Nothing Like It in the World
NOTHING LIKE IT IN THE WORLD 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 labourers who did the backbreaking and dangerous work on the tracks. The US 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 fr…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-4711-0439-8
- EAN: 9781471104398
- Produktnummer: 29205670
- Verlag: Simon & Schuster Uk
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 432 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 0 KB
Über den Autor
Stephen E. Ambrose, leading World War II historian, was the author of numerous books on history including the Number 1 bestselling BAND OF BROTHERS, D-DAY (on which SAVING PRIVATE RYAN was based) PEGASUS BRIDGE and WILD BLUE. He is founder of the Eisenhower Center and the National D-Day Museum in New Orleans. He died in 2002.
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