History of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad

list of b&w illustrations and tables, Introduction, 1. A Town Grows Legs: The Birth of the L & N, 2. The State Between the War: The L & N in Wartime, 1861-65; 3. The sinews of Transportation, Part I; 4. The Contours of Postwar Strategy; 5. Combinations and Complications, 1865-73; 6. Northern Invaders and Southern Invasions, 1870-73; 7. The Furies Uncaged: Depression and Expansion, 1872-79; 8. "Newcomb's Octopus": The Zenith of Territorial Expansion, 1879-81; 9. The Financiers Take Charge: Interterritorial Expansion, 1880-83; 10.Scandal and Reorganization, 1884; 11. A Curmudgeon for All Seasons: Milton H. Smith and His Adminsitratiosn; 12. In Pursuit of Profits: Financial Policy, 1885-1902; 13. Tracks to the Door: Developmental Extension, 1885-1902; 14. Childhood's End: Interterritorial Expansion, 1885-1902; 15. Sinews of Transportation, Part II; 16. The Great Freight Rate Debate; 17. Through a Glass Darkly: The L & N in Politics, 1880-1920; 18. Gotterdammerung: The Close of an Era, 1902-21; 19. From Riches to Rags: Prosperity and Depression, 1921-40; 20. Ressurection and Redirection: War and Modernization, 1941-59; Epilogue: Into the Maw of Progress; postscript, appendices, notes, bibliography, index.