Vanderbilt's Folly. A History Of The Pennsylvania Turnpike

SHANK, P. E., WILLIAM H.

Publication: Published By American Canal and Transportation Center, 1993, York

Second edition, tenth printing. 8vo. Pictorial stiff wrappers, 47 [1] pp., foreword, introduction, illustrated mostly from photographs, portraits, maps, the turnpike today, the author, acknowledgements, references. An interesting history of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, its origin, struggle to build, and as it is today. The first published edition was issued in 1964. Considerable research has enabled the 1993 issue to update the story until that time. The turnpike has been further improved since that time. Fine copy and easy, informative reading.

Inventory Number: 47721