Nothing like it in the world
Nothing like it in the world: the men who built the transcontinental railroad, 1863-1869 Stephen E. Ambrose
Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, c2000.
ISBN: 0743203178
DDC: 385.0973
LCC: TF23
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 407-411) and index.
ch. 1.Picking the route 1830-1860 --ch. 2.Getting to California
1848-1859 --ch. 3.Birth of the Central Pacific 1860-1862 --ch.
4.Birth of the Union Pacific 1862-1864 --ch. 5.Judah and the elephant
1862-1864 --ch. 6.Laying out the Union Pacific line 1864-1865 --ch.
7.Central Pacific attacks the Sierra Nevada 1865 --ch. 8.Union
Pacific across Nebraska 1866 --ch. 9.Central Pacific assaults the
Sierra 1866 --ch. 10.Union Pacific to the Rocky Mountains 1867 --ch.
11.Central Pacific penetrates the summit 1867 --ch. 12.Union Pacific
across Wyoming 1868 --ch. 13.Brigham Young and the Mormons make the
grade 1868 --ch. 14.Central Pacific goes through Nevada 1868 --ch.
15.Railroads race into Utah January 1-April 10, 1869 --ch. 16.To the
summit April 11-May 7, 1869 --Done May 8-10, 1869.
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