Empire Express: Building the First Transcontinental Railroad

by Bain, David H.; Bain, David Haward

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Viking Press, 1999. 1st edition, 1st printing. Large hardcover, 797 pages with dustjacket in fine condition. Beginning in 1842 with a visionary's dream to span the continent with a single railroad line, this book captures three dramatic decades in which the United States effectively doubled in size, fought 3 wars, and began to discover a new national identity. Told from the point of view of its participants, self-made entrepreneurs such as Union Pacific's thomas Durant or Central Pacific's Collis Huntington, who built railroad empires across the West while spinning webs of influence all over Washington D.C. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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