Alexander J. Cassatt - End of the Line

Alexander Cassatt is just beginning his rise in the railroad industry, but is quite occupied wooing his future wife.

What can I say except please accept my apologies for the extremely long time since the last episode.

"Boarding the Pennsylvania" is chapter two.  It describes the young Cassatt's ascent in the Pennsylvania Railroad and describes the early railroad wars.

Alexander's lineage and his own childhood

This episode, the Introduction of End of the Line, is a powerful section, one which should immediately draw you into the book.

This episode includes a brief bio of Patricia Talbot Davis, auther of "End of the Line."  Also included is the book flap's summary of the book as well as the author's acknowledgments.  The latter provides a view of the research and resources required for writing the book.

Alexander Johnston Cassatt was a giant among giants in the Industrial Age. President of the largest corporation in the world - the Pennsylvania Railroad - Cassatt eschewed publicity and fame.  This is largely why so few people know of him today.  Yet, he stood toe-to-toe with the famous robber barons of the time, i.e. Morgan, Vanderbilt, Carnegit, Rockefeller and others, fighting the corruption fo...