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The Blue Ridge Tunnel: A Remarkable Engineering Feat in Antebellum Virginia

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Told through the eyes of three Irish immigrant families who helped build it, discover the groundbreaking story of the  construction of the Blue Ridge Tunnel.

In one of the greatest engineering feats of his time, Claudius Crozet led the completion of Virginia's Blue Ridge Tunnel in 1858. Two centuries later, the National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark still proudly stands, but the stories and lives of those who built it are the true lasting triumph. Irish immigrants fleeing the Great Hunger poured into America resolute for something to call their own. They would persevere through life in overcrowded shanties and years of blasting through rock to see the tunnel to completion. Prolific author Mary E. Lyons follows three Irish families in their struggle to build Crozet's famed tunnel and their American dream.


Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Mary E. Lyons, a former teacher and librarian, became a full-time writer in 1993. She is the author of nineteen books for young readers published by Scribner, Atheneum, Henry Holt, Houghton Mifflin and Oxford University Press. Born and raised in the American South, she holds dual Irish and US citizenships. She and her husband, Paul, are members of the Blue Ridge Tunnel Foundation and live in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Reviews:

5.0 out of 5 stars Irish Impact on US Migration West

M.I. · August 1, 2014

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Blue Ridge Tunnel and Its Builders

H.T. · February 13, 2021

This book is the essential companion to the biography of Claudius Crozet. Magnificent social history. If the two authors could collaborate on a synthesis of Lyons work and the ten years of Crozet's life building the tunnel, that would make one complete, complex history.

4.0 out of 5 stars Good review of the building of the tunnel

K.C. · September 8, 2021

This book reviews many aspects of the building of what at the time was the longest tunnel in the world. There are several redundancies in the book and it ends with the completion of the tunnel and does not cover many of the interesting elements of it's history in the last 1/2 century, but this is an excellent story of the building of the tunnel and the people involved.

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Read

A.G. · June 24, 2021

This is an great read. We hiked the tunnel in May of 2021 and we wanted to read the book and know the history!

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for historical

C.M. · April 29, 2021

Great book for everyone that likes history of the b&o railroad

3.0 out of 5 stars This book is far more a study in genealogy and ...

O.M. · November 21, 2014

This book is far more a study in genealogy and cultural anthropology than an engineering analysis of the tunnel itself. Who CARES what kind of curtains the laborers hung in their shacks?

5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting history of a amazing engineering feat.

s.o. · August 8, 2021

Great book. Well written and researched.

5.0 out of 5 stars Blue Ridge Tunnel

R.C.P. · June 30, 2014

Very interesting read. Highly recommend. A story about the influence of the Irish on the construction of the tunnel including the hardshipd

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The Blue Ridge Tunnel: A Remarkable Engineering Feat in Antebellum Virginia

Product ID: U1626194211
Condition: New

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The Blue Ridge Tunnel: A Remarkable Engineering Feat in Antebellum Virginia-0
Type: Paperback

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Description:

Told through the eyes of three Irish immigrant families who helped build it, discover the groundbreaking story of the  construction of the Blue Ridge Tunnel.

In one of the greatest engineering feats of his time, Claudius Crozet led the completion of Virginia's Blue Ridge Tunnel in 1858. Two centuries later, the National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark still proudly stands, but the stories and lives of those who built it are the true lasting triumph. Irish immigrants fleeing the Great Hunger poured into America resolute for something to call their own. They would persevere through life in overcrowded shanties and years of blasting through rock to see the tunnel to completion. Prolific author Mary E. Lyons follows three Irish families in their struggle to build Crozet's famed tunnel and their American dream.


Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Mary E. Lyons, a former teacher and librarian, became a full-time writer in 1993. She is the author of nineteen books for young readers published by Scribner, Atheneum, Henry Holt, Houghton Mifflin and Oxford University Press. Born and raised in the American South, she holds dual Irish and US citizenships. She and her husband, Paul, are members of the Blue Ridge Tunnel Foundation and live in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Reviews:

5.0 out of 5 stars Irish Impact on US Migration West

M.I. · August 1, 2014

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Blue Ridge Tunnel and Its Builders

H.T. · February 13, 2021

This book is the essential companion to the biography of Claudius Crozet. Magnificent social history. If the two authors could collaborate on a synthesis of Lyons work and the ten years of Crozet's life building the tunnel, that would make one complete, complex history.

4.0 out of 5 stars Good review of the building of the tunnel

K.C. · September 8, 2021

This book reviews many aspects of the building of what at the time was the longest tunnel in the world. There are several redundancies in the book and it ends with the completion of the tunnel and does not cover many of the interesting elements of it's history in the last 1/2 century, but this is an excellent story of the building of the tunnel and the people involved.

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Read

A.G. · June 24, 2021

This is an great read. We hiked the tunnel in May of 2021 and we wanted to read the book and know the history!

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for historical

C.M. · April 29, 2021

Great book for everyone that likes history of the b&o railroad

3.0 out of 5 stars This book is far more a study in genealogy and ...

O.M. · November 21, 2014

This book is far more a study in genealogy and cultural anthropology than an engineering analysis of the tunnel itself. Who CARES what kind of curtains the laborers hung in their shacks?

5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting history of a amazing engineering feat.

s.o. · August 8, 2021

Great book. Well written and researched.

5.0 out of 5 stars Blue Ridge Tunnel

R.C.P. · June 30, 2014

Very interesting read. Highly recommend. A story about the influence of the Irish on the construction of the tunnel including the hardshipd

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