H. Roger Grant
Ph.D., University of Missouri, 1970
Kathryn and Calhoun Lemon Professor
Centennial Professor (2004-2006)
226 Hardin Hall
(864) 656-5371
ggrant@clemson.edu

H. Roger Grant came to Clemson in 1996 from The University of Akron, where he had been teaching since 1970. A specialist in U.S. history, and especially the Populist-Progressive era, he is recognized as one of the world’s leading authorities on transportation history and American railroads. He has written or edited 25 books; his most recent are Visionary Railroader: Jervis Langdon Jr. and the Transportation Revolution (2008); Rails Through the Wiregrass: A History of the Georgia and Florida Railroad (2006); and The Railroad: The Life Story of a Technology (2005). Twice recognized by Clemson with awards for excellence in research, and more recently as the university's Centennial Professor, Professor Grant was awarded the Doctor of Humane Letters by his undergraduate alma mater, Simpson College, in 2003. During the spring semester 2005, Grant served as the Maxwell C. Weiner Distinguished Professor of Humanities at the University of Missouri-Rolla. He was awarded the Kathryn and Calhoun Lemon Professorship in 2006. Grant's next book, Twilight Rails: Railroad Building in the MIdwest, will be published by the University of MInnesota Press.

Selected Publications

Visionary Railroader: Jervis Langdon Jr. and the Transportation Revolution (2008)

Rails Through the Wiregrass: A History of the Georgia and Florida Railroad (2006)

The Railroad: The Life Story of a Technology (2005)

Follow the Flag: A History of the Wabash Railroad Company (2004)

Getting Around: Exploring Transportation History (2003)

Iowa Railroads: The Essays of Frank P. Donovan, Jr. (2000)

Ohio on the Move: Transportation in the Buckeye State (2000)

The North Western: A History of the Chicago & North Western Railway (1996)

Erie Lackawanna: Death of An American Railroad (1994)

Living in the Depot: The Two-Story Railroad Station (1993)

Brownie the Boomer: The Life of Charles P. Brown, An American Railroader (1991)

Spirit Fruit: A Gentle Utopia (1988)

The Corn Belt Route: A History of the Chicago Great Western Railroad Company (1984)


Self-Help in the 1890s Depression (1983)

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