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Title: Disappointing Read: If you are looking for details of the Panic of 1873 or The Sioux, this is not for you
Review: I was expecting the title to be followed closely. This was not the case. It is a very detailed and exhaustively researched book on the Northern Pacific railroad, its construction and the cast of characters (Gen. Custer included) who were associated with it. It gives only very brief coverage of the Panic of 1873 (this is not a similar book as the "Panic of 1907", covering a similar event of another time). The Sioux get bit more coverage but only as they relate to the Railroad construction. A bit more detail about them in a general sense would have been useful. If you are looking for railroad history in the US, with some colorful charachters like Custer, this is your book. If you are looking for a book with an economic and markets bent, as it relates to the 1873 Panic and its aftermath or the history of the Sioux, you may be disappointed.
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