The ghosts of Duffy's Cut
Subtitle: the Irish who died building America's most dangerous stretch of railroad
By: William E. Watson ... [et al.].
Contributors: Watson, William E.
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
Subjects: Columbia-Philadelphia Railroad -- History; Irish Americans -- Pennsylvania -- Malvern Region -- History -- 19th century; Alien labor, Irish -- Pennsylvania -- Malvern Region -- History -- 19th century; Cholera -- Pennsylvania -- Malvern Region -- History -- 19th century; Epidemics -- Pennsylvania -- Malvern Region -- History -- 19th century; Railroad construction workers -- Pennsylvania -- Malvern Region -- History -- 19th century; Ghost stories, American -- Pennsylvania -- Malvern Region; Duffy's Cut Site (Malvern, Pa.); Malvern Region (Pa.) -- History -- 19th century; Malvern Region (Pa.) -- Antiquities
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-209) and index.
Table of contents: title: The genesis of the Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad; title: The kingdom of Ireland in 1832; title: America in 1832; title: The Irish in Penn's Woods; title: The story of Duffy's Cut; title: "A chastisement for the sins of the people" : cholera in Pennsylvania, 1832; title: Duffy's Cut in historical memory; title: The ghosts of Duffy's Cut; title: The Duffy's Cut Project : a chronicle; title: A virtual tour of Duffy's Cut.