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Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Railway That United America
Stephen E. Ambrose
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Description for Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Railway That United America
Paperback. An account of an unprecedented feat of engineering, vision and matchless determination: the building of the railroad that united America's East and West. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations , maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTK; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 466.
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 sometimes lost, their lives; and the Irish and Chinese immigrants, the defeated Confederate soldiers, and the other labourers who did the backbreaking and dangerous work on the tracks. The US government pitted two companies – the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific Railroads – against each other in a race for funding, encouraging speed over caution. Locomotives, rails and spikes ... Read more
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 sometimes lost, their lives; and the Irish and Chinese immigrants, the defeated Confederate soldiers, and the other labourers who did the backbreaking and dangerous work on the tracks. The US government pitted two companies – the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific Railroads – against each other in a race for funding, encouraging speed over caution. Locomotives, rails and spikes ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Simon & Schuster United States
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781416511427
SKU
V9781416511427
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About Stephen E. Ambrose
Stephen E. Ambrose was a renowned historian and acclaimed author of more than thirty books. Among his New York Times bestsellers are Nothing Like It in the World, Citizen Soldiers, Band of Brothers, D-Day - June 6, 1944, and Undaunted Courage. Dr. Ambrose was a retired Boyd Professor of History at the University of New Orleans and a contributing editor for ... Read more
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