Hell on Wheels

Hell on Wheels
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Publisher : Fulcrum Publishing
Total Pages : 319
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ISBN-10 : 9781555919528
ISBN-13 : 1555919529
Rating : 4/5 (529 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Hell on Wheels by : Dick Kreck

Download or read book Hell on Wheels written by Dick Kreck and published by Fulcrum Publishing. This book was released on 2016-03-23 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Overnight settlements, better known as "Hell on Wheels," sprang up as the transcontinental railroad crossed Nebraska and Wyoming. They brought opportunity not only for legitimate business but also for gamblers, land speculators, prostitutes, and thugs. Dick Kreck tells their stories along with the heroic individuals who managed, finally, to create permanent towns in the interior West.


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