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A necessary addition to memoir collections. White’s inspiring story tells the power of pursuing one’s dreams, no matter what obstacles stand in their way.
Through his newspaper columns, radio show, and movie roles, Rogers was very famous in his own time—the world mourned his death in a plane crash—but he is largely unknown to today's younger generations. White's presentation may change that. Comparing favorably with previous biographies of Rogers, this is recommended primarily for readers of 20th-century American studies.
White's exhaustive study is recommended to serious students. A better choice on the topic for general readers is Walter R. Borneman's Rival Rails: The Race To Build America's Greatest Transcontinental Railroad.
A MacArthur Fellowship and Parkman Prize winner, White reminds us that the railroads didn't just rearrange our sense of space and time but also introduced the idea of large-scale corporate culture—and the attendant greed...