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Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad
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Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869 Paperback - 2001

by Stephen E. Ambrose

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From the author of "D-Day" and many other works of history, comes a detailed history of the men who built the transcontinental railroad that opened up the west of America. photos.

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In this New York Times bestseller, Stephen Ambrose brings to life the story of the building of the transcontinental railroad, from the men who financed it to the engineers and surveyors who risked their lives to the workers who signed on for the dangerous job. Nothing Like It in the World gives 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 dangerous work on the tracks. The U.S. 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 were shipped from the East through Panama or around South America to the West or lugged across the country to the Plains. In Ambrose's hands, this enterprise, with its huge expenditure of brainpower, muscle, and sweat, comes vibrantly to life.

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AUGUST 13, 1859, was a hot day in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

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  • Title Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869
  • Author Stephen E. Ambrose
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st
  • Pages 432
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Simon & Schuster, New York
  • Publication date 2001-11-06
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780743203173 / 0743203178
  • Weight 1.08 lbs (0.49 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.25 x 6.22 x 1.09 in (23.50 x 15.80 x 2.77 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Chronological Period: 1851-1899
    • Cultural Region: Western U.S.
    • Topical: Civil War
  • Category History - General History
  • Library of Congress subjects Railroads - United States - History - 19th, Central Pacific Railroad Company - History
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 00041005
  • Dewey Decimal Code 385.097

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  • New York Times, 11/25/2001, Page 32

About the author

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, and Undaunted Courage. Dr. Ambrose was a retired Boyd Professor of History at the University of New Orleans and a contributing editor for the Quarterly Journal of Military History.
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