Empire express: Building the first transcontinental railroad

Title Empire express: Building the first transcontinental railroad
Names Bain, David Haward.
Book Number DB050430
Title Status Active
Medium Digital Book
Annotation The epic story of connecting America's east and west coasts by railroad during the nineteenth century's Gilded Age. Chronicles the engineering feats, the scandals and political dealings, and the lives of the movers and shakers that accomplished the feat of uniting the country by rail. 1999.
Language English
Local Subject Science - 500
United States - History - 973
Commerce, communications, transportation - 380
LC Subject Railroads - United States - History
West (U.S.) - History
Audience Notes Male narrator. NLS/BPH
Publication Info Washington, D.C. : 2017
Original Publication Recorded from: New York : Viking, 1999.
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