THE RACE UNDERGROUND Boston, New York and the Incredible Rivalry That Built America's First Subway

Narrator John Mayer’s wonderfully warm baritone adds enormously to this engaging history of the transformation of rapid transit in the United States from horse-drawn trolleys to electric-powered subways. Listeners will find extensive detail about the men who imagined, engineered, and financed this change. Although he’s always even and clear, Mayer sounds like your favorite uncle telling a long, funny story. Most’s tapestry offers a below-ground view of how large-scale change happened in the United States in the late nineteenth century. Mayer helps the listener enjoy the story of engineers with revolutionary ideas, wealthy men interested in both doing good and doing well, and city politicians interested in maintaining their power. F.C. © AudioFile 2014, Portland, Maine [Published: MAY 2014]