All Aboard!

by Willis Frederick Dunbar

A history of railroads in Michigan

308 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1969

About the author

Willis Frederick Dunbar (1902-1970) was an American educator and historian.

He served as a faculty member and dean at Kalamazoo College, and a faculty member and department chairperson at Western Michigan University.

Dunbar also served as the vice mayor of Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1951-1953, 1955-1957. He was program director and director of public affairs at WKZO a Kalamazoo, Michigan, radio station, 1943-1951. He served as President of the Michigan Historical Society and the Michigan Historical Commission.

Reviews

[Mark Hansen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting facts are the only good thing going for this book. I love trains/railroads and I am from Michigan, but wow did I have an incredibly hard time focusing on this book. Every paragraph felt like it jumped decades in time, with the following paragraph then detailing more facts that happened before the end of the previous paragraph, which would then cover decades worth of events. The cadence made reading difficult to enjoy, and the way in which it was written was not easily enjoyed.