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Smoke Over Oklahoma: The Railroad Photographs of Preston George by Veenendaal
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Publication Date
- 2017-01-17
- Pages
- 208
- ISBN
- 080615568X
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN-10
080615568X
ISBN-13
9780806155685
eBay Product ID (ePID)
13038719740
Product Key Features
Book Title
Smoke over Oklahoma : the Railroad Photographs of Preston George
Number of Pages
208 Pages
Language
English
Topic
United States / State & Local / Southwest (Az, NM, Ok, Tx), Railroads / History, Railroads / Pictorial, Artists, Architects, Photographers
Publication Year
2017
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Transportation, Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
32.1 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
11 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2016-023742
Reviews
" Smoke over Oklahoma showcases the creative genius of the late railroad photographer Preston George. Augustus J. Veenendaal has selected a wonderful, representative selection of George's works, provides insightful captions, and offers a historical overview of railroads in the Sooner State."-- H. Roger Grant, author of Railroads and the American People
Afterword by
Argo, Burnis George
Synopsis
Oklahoma was in the throes of the Great Depression when Preston George acquired a cheap Kodak folding camera and took his first photographs of steam locomotives. As depression gave way to world war, George kept taking pictures, now with a Graflex camera that could capture moving trains. In this first book devoted solely to George's work, his black-and-white photographs constitute a striking visual documentary of steam-driven railroading in its brief but glorious heyday in the American Southwest. The pictures also form a remarkable artistic accomplishment in their own right. Prominent among the magnificent action images collected here are the engines that were George's passion--steam locomotives pulling long freights or strings of gleaming passenger cars through open country. But along with the fireworks of the heavier steam engines slogging through the mountains near the Arkansas border on the Kansas City Southern or climbing Raton Pass in New Mexico on the Santa Fe, George's photographs also record humbler fare, such as the short trains of the Frisco and Katy piloted by ancient light steamers, and the final years of that state's interurban lines. Augustus J. Veenendaal Jr.'s brief history of railroads in the Sooner State puts these images into perspective, as does a reminiscence by George's daughter Burnis on his life and his pursuit of railroad photography. With over 150 images and a wealth of historical and biographical information, this volume makes accessible to an audience beyond the most avid railfans the extent of Preston George's extraordinary achievement., In this first book devoted solely to George's work, his black-and-white photographs constitute a striking visual documentary of steam-driven railroading in its brief but glorious heyday in the American Southwest.
LC Classification Number
TR715.P74 2017
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- r***w (229)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseItem was lost in delivery- but after some communication, seller was understanding and provided a refund. I ordered another and had it sent elsewhere. My main issue was that it felt as if I was getting automated responses at first!! Please have humans review human inquiries!! It was painstaking explaining the situation to an A.I. who only repeats unhelpful replies. Thanks again!! Otherwise. Great price! Great seller!
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