Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America by Richard White; Norton, 2011; 660 pp. Reviewed by Neil P. Reilly The locomotive is an essential symbol of that famous idea of American expansionism, “Manifest Destiny.” This doctrine declared that American society would stretch from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific. It was held with [...]
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Colonel Roosevelt by Edmund Morris; Random House, 2010; 784 pp. Reviewed by Neil P. Reilly Rare is the subject whose life becomes more interesting after two terms as President of the United States. Theodore Roosevelt, however, was an exceptional man indeed. Preferring to carry the honorific that recalled his charge up San Juan Hill in [...]
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