[PRCo] Recommended Reading

[Edward H. Lybarger]

It has nothing to do with Pittsburgh, but...
 
I've just finished reading "Appetite for America: How Visionary Businessman
Fred Harvey Built a Railroad Hospitality Empire that Civilized the Wild
West," by Stephen Fried.  If you're into rail-related business histories,
it's a great read.  If you've ever eaten at a Fred Harvey facility (not many
left!), you'll appreciate it even more.  The only ones that are still open
and have been continuously are at the Grand Canyon (El Tovar and Bright
Angel Lodge); the eponymous company is now part of Xanterra, a contractor to
NPS.
 
We had dinner at El Tovar a year or so ago; it was enjoyable and good,
though our favorite haunt in McMurray serves much better salmon (and for a
much lower price).
 
The streetcar connection, for you purists?  Fred Harvey was once on the
commission to restructure the insolvent Kansas City trolley company!
 
My copy will go to the PTM Library, where we maintain a small railroad
section.
 
Ed