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Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Railway That United America
by Ambrose, Stephen E
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1416511423
- ISBN 13
- 9781416511427
- Seller
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Burntisland, Fife, United Kingdom
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About This Item
UK: Pocket Books, 1997. Soft cover. Very Good. 13 x 2.8 x 19.8 cm. 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 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.
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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- Bookseller
- Hanselled Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 67169
- Title
- Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Railway That United America
- Author
- Ambrose, Stephen E
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1416511423
- ISBN 13
- 9781416511427
- Publisher
- Pocket Books
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 1997
- Size
- 13 x 2.8 x 19.8 cm
- Keywords
- history
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