Edward Hungerford (author)
Edward Hungerford (1875 – July 29, 1948) was an American journalist and author. His main interest was the railroad, about which he wrote many books and articles. He travelled extensively by rail and was a specialist in organizing railroad exhibitions.
Early life
Hungerford was born in
Journalism
After three years in Rochester, he obtained reporting and editing jobs with the Glens Falls Times, the Brooklyn Eagle, New York Evening Sun and the New York Herald. He continued writing, with the railroad industry becoming his main interest. For seven years he was press representative for the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company. He was also advertising manager for Wells Fargo & Company Express, and director of publications at the University of Rochester.[1]
Railroad exhibitions
In 1925, Hungerford approached
Travel
Hungerford traveled annually more than 75,000 rail miles "just for the fun of it" and he calculated that over the years he had ridden more than 1.5 million miles on rails. He traveled occasionally to Europe and was in Italy in 1928 when he was received by Benito Mussolini.[1]
Hungerford continued to ride the rails, and while traveling in California in spring 1948 he was taken ill with an infection. His condition deteriorated on his train ride back to New York, where he was admitted to a hospital.[1] He died at his home in New York City at the age of 72.
Works
Hungerford wrote two best selling books, Planning a Trip Abroad and With the Doughboy in France, a journal of experiences of World War I.Other works include
- The American book of church services
- The Genesee country & western New York...
- Locomotives on Parade
- The Modern Railroad
- Men of Erie, a story of human effort (1946)
- Railroads on Parade
- A Railroad for Tomorrow
- The romance of a great store
- The Run of the Twentieth Century
- The Story of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 1827-1927
- The Story of Louis Sherry and the business he built
- The Story of Public Utilities
- The story of the Rome. Watertown and Ogdensburgh railroad
- The story of the Waldorf-Astoria
- Transport for War
- Daniel WIllard rides the line: The Story of a Great Railroad man
- Wells Fargo: Advancing the American Frontier[3]
- Early Railroads of New York (1932), in the journal New York History, 13(1).
During his career, Hungerford wrote for The Saturday Evening Post and Trains Magazine. He also wrote for Harper's Magazine between February 1909 and August 1921.[4]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "My greatest hobby is the railroad". Watertown Daily Times. July 5, 2009. Archived from the original on January 13, 2010. Retrieved April 11, 2012.
- ^ Curtis L. Katz Railfan & Railroad magazine November 2003
- JSTOR 1895557.
- ^ Harpers Magazine