Daring and Suffering: A History of the Great Railroad Adventure

About this film

LibriVox recording of Daring and Suffering: A History of the Great Railroad Adventure by William Pittenger. Read in English by Elsie Selwyn Written a year after the events, this is an eyewitness account of the Great Locomotive Chase of 1862. Early in the American Civil War, in April 1862, Union volunteers led by a civilian, James J. Andrews, conducted a military mission to damage as much of the Western and Atlantic Railroad as possible. The aim was to sabotage the Confederate army. The Union raiders commandeered a train, The General, in Big Shanty, Georgia. Confederate forces quickly gave chase, both on foot and by locomotive. The result of the military raid and its aftermath are detailed in this book. - Summary by Elsie Selwyn For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit librivox.org . M4B Audiobook (144MB)

Directors & creators

William Pittenger

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;American civil war; civil war; trains; sabotage; Union; locomotives; raid; chase; confederate; western and atlantic railroad; james j. andrews; great locomotive chase; great locomotive chase of 1862

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