This is a reprint produced by Time Life Books. It is leather bound and has gilded edges. Book looks blue in photos but is actually black. Daring and Suffering" by William Pittenger is a first-person account of the Great Locomotive Chase during the American Civil War. It details the Union raid into Confederate territory to sabotage the Western and Atlantic Railroad, including the daring capture of a locomotive, the pursuit by Confederate forces, and the subsequent fate of the raiders. The book highlights the daring of the mission and the suffering experienced by the Union volunteers.