Race Underground

The Race Underground by Doug Most
404 Pages

This book details the events and politics that led to the development of subway systems in New York City and Boston.  The book's title suggest that the cities were in a race with one another to develop the subway first but this isn't actually factual and the book does nothing to really support this premise.  What the book does do is lay out the politics and struggles of visionaries who wanted the systems built and how hard it was back in the 19th and early 20th centuries to get this done.

Most has an engaging writing style which makes reading this non-fiction book easy and enjoyable.