Nothing Like It In the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869
ISBN-13:
9780743203173
ISBN-10:
0743203178
Edition:
First Edition
Author:
Stephen E. Ambrose
Publication date:
2001
Publisher:
Simon & Schuster
Format:
Paperback
432 pages
Category:
Civil War
,
United States History
,
Railroads
,
Transportation
,
Americas History
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ISBN-13:
9780743203173
ISBN-10:
0743203178
Edition:
First Edition
Author:
Stephen E. Ambrose
Publication date:
2001
Publisher:
Simon & Schuster
Format:
Paperback
432 pages
Category:
Civil War
,
United States History
,
Railroads
,
Transportation
,
Americas History
Summary
Nothing Like It In the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869 (ISBN-13: 9780743203173 and ISBN-10: 0743203178), written by authors
Stephen E. Ambrose, was published by Simon & Schuster in 2001.
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Nothing Like It in the World gives the account of an unprecedented feat of engineering, vision, and courage. It is the story of the men who built the transcontinental railroad—the investors who risked their businesses and money; the enlightened politicians who understood its importance; the engineers and surveyors who risked, and sometimes lost, their lives; and the Irish and Chinese immigrants, the defeated Confederate soldiers, and the other laborers who did the backbreaking and dangerous work on the tracks.
The U.S. government pitted two companies—the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific Railroads—against each other in a race for funding, encouraging speed over caution. Locomotives, rails, and spikes were shipped from the East through Panama or around South America to the West or lugged across the country to the Plains. In Ambrose's hands, this enterprise, with its huge expenditure of brainpower, muscle, and sweat, comes vibrantly to life.
The U.S. government pitted two companies—the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific Railroads—against each other in a race for funding, encouraging speed over caution. Locomotives, rails, and spikes were shipped from the East through Panama or around South America to the West or lugged across the country to the Plains. In Ambrose's hands, this enterprise, with its huge expenditure of brainpower, muscle, and sweat, comes vibrantly to life.
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