Title: Thunderbolt from a clear sky
Description: "This fascinating biography tells the inspiring story of an American businessman, lawyer, legislator (Kansas state and U.S. Congressman from N.Y.), and farmer. Woven through the life of Robert W.S. Stevens you'll find the stories of the American west, the railroad industry, and a great (though previously unheralded) American family."--publishers web site.
Subjects: Kansas. Legislature. Senate, Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad, Lawyers, Kansas, United States, United States. Congress. House, Biography, Capitalists and financiers, History, Railroads, Missouri, kansas and texas railroad company, Railroads, united states, history, Lawyers, united states, Kansas, biography, New york (state), biography, Lawyers, biography
Places: Kansas, New York (State)
People: Robert W. S. Stevens (1824-1893)