Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad, 1863-1869
by Ambrose, Stephen E. Jr
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0743203178
- ISBN 13
- 9780743203173
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About This Item
New Jersey: Touchstone Books, 2001. Soft cover. Very Good. 6 x 9 1/2. In very good, clean condition with light wear to cover. Gives the account of an unprecedented feat of engineering; of the investors who risked their businesses and money; the politicians who understood its importance; the engineers, surveyors, and immigrant workers who sometimes lost their lives and all those others who did the backbreaking work of hacking through 2,000 miles to build the transcontinental railroad. With illustrations.
Synopsis
Nothing Like It In the World was written by Stephen Ambrose, a writer of historical literature books, and is a #1 New York Times Bestseller about the building of the Transcontinental Railroad. The book is about the period of the railroad from 1863 to 1869. The railroad spanned from Omaha, Nebraska to Sacramento, California.
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- Bookseller
- Adagio Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 04314
- Title
- Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad, 1863-1869
- Author
- Ambrose, Stephen E. Jr
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0743203178
- ISBN 13
- 9780743203173
- Publisher
- Touchstone Books
- Place of Publication
- New Jersey
- Date Published
- 2001
- Size
- 6 x 9 1/2
- Keywords
- RAILROAD ENGINEERING RAILROADS CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEES
- Bookseller catalogs
- Engineering;
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