Author : David Blanke
Release : 2007
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis Hell on Wheels by : David Blanke
Download or read book Hell on Wheels written by David Blanke. This book was released on 2007. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating look at the rise and growing popularity of the automobile during the first half of twentieth-century America, which brought with it a dark undercurrent. On the one hand, Americans embraced the newfound sense of freedom and mobility embodied by the automobile; on the other, they grew increasingly anxious about and fearful of the enormous threat that cars--and car accidents--posed to public safety.