a well-researched and engaginglywritten volume, Sander has traced the rise—and fall—of the B&O through the career of its most influential president.
Sander’s biography is a sweeping and grand narrative of one of the nation’s seminal and transformative railroad presidents whose enterprise is still hard at work today.
Well-written, engaging, and packed with information, this appealing book explains complex events clearly.
Book Details
Prologue: Taking Hold of the Throttle
Part One: To the West: 1790-1861
Chapter 1: The Whole Population is in Motion: 1790-1828
Chapter 2: A Flourishing Condition: 1828-1840
Chapter 3: An Era of Fine
Prologue: Taking Hold of the Throttle
Part One: To the West: 1790-1861
Chapter 1: The Whole Population is in Motion: 1790-1828
Chapter 2: A Flourishing Condition: 1828-1840
Chapter 3: An Era of Fine Pickings: 1840-1855
Chapter 4: The Race to the Ohio: 1852-1858
Chapter 5: The Personification of Firmness: 1858-1860
Chapter 6: Railroad Competition and Coordination—and Political Division: 1858-1861
Part Two "Mr. Lincoln's Road": 1861-1865
Chapter 7: In the Thick of the Struggle: 1861
Chapter 8: A Southern Line No More: 1862-1863
Chapter 9: The Right Arm of the Federal Government: 1863-1865
Part Three: Empire Building and Collapse: 1866-1915
Chapter 10: A New World Order: 1866-1871
Chapter 11: Go West, Railroad President—and South: 1868-1873
Chapter 12: The Czar of Maryland: 1866-1873
Chapter 13: The Storm Is Upon You: 1873-1877
Chapter 14: His Willpower Remained Unimpaired: 1878-1883
Chapter 15: Final Battles: 1880-1884
Chapter 16: After Garrett: 1884-1915
Epilogue
Essay on Sources
Acknowledgements