Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue. Taking Hold of the Throttle ; Part One. To the West: 1790-1861; One. The Whole Population Is in Motion: 1790-1828 ; Two. A Flourishing Condition: 1828-1840 ; Three. An Era of Fine Pickings: 1840-1855 ; Four. The Race to the Ohio River: 1852-1858 ; Five. The Personification of Firmness: 1858-1860 ; Six. Railroad Competition and Cooperation-and Political Division: 1858-1861 ; Part Two. "Mr. Lincoln's Road": 1861-1865; Seven. In the Thick of the Struggle: 1861 ; Eight. A Southern Line No More: 1862-1863 ; Nine. The Right Arm of the Federal Government: 1863-1865.
  • Part Three. Empire Building and Collapse: 1866-1915Ten. A New World Order: 1866-1871 ; Eleven. Go West, Railroad President-and South: 1868-1873 ; Twelve. The Czar of Maryland: 1866-1873 ; Thirteen. The Storm Is upon You: 1873-1877 ; Fourteen. His Willpower Remained Unimpaired: 1878-1884 ; Fifteen. Final Battles: 1880-1884 ; Sixteen. After Garrett: 1884-1915 ; Epilogue. Legacy ; Acknowledgments; Notes ; Essay on Sources ; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y ; Photographs 1; Photographs 2; Photographs 3.