Charles Francis Adams Jr.

Also known as: Charles Francis Adams, Adams, Charles Francis jr.

22

BOOKS

0.0

AVG RATING (0)

0

READERS

Charles Francis Adams Jr. (May 27, 1835 – March 20, 1915) was an American author, historian, and railroad and park commissioner who served as the president of the Union Pacific Railroad from 1884 to 1890. He served as a colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War. After the war, he was a railroad regulator and executive, an author of historical works, and a member of the Massachusetts Park Commission.

Boston, United States

Wikipedia

THE possibility of a unified nation of ninety odd million souls, spread over a vast territory of three million square miles, - three-fourths of the area of Europe, - was greatly enhanced at the outset by the geographical configuration of the continent of North America.

— from Railroads, 1977

Charles Francis Adams Jr.

Most acclaimed

Books