@book{529, keywords = {Roman Catholics, railroad industry, Irish Americans, capitalists, sex workers, John Edgar Thomson (1808-74), Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794-1877), priests}, author = {Jesse Taylor Croft}, title = {The Trainmasters}, abstract = {Depicts the largest earth-moving project of the day: the building by the Irish of the Pennsylvania Railroad “through the verdant Appalachians and lush, rugged valleys” of Western Pennsylvania. “John Carlysle battles ruthless thugs hired by politicians,” says the back cover, “and finds himself between the woman he loves and his burgeoning railroad empire.”}, year = {1988}, pages = {375 p.}, publisher = {Warner Books, Inc.}, address = {New York}, language = {English}, }