[PRCo] Re: book recomendation

[John Swindler]

They also don't want to look in a mirror.  Bet their key chain includes car 
keys.  (:>)
John




>From: Fred Schneider <fwschneider at comcast.net>
>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: book recomendation
>Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 20:31:40 -0400
>
>It will never sell because railfans need scapegoats!   We can't
>possibly blame the demise of our trolleys on the fact that we loved
>automobiles, Dennis.   Get real.   <Don't take me seriously.  I'm
>laughing as I type.>  It's only half real.   The railfans probably
>don't want to read the truth.
>
>f3
>
>On Jun 14, 2007, at 7:08 PM, Dennis F. Cramer wrote:
>
> > I have never been a huge fan of recommending books, but the current
> > one I am reading is an excellent capsule look at urban mass transit
> > and in particular, street railways.  In a little more than 150
> > pages, author Robert C. Post (PhD in American History from UCLA)
> > provides a concise history of the need for the rise in mass transit
> > and how it has changed our cities.  He quickly dismisses any
> > conspiracy theories on behalf of GM and American Cities and gives
> > the reader an overview of technologies, how they changed (or did
> > not), a chronology of urban transit and finishes with deciphering
> > of Judge Doom and the urban myths that have followed the "conspiracy"
> > Urban Mass Transit
> > Robert C. Post
> > Greenwood Press
> > 2007
> >
> >
> > Dennis Fred Cramer
> >      Trombone
> >
>
>

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