Fully illustrated version, original pictures. Trains Railroads Collection provides a unique opportunity for researchers and railroad enthusiasts to easily acces

"A valuable window into a long-underreported dimension of African American history."—Newsday An engaging social history that reveals the critical role Pullman

"Timely and urgent...The core of The Edge of Anarchy is a thrilling description of the boycott of Pullman cars and equipment by Eugene Debs’s fledgling Americ

A chronicle of the first Black-controlled union, made up of Pullman porters, who after years of unfair labor practices staged a battle against a corporate giant

Emphasizes the boyhood of this railroad car designer, including the experience which started his thinking about better places to sleep.