The Life & Legend of E. H. Harriman
Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 2000. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xiv, [2], 521, [3] pages. Illustrations. Notes. Index. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Maury Klein (born 14 March 1939 in Memphis, Tennessee) is an American historian and author of books on 19th-century American history and the American railroad industry. Klein taught for a year at Emory before accepting a job at the University of Rhode Island in September 1964. He remained at that institution until his retirement in June 2008, teaching a wide variety of courses and writing on a diverse number of subjects. In 1973 he was promoted to full professor of history. He spent the year 1966-67 as a Newcomen Fellow at the Harvard Business School. Throughout his career writing has remained Klein’s greatest passion. He is the author of 18 books, along with many articles in publications ranging from scholarly journals to Sports Illustrated. Railroad history emerged early as one of his specialties. His Harriman biography was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. More