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Book cover for "Iron rails, iron men, and the race to link the nation".
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Publisher:
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date:
[2015]
Language:
English
Description:
Experience the race of rails to link the countryand meet the men behind this incredible featin a riveting story about the building of the transcontinental railroad, brought to life with archival photos.
Book cover for "Nothing like it in the world".
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Publisher:
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date:
2005
Language:
English
Description:
The account of an unprecedented feat of engineering, vision, and courage. It is the story of the men who built the transcontinental railroad-the investors who risked their businesses and money; the enlightened politicians who understood its importance; the engineers and surveyors who risked, and sometimes lost, their lives; and the Irish and Chinese immigrants, the defeated Confederate soldiers, and the other laborers who did the backbreaking and...
Book cover for "Railroad fever".
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Publisher:
National Geographic
Pub. Date:
[2004?]
Language:
English
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Presents a history of the building of the transcontinental railroad and its effects on American life.
Book cover for "The transcontinental railroad".
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Publisher:
First Second
Pub. Date:
2022
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
"Turn back the clock with History Comics! In this graphic novel, experience the great railroad race between Central Pacific and Union Pacific. Wealth and glory await whichever builds the longest track."
Book cover for "The edge of violence".
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Publisher:
Pinnacle Books/Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date:
[2017]
Language:
English
Average Rating:
3 stars
Description:
"It is the fall of 1867. Twenty-two years have passed since Tim Colter and his family were ambushed on the Oregon Trail, forcing the young boy to grow up, forge ahead, and find an unlikely ally in one-eyed mountain man Jed Reno. Now a widowed deputy U.S. marshal and Civil War veteran, Colter is finally ready to remarry and settle down--until a dangerous new assignment [involving the building of the Union Pacific Railroad] becomes a life-or-death struggle...
Book cover for "Map of the railroads of the Confederate states as of June 1, 1861".
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Language:
English

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