Nothing like it in the world : the men who built the transcontinental railroad, 1863-1869 / Stephen E. Ambrose
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TextPublication details: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2000Description: 431 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cmISBN: - 9780743203173
- CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY -- HISTORY
- UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY -- HISTORY
- RAILROADS -- UNITED STATES -- HISTORY -- 19TH CENTURY
- RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION WORKERS -- UNITED STATES -- HISTORY -- 19TH CENTURY
- CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAAD COMMPANY -- HISTORY
- UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY -- HISTORY
- RAILROADS -- UNITED STATES -- HISTORRY -- 19TH CENTURY
- UNITED STATES -- HISTORY -- 19TH CENTURY
- TF 23 A42N 2000
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SPU Library, Bangkok (Main Campus) | General Books (ENGLISH) | Floor 4: General Shelves (ENGLISH): N, Q-T | TF 23 A42N 2000 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | F069130 |
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
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