||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| From Here to There and Back Again!|By John Warner|Strongly recommend if you have an interest in the history of the northern plains. This railroad parallels I-90 and I-94, the route that we have taken dozens of times to visit my wife's family. Fascinating to imagine the survey which indicated cross the river here, not there; blast through this mountain, go around that other o||John Lubetkin's experience as a cable executive underscores his superior ability as a story teller. This well-crafted volume brings together the full range of geographical scales - national events, regional development and local community impact. --Ralph K. A
In 1869, Jay Cooke, the brilliant but idiosyncratic American banker, decided to finance the Northern Pacific, a transcontinental railroad planned from Duluth, Minnesota, to Seattle. M. John Lubetkin tells how Cooke’s gamble reignited war with the Sioux, rescued George Armstrong Custer from obscurity, created Yellowstone Park, pushed frontier settlement four hundred miles westward, and triggered the Panic of 1873.
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You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Jay Cooke's Gamble: The Northern Pacific Railroad, the Sioux, and the Panic of 1873 | M. John Lubetkin.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.
