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Kerr, John Leeds : The Story of a Southern Carrier: The Louisville & Nashville; Which revealed to the world the military value of the railroad, prospered during the war of secession and later played a recognized part in the industrial reconstruction of the South. The Louisville & Nashville: An Outline History

Young & Ottley, Inc., New York, 1933

Original publisher's light green paper-covered boards backed with black cloth. No lettering on spine. "The Louisville & Nashville: An Outline History" printed on front. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2." Sixty-seven pages, complete. Bibliography in back. Back colophon: "Designed and printed especially for Young & Ottley, Inc., by the Caxton Press, New York." Pages are virtually pristine and intact except for light age toning and minuscule wear to fore-edge. Covers are very clean and intact except for moderate rubbing to front and back on paper-covered boards and slight bumping on corners and edges. Binding is tight. A Fine copy. A concise history of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad (L&N) and its pivotal role in the Southern economy during the antebellum era, Civil War, and Reconstruction. The book is divided into four parts and moves chronologically through these three historical time periods and concludes with the expansion of the railroad. L&N was first established in 1850 and had many decades of financial success. It weathered the Civil War and the Great Depression and withstood many years of great social and technological changes. The L&N ceased operation in 1982 when it was fully absorbed by the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad.. Book. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hardcover

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