Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1865-1869
by Ambrose, Stephen E. Jr
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/fine
- ISBN 10
- 0684846098
- ISBN 13
- 9780684846095
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Octavo, clothbacked boards.
[Listed on the Westerners International 100 Outstanding 20th Century Non-fiction Books on the American West, 1901-2000 ].
[Listed on the Westerners International 100 Outstanding 20th Century Non-fiction Books on the American West, 1901-2000 ].
Synopsis
Nothing Like It In the World was written by Stephen Ambrose, a writer of historical literature books, and is a #1 New York Times Bestseller about the building of the Transcontinental Railroad. The book is about the period of the railroad from 1863 to 1869. The railroad spanned from Omaha, Nebraska to Sacramento, California.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Thomas J. Joyce And Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004694
- Title
- Nothing Like It in the World:
- Author
- Ambrose, Stephen E. Jr
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0684846098
- ISBN 13
- 9780684846095
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- Transcontinenta,l RAILROADS, CONSTRUCTION, EMPLOYEES, UNITED STATES, Central Pacific Railroad, Union Pacific Railroad, western Americana,
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About the Seller
Thomas J. Joyce And Company
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Chicago, Illinois
About Thomas J. Joyce And Company
Joyce And Company has been in business as a professional rare bookseller and appraiser since 1975. Owner Thomas Joyce was the regular book appraiser on Home & Garden TV\'s \"The Appraisal Fair\\\" program, on international broadcasts. Thomas Joyce was the co-discoverer of George Washington's personal copy of William Leybourn's 1679 edition of THE COMPLEAT SURVEYOR, from which young Washington learned some of his surveying skills at age 16. The book had vanished for nearly a century until its re-discovery in 2017. It is now back at Mt. Vernon.
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