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The Transcontinental Railroad / Budd Bailey.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bailey, Budd, 1955- author.
- Series:
- Primary sources of westward expansion.
- Primary sources of westward expansion
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pacific railroads--Juvenile literature.
- Pacific railroads.
- United States--Territorial expansion--Juvenile literature.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (64 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Cavendish Square Publishing, 2018.
- Summary:
- This book explores the installation of the railroad linking the East and West Coasts of the United States. During the Civil War, crossing those areas was the biggest obstacle in uniting our divided nation. An act of Congress in 1862 authorized the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific railroad companies to build a railroad that would link the coasts. On May 10, 1869, the task was completed when a rail line was joined in Promontory, Utah, thus uniting the country.
- Contents:
- ch. 1. From one end to the other
- ch. 2. Overcoming obstacles
- ch. 3. "Done"
- ch. 4. Connected.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781502625441
- 150262544X
- 9781502626363
- 1502626365
- OCLC:
- 960968624
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