Alfred Runte

A thoroughly revised and expanded successor to Alfred Runte’s Trains of Discovery: Western Railroads and the National Parks, the new edition now includes protected landscapes and historical sites east of the Mississippi made possible or influenced by railroads: the Hudson River Valley; Delaware Water Gap; Harpers Ferry; Indiana Dunes; Gettysburg; Steamtown; and Shenandoah, Great Smoky Mountains, and Acadia National Parks. Illustrated with paintings, posters, photographs, and artifacts from major libraries and public archives, as well as America’s railroads and the author’s private collection, this book is a sight to behold as well as a wonderful, nostalgic armchair read.

Railroads and the Legacy of Our National Parks

Trains of Discovery

New-York Historical Society

Jeremy Elwell Adamson

Albright-Knox Art Gallery

Elizabeth R. McKinsey

John F. Sears

Two Centuries of Changing Attitudes, 1697-1901

Niagara

Alfred Runte

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