Union Pacific Branch Lines and Immigrant Traffic
A review of Union Pacific by Athearn highlights how branch lines were built to attract immigrant labor and local traffic. It argues the feeder lines grew to four times the main route mileage, countering the desert myth with historical detail and extensive notes.
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Union Pacific Country
Athearn
University of Colorado
Union Pacific Railroad
Great American Desert
Union Pacific
Hardcover Best Sellers List Snapshot
Publishers Weekly compiles a top ten hardcover best sellers list featuring WHEELS by Hailey, THE DAY OF THE JACKAL by Forsyth, MESSAGE FROM MALAGA by Maclnnes, THE EXORCIST by Bilatty, THEIRS WAS THE KINGDOM by Delderfield, ANY WOMAN CAN by Reuben, THE GIFT HORSE by Knef, ELEANOR AND FRANK LIN by Lash, and BEYOND FREEDOM AND DIGNITY by Skinner, with rank changes noted.
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Wheels
Hailey
Forsyth
Malaga
Maclnnes
Bilatty
Reuben
Knef
Eleanor and Franklin
Lash
Beyond Freedom
Dignity
Skinner
Publishers Weekly
Paperback Best Sellers List Reads Like A Curated Shelf
A long catalog of paperback best sellers features works by Papillon Charriere Slaughter Five Vonnegut Slaughterhouse Five and many others including Lind Goodman’s Sun signs and The Jesus Factor. The list spans biographies, mysteries, and classic novels reflecting 1960s to 1970s pop culture trends.
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Vonnegut
Mailer
Linda Goodman
Goodman
Loring
Third Reich
Speer Lombardi
Kramer
Goudge
Corlay
Royko
Career Future Shock
Teffler Zelda
Milford God
Deiderfield
Welty
Shaw the Greening OF
America
Reich
Pentagon Papers
Mrs. En
Mike Royko The Reporter Who Battles The Boss
A portrait of Mike Royko, Chicago columnist and author of Boss: Richard J. Daley of Chicago. The piece notes sales success, including bans by airport authorities, and interviews Royko about his role as a columnist, his eye for detail, and his disdain for easy generalizations.
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Chicago
Royko
The
Ohare
Richard J.ee
Richard J. Daley
Daley
Nelson Algren
Finley
Peter Dunne
Ring Lardner
Mike Royko
Apts
Studs Terkel
Chocolate tops beef in calorie concentration
A newspaper note explains that chocolate is highly concentrated, with milk chocolate containing about 2355 calories per pound, nearly twice that of beef or a dozen eggs, highlighting chocolate as a dense energy-food.
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Washington
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Fast
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Murphy's Fashion
New Faith Dade
G. C. Murphy CO
Middletown
Central Avenue
Franklin
South Main Street
Sam
Man
Beast
United States
Chicago Daily News
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Alaren
Snatch
Grabb
Sneek
Theef
Waks-Goer
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