Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad, 1863-1869
by Ambrose, Stephen E. (preface); Samuel Hynes (introduction)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0684846098
- ISBN 13
- 9780684846095
- Seller
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Harwich Port, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000. First edition. 8vo. Hard cover binding, 431 pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. No writing inside. Fine in near fine dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover..
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
- Rose's Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019574
- Title
- Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad, 1863-1869
- Author
- Ambrose, Stephen E. (preface); Samuel Hynes (introduction)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0684846098
- ISBN 13
- 9780684846095
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2000
- Size
- 8vo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Wild West; United States History; Americana;
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Rose's Books, IOBA
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Harwich Port, Massachusetts
About Rose's Books, IOBA
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