A Tale Of Ten Cities, Volume One: Rolling Thunder [Paperback]

Eric Dale Smith (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 12, 2001

Author's account of the history of the elevated trains of New York. The last of the lines built in the Nineteenth Century still standing, proving not the least of which was that the more things changed, the more some things remained the same.

Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: PublishAmerica (January 12, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1588518221
• ISBN-13: 978-1588518224
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,090,448 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A loving history of the Els!, July 4, 2002

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middlemoo "maraschino" (United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: A Tale Of Ten Cities, Volume One: Rolling Thunder (Paperback)

In this small volume, Mr. Smith manages to inject many warm remembrances and anecdotes, along with well researched history of New York City's growing pains. Peppered with the personal stories of those individuals directly affected by all the changes in mass transit of the past 150 years, this book vividly paints the political climate that shaped NYC and tells how the rise and fall of elevated trains impacted the entire city.

1.0 out of 5 stars A Rolling Thud, September 26, 2003

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George H. Foelschow (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Tale Of Ten Cities, Volume One: Rolling Thunder (Paperback)

There is nothing here in the history of elevated railways in New York that is not available elsewhere. The personal anecdotes are nothing but filler in this slim volume. The writing style is pedestrian at very best; it reminded me of something written by a college freshman for a beginning English composition class. Spend your money somewhere else.