The Book Shed

Wear to tips, corners and edges of book and priced jacket, top pages dusty, previous owner's bookplate. First printing, full number line. Winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Book Award, 1985. In addition to this book about America's involvement in Phillipine conflicts Bain is also the author of The Old Iron Road: An Epic of Rails, Roads, and the Urge to Go West and Empire Express: Building the First Transcontinental Railroad, both published by Viking. Empire Express was a finalist, Los Angeles Times Book Prize (History); finalist for the prestigious Bancroft Prize, Society of American Historians. 2000 Book Prize, New England Historical Association; George W. and Constance W. Hilton Book Award, National Railway and Locomotive History Society, 2001 and A New York Times Notable Book. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!