[PRCo] Re: book recomendation

[fwschneider at comcast.net]

>From someone else with car keys ... written from Fargo North Dakota ...  I love it John!
Fred Schneider

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From: Ken & Tracie <ktjosephson at earthlink.net> 

> Preach on, Brother John! 
> 
> It's the truth. 
> 
> K. 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> >From: John Swindler 
> >Sent: Jun 15, 2007 5:26 AM 
> >To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org 
> >Subject: [PRCo] Re: book recomendation 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >They also don't want to look in a mirror. Bet their key chain includes car 
> >keys. (:>) 
> >John 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >>From: Fred Schneider 
> >>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. > >>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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