Book excerpt: "Webb (1851-1926) began his career as a physician, but turned to business and the railroad industry in particular after marrying into the Vanderbilt family. His railroads were instrumental in opening the Adirondacks to tourism in the late nineteenth century. This beautifully illustrated volume documents a private rail journey taken by Webb and several friends and family members through the American and Canadian West. The party stopped at Denver, Colorado Springs, Santa Fe, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, Monterey, the Yosemite Valley, San Francisco, Montana, the Canadian Rockies, Vancouver, Sitka, and Victoria"--Bookseller's catalogue.