History of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad

A fascinating look at the L&N's long and tumultuous history.

~Business Horizons

Stands both as an excellent example of what business history can accomplish and as an illustration of the work that remains to be done in the field.

~H-Net Reviews

Reading like an epic saga, albeit with a corporation as the main character, this enduring and definitive account of the L&N successfully offers a broad yet detailed survey befitting a company that at one time helped develop and mold the South while amassing great wealth.

~Journal of Appalachian Studies

A detailed account of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad's first century of operation. The story of the L&N is a great one, and Klein has written a definitive corporate and financial history of the railroad.Klein's vivid account of this period in the L & N's history will be very informative to those who wonder why America's railroads are what they are today.

~Journal of Southern History

Although the L&N 'don't stop here anymore,' the history of Kentucky's most famous railroad has been accurately and painstakingly preserved.

~Lexington Herald-Leader

Provides a fascinating look at the L&N's responsibility in creating the Southern metropolises we know today.

~NMRA Bulletin

We are fortunate that the book has at least been reprinted and made available to a new generation of historians.... Remains the definitive history of the Louisville & Nashville.

~Railroad History

The definitive account of the L&N's rise and decline.

~Tennessee Courier