Train Crash at Crush, Texas: America's Deadliest Publicity Stunt - Paperback
by Mike Cox
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Language:EnglishPublisher:History PressISBN-13:9781467139342ISBN-10:1467139343UPC:9781467139342Book Category:Transportation, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Railroads, Disasters & Disaster ReliefBook Topic:HistorySize:8.90 x 5.90 x 0.60 inchesWeight:1.1508Product ID:SCS7QH6PRD
Train Crash at Crush, Texas: America's Deadliest Publicity Stunt
On September 15, 1896, Crush boasted the highest population in Texas. Built near Waco, the town provided the staging ground for a publicity stunt ramming two trains together at top speed. Showrunner and Katy Railroad official William Crush thought he had planned for every contingency. But when elephant-sized chunks of steam locomotive began raining down into the packed stands, the extravaganza...
Series: Disaster
Language:EnglishPublisher:History PressISBN-13:9781467139342ISBN-10:1467139343UPC:9781467139342Book Category:Transportation, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Railroads, Disasters & Disaster ReliefBook Topic:HistorySize:8.90 x 5.90 x 0.60 inchesWeight:1.1508Product ID:SCS7QH6PRD
Cox, Mike: - An elected member of the Texas Institute of Letters, Mike Cox is the author of more than thirty nonfiction books. Over an award-winning freelance career dating back to his high school days, he has written hundreds of newspaper articles, columns, magazine stories and essays for a wide variety of regional and national publications. When not writing, he spends as much time as he can...
Publisher: History Press
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