

The Race Underground
Boston, New York, and the Incredible Rivalry That Built America's First Subway
Author: Doug Most
Narrator: John H. Mayer
Unabridged: 15 hr 26 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Random House Audio
Published: 02/04/2014
Categories: Nonfiction, Technology & Engineering, Civil Engineering, History, Us History, Transportation, Railroads
Synopsis
The Race Underground is peopled with the famous, like Boss Tweed, and Thomas Edison, and the not-so-famous, like the countless "sandhogs" who dug and blasted into the earth's crust, sometimes losing their lives in the process of building the subway's tunnels. Doug Most chronicles the science of the subway, looks at fears people had about travelling underground and tells a story as exciting as any ever ripped from the pages of U.S. history. The Race Underground is a great American saga of two rival American cities, the powerful interests within, and an invention that changed the lives of millions.