The Iron Way: Railroads, the Civil War, and the Making of Modern America (Yale University Press, 2011)

About the Author

William G. Thomas is professor of history and the John and Catherine Angle Chair in the Humanities at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He taught history at the University of Virginia, and, as director of the Virginia Center for Digital History, created digital projects on slavery, the Civil War, segregation, and civil rights. He lives in Lincoln, Nebraska.

For more, visit www.williamgthomas.net