{"product_id":"a-history-of-georgia-railroads-robert-c-jones-9781467137775","title":"A History of Georgia Railroads","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRailroads are central in the history of Georgia. Explore 200 years of railroad expansion and consolidation in this must-read for railroad and Georgia history fans.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore the start of the \u003ci\u003eCivil War\u003c\/i\u003e, Georgia had ten railroads, five of which figured significantly in General William T. Sherman's Atlanta Campaign and \u003ci\u003eMarch to the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The number of rail lines in the state ballooned after the war. Many were founded by individual entrepreneurs like Henry Plant and Thomas Clyde, while the biggest railroad of them all (\u003ci\u003eSouthern Railway\u003c\/i\u003e) was created out of whole cloth by New York financier J.P. Morgan. At the close of the nineteenth century, consolidation was already in process, and by the end of the next century, only three significant railroads remained in Georgia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Author and historian Robert C. Jones examines Georgia's rail history over the past two centuries and today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert C. Jones\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1467137774\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781467137775\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e History Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/20\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Robert C. Jones","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43995704656127,"sku":"9781467137775","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_57f02bb9-e0c0-492e-80fb-e1131daad144.jpg?v=1683337354","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-history-of-georgia-railroads-robert-c-jones-9781467137775","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}