Steel Trails of Hawkeyeland: Iowa's Railroad Experience (Railroads Past and Present)
"Steel Trails of Hawkeyeland offers a comprehensive examination of railroads in Iowa from the introduction of the iron horse to the present. It is more than a study of a single, albeit significant American state. Hofsommer superbly relates local events to the national picture. His is a 'one-of-a-kind' volume." H. Roger Grant, author of Follow the Flag: A Historyof the Wabash Railroad Company