Follow the Flag by H Roger Grant HARDBACK 9780875803289

\""Follow the Flag\""A History of the Wabash Railroad Company\nAuthor(s): H. Roger Grant\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cornell University Press, United States\nImprint: Northern Illinois University Press\nISBN-13: 9780875803289, 978-0875803289\nSynopsis\n\""Follow the Flag\"" offers the first authoritative history of the Wabash Railroad Company, a once vital interregional carrier. The corporate saga of the Wabash involved the efforts of strong-willed and creative leaders, but this book provides more than traditional business history. Noted transportation historian H. Roger Grant captures the human side of the Wabash, ranging from the medical doctors who created an effective hospital department to the worker-sponsored social events. And Grant has not ignored the impact the Wabash had on businesses and communities in the \""Heart of America.\""\n\n Like most major American carriers, the Wabash grew out of an assortment of small firms, including the first railroad to operate in Illinois, the .