Hofsommer, Donovan L.

The Tootin' Louie a history of the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway / [electronic resource] : Don L. Hofsommer. - Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2005. - xvi, 374 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-359) and index.

Expectancy -- Lethargy, euphoria, and panic -- Albert Lea at last -- Optimism and realism -- The great Rock Island route -- Independent again -- The Little Harriman -- The newest and the best -- It will be a hummer -- Everything from caskets to corsets -- Struggling among the titans -- Sweet and sour -- Hard times in good times -- Soldiering on -- Mean and ugly -- Frey and dismemberment -- Reason for hope? -- Free at last -- Don't you know there's a war on? -- Sprague and prosperity -- Sprague at the throttle -- The ides of May -- Halting steps -- Days of red and white -- Valhalla -- Under a green and yellow flag.


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