Empire Express: Building the First Transcontinental Railroad by David Haward Bain

Empire Express: Building the First Transcontinental Railroad

David Haward Bain

848 pages first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
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After the Civil War, the building of the transcontinental railroad was the nineteenth century's most transformative event. Beginning in 1842 with a visionary's dream to span the continent with twin bands of iron, Empire Express captures three dram...

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