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Ambrose, Stephen E

Nothing like it in the world : the men who built the transcontinental railroad, 1863-1869 / Stephen E. Ambrose - New York : Simon & Schuster, 2000 - 431 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Includes index

Picking the route 1830-1860 -- Getting to California 1848-1859 -- Birth of the Central Pacific 1860-1862 -- Birth of the Union Pacific 1862-1864 -- Judah and the elephant 1862-1864 -- Laying out the Union Pacific line 1864-1865 -- Central Pacific attacks the Sierra Nevada 1865 -- Union Pacific across Nebraska 1866 -- Central Pacific assaults the Sierra 1866 -- Union Pacific to the Rocky Mountains 1867 -- Central Pacific penetrates the summit 1867 -- Union Pacific across Wyoming 1868 -- Brigham Young and the Mormons make the grade 1868 -- Central Pacific goes through Nevada 1868 -- Railroads race into Utah January 1-April 10, 1869 -- To the summit April 11-May 7, 1869 -- Done May 8-10, 1869

ISBN: 9780743203173

Subjects--Corporate Names:
CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY--HISTORY
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY--HISTORY

Subjects--Topical Terms:
RAILROADS--HISTORY--UNITED STATES--19TH CENTURY
RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION WORKERS--HISTORY--UNITED STATES--19TH CENTURY
CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAAD COMMPANY--HISTORY
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY--HISTORY
RAILROADS--HISTORRY--UNITED STATES--19TH CENTURY

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
UNITED STATES--HISTORY--19TH CENTURY

LC Class. No.: TF 23 / A42N 2000