Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)) [Paperback]

Marci Lynn McGuinness (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 26, 1998 | Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)

Along the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad

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About the Author

Marci Lynn McGuinness, history author and lecturer, has gathered over 200 images to create the first B&O history of this kind. Many of the photographs are from a rare collection photographed by Henry Jackson in 1891. Local contributors have allowed their family heirlooms to complete this pictorial history of a time of wealth and progress in southwest Pennsylvania. This one-of-a-kind title is sure to please both residents of the areas covered and any railroad enthusiast. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (October 26, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0752413104
• ISBN-13: 978-0752413105
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,870,532 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Marci Lynn McGuinness Authors 26th Book
Author/Publisher/Historian/Screenwriter/Speaker

The release of Speedway Kings of Southwestern Pennsylvania & Region, 100 Years of Racing History marks McGuinness' 30th year as a publisher and author. This full color volume also sets her up as THE expert on the infamous Uniontown Speedway board track, sponsored by Carl Laemmle, Universal Films President, coal and coke barons, and auto industry moguls. Over 225 never before published photos tell the story of how this mile and an eight board track brought fame and fortune to SW PA, until Charlie Johnson ran to Cuba with the money. Speedway Kings of the 1020's to 2011 are also depicted through photos, stories, quotes, and notes. What fun!
Marci Lynn McGuinness is a high-energy book publisher whose niche is preserving the remarkable and unique history and legends of Southwestern Pennsylvania. Since 1981, she has written, released, and promoted 26 books of her own, and dozens for other authors. To research her popular 6-book Yesteryear series, she interviewed the culturally rich mountain region's eldest people, recording their memories. The pictorial books relay these stories and those of the thousands of vintage photographs she has collected.
McGuinness' work has led her to uncover untold stories of national significance. Three of her books, Message of the Sacred Buffalo, Yesteryear at the Uniontown Speedway, and Gone to Ohiopyle, are incredible, exciting true stories she is working to adapt to the big screen.
From George Washington to Vivian Prescott, Barney Oldfield, Henry Ford and Frank Lloyd Wright, Ghostbusting, early wooden Boardtrack Racing and Sacred Buffalo, the characters and subjects of McGuinness', work have created in her, an expert on the history and legends of southwestern Pennsylvania.
The author/publisher is the mother of grown twin daughters and lives along the Mon River with her wily Jack Russell Terrier, Jake.
A member of the New York Center for Independent Publishing, Ink Tip, the Laurel Highlands Visitors Bureau, and the Fayette County Chamber of commerce, the author lives her work, promoting through television, radio, events, print, web and her tourism map, Around Ohiopyle. She strives to share SW PA history's incredible stories and her original fiction.

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Book List:


Books by Marci McGuinness
Speedway Kings of Southwestern Pennsylvania, 100 Years of Racing History 2011
Yesteryear at the Uniontown Speedway (1996, 2nd Edition 1997, 3rd Ed.2008)
Official Program U.S.A. Speedway, 1916 Reprint (1996, 2nd Edition 2009)
Message of the Sacred Buffalo (June 2010)
Hauntings Of Pittsburgh & the Laurel Highlands (October 2009)
Gone to Ohiopyle (September 2009)
Murder in Ohiopyle & Other Incidents (Summer 2009)
Butch's Smack Your Lips BBQ Cookbook, (Spring 2009)
Yesteryear in Ohiopyle and Surrounding Communities, Volume III (2008)
How to be a Working Author/Writer (2005; 2nd Edition, Fall 2008)
Chesapeake Bay Blue Crabs (2004)
In it to Win It (2001)
The Explorer's Guide to the Youghiogheny River, Ohiopyle and SW PA Villages (2000)
Along the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, from Cumberland to Uniontown (1998)
Stone House Legends & Lore (1998)
Yesteryear in Smithfield (1996)
Yesteryear in Masontown (1994)
Yesteryear in Ohiopyle and Surrounding Communities, Volume II (1994)
Yesteryear in Ohiopyle and Surrounding Communities, Volume I (1993)
No Outlet! (1993)
Incidents (1992)
Nanny's Kitchen Cookbook (1991)
Natural Remedies, Recipes & Realities (1986)
The Deerhunter's Guide to Success...from the woods to the skillet (1985)
Natural Remedies (1984)
Unforgettable Poems for Everyday People (1984)
What's Happenin' Around Ohiopyle (1981)
More Publications by McGuinness
Around Ohiopyle Map & News July 2009-present (annual)
Around Ohiopyle Magazine (2008)
Tying the Knot Magazine (2007)
St. Michaels/Tilghman Coupon Booklet (2003)
Yesteryear Calendar series (1990's)
Yesteryear Press (Magazine) 1992 - 2002
Speak Easy Digest (Early 1990's)
Naturally Yours Newsletter (1980's)
Movies/Scripts
Yesteryear in Ohiopyle - The Movie (1990's)
Speed Kings screenplay based on Yesteryear at the Uniontown Speedway board track
Murder in St. Michaels screenplay based on unpublished mystery, Murder in St. Michaels

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, book review, February 15, 2000

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This review is from: Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)) (Paperback)

This book contains over 200 pictures of the railway, stations, bridges etc. However, there is almost no text, so get it if you want the pictures of the B&O and won't mind the lack of text.