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Author Ambrose, Stephen E., 1936-2002.

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

Imprint New York, N.Y. : Simon & Schuster, c2000.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Pittsburg 2nd Fl Non-Fiction  385.0973 Amb    ---  Available
Description 431 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Note Profiles the men who built the transcontinental railroad, the investors who risked their businesses to fund it, the politicians who understood its importance, the Irish and Chinese immigrants who worked on it, and the other laborers who did the dangerous work of laying the track.
Study Program AR UG RL 8.5 PTS 28 54436EN
Note Map on lining papers.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 407-411) and index.
Subject Central Pacific Railroad Company -- History.
Union Pacific Railroad Company -- History.
Railroads -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Railroad construction workers -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
ISBN 0684846098

 
    
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