[PRCo] Re: book recomendation

[Ken & Tracie]

Preach on, Brother John! 

It's the truth.

K.

-----Original Message-----
>From: John Swindler <j_swindler at hotmail.com>
>Sent: Jun 15, 2007 5:26 AM
>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: book recomendation
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>They also don't want to look in a mirror.  Bet their key chain includes car 
>keys.  (:>)
>John
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>>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
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>>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.
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>>f3
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>>On Jun 14, 2007, at 7:08 PM, Dennis F. Cramer wrote:
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>> > 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
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>> >
>> > Dennis Fred Cramer
>> >      Trombone
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