MARC Record from Library of Congress

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008 120308s2012 nyu b 001 0 eng
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050 00 $aHE2791.C451$bD73
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100 1 $aDrabelle, Dennis.
245 14 $aThe great American railroad war :$bhow Ambrose Bierce and Frank Norris took on the notorious Central Pacific Railroad /$cDennis Drabelle.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bSt. Martin's Press,$c2012.
300 $a306 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [289]-293) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- Working on the railroad -- Hell-bent for promontory summit -- How to be very, very unpopular -- Ambrose Bierce at a low point -- Anatomy of the funding bill -- Bierce at war again -- The beast emerges from within Frank Norris -- Norris picks up a rake -- Mussel slough under a microscope -- Endings.
610 20 $aCentral Pacific Railroad Company$xHistory.
650 0 $aRailroads$zCalifornia$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aPolitical corruption$xPress coverage$zCalifornia.
600 10 $aBierce, Ambrose,$d1842-1914?$xCriticism and interpretation.
600 10 $aNorris, Frank,$d1870-1902$xCriticism and interpretation.