The Stone Man - William Henry Brown, Civil & Military Engineer provides an in-depth, illustrated look at the man who served as Chief Engineer of the Pennsylvania Railroad for over 30 years. It tracks milestones of his life and career, beginning with his youth, through his work as a U.S. Military Railroad engineer during the Civil War, includes his early work in Western Pennsylvania, and his meteoric rise through the PRR. He became an acknowledged giant of the industry during its Golden, Age. It is adapted from West by North East, a comprehensive, 350-year history of the Kirks, a Mid-Atlantic States family from the colonial era forward, of which William H Brown was a member.