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Already a bestseller! Greg McDonnell's new book is a lavishly illustrated and poignantly written look at the demise of the traditional northern prairie grain elevators and the railcars that served them. It is the stirring chronicle of the end of an era as witnessed by one of North America's best-know and most-respected railroad writers and photographers. This book is sure to delight railway enthusiasts, transportation historians, and anyone interested in the changing worlds of farming and railroading.Editorials
Booknews
A chronicle of the end of an era as witnessed by McDonnell, one of North America's best-known and most respected railroad writers. Color photographs (some of them by the author) complement a series of seven essays that capture the prairie mystique, from the dusty interior of a working elevator to the lonely pursuit of a branchline wayfreight and the demolition of a country grain elevator. He reveals how along with the abandonment of thousands of miles of railway branchlines, the closure of the traditional wooden prairie grain elevators spelled the end of a way of life and threatened the very existence of dozens of communities across the prairie. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)MTH Railroaders Club magazine
Wheat Kings is a eulogy for a dying way of life...McDonnell has done a wonderful job of preserving a vanishing era. ... The small sections of prose in this volume are beautifully written, and I wish there were more of them.Book Details
Published
February 1, 1999
Publisher
Erin, Ont. : Boston Mills Press, 1998.
Pages
120
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9781550462494