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Nothing like it in the world : the men who built the transcontinental railroad, 1863-1869 / Stephen E. Ambrose

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Ambrose, Stephen E

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Simon & Schuster , c2000.Description: 431 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. maps ; 25 cmISBN:

9780684846095

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DDC classification:

385.0973 AMB

Summary: "Nothing Like It in the World 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 lost, their lives; and the Irish and Chinese immigrants, the defeated Confederate soldiers, and the other laborers who did the backbreaking and dangerous work on the tracks."

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	385.0973 AMB (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		012253

The men who built the transcontinental railroad, 1863-1869

Map of the transcontinental railroad, 1869, on endpapers.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 407-411) and index.

"Nothing Like It in the World 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 lost, their lives; and the Irish and Chinese immigrants, the defeated Confederate soldiers, and the other laborers who did the backbreaking and dangerous work on the tracks."

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