“Engrossing … part biography and part corporate history, Fried weaves a sprawling story of one of the country’s first self-made millionaire families. … As Fried shows in his energetic narrative, the people who crossed Fred Harvey’s path are worthy of a Cecil B. DeMille movie: Bat Masterson and Billy the Kid, George M. Pullman and architect Mary Colter, great railroaders such as William Barstow Strong and Edward P. Ripley; Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine and one of its notable subjects, Harry S. Truman; even Charles Lindbergh and Judy Garland. Fried fills his story with scores of wonderful anecdotes–especially involving the famous ‘Harvey Girl’ waitresses–that bring life to the details of the Harveys’ business and personal lives.”
–Kevin Keefe, publisher, TRAINS magazine, May issue

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