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Empire Express: Building the First Transcontinental Railroad
David Haward Bain
Empire Express: Building the First Transcontinental Railroad
David Haward Bain
An account of the building of the Transcontinental Railroad including material on the greedy barons, chicanery and wheeler-dealing in Washington, importation of coolie labour, the opening of the West and the reaching of Promontory Point, Utah, where the two tracks were joined.
816 pages
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | January 28, 1999 |
ISBN13 | 9780140084993 |
Publishers | Penguin Books Ltd |
Pages | 816 |
Dimensions | 159 × 235 × 44 mm · 879 g |
Language | English |