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Great Northern Railway: A History (Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage)

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This is a wonderful book covering the in-depth history of the Great Northern Railway. I have several other books covering the G.N., and this book includes 'new' information and photos not included in the other books. I have been anxious to acquire this book before, but was hesitant to spend the amount asked for in used book shops, etc. This book is excellent for both it's text and photos. If you are a Great Northern fan, this is a wonderful research resource or book to be read for pleasure.

While it would be nice to find a copy of the original hard-bound version, this paperback version is well-done and is an excellent price. Anyone with an interest in the Great Northern, or railroad history in general, will enjoy this book. Highly recommended.

The quality of printing(360 pages, hardcover) is very high with very good picture resolution, and good choice of high quality historic photography. It's hard for one book to get into much detail on all topics, but this one did well in overview, covering the entire railroad over it's long history and wide geographic expanse. I wanted more pictures of iron mining, and ore docks, but not much was covered there. Still a nice book, well worth owning, and one of not many on The Great Northern.
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A meticulous and scholarly history of the Great Northern, from its Minnesota origins in the 1850s, to the turn-of-the-century Empire Building decades under James. J. Hill, to the 1970 merger with the Northern Pacific that created the Burlington Northern. Well illustrated with vintage black and white photos, this book--at 360 pages--is nonetheless more of a business case study than a pretty coffee table book, reflecting the Harvard Business School connections of its authors and publisher.

My husband is a fan of and models Great Northern and loved this book. I bought it as a gift.

This book is for my husband for Christmas so it hasn't been read yet but it looks like it will be very interesting.

This book is a rather dry account of the financial conditions and a listing of the upper administration of the GNR. It would have been more interesting if it contained more information about the human side of the railway--that is its interactions with its various employees; e.g. the engineers, conductors, trainmen, middle managers.