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ISBN: 0743203178

ISBN13: 9780743203173

Nothing Like It in the World

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By Stephen E. Ambrose

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Book Overview

Nothing Like It in the World gives the account of an unprecedented feat of engineering, vision, and courage. It 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 laborers who did the backbreaking and dangerous work on the tracks. The U.S. 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 from the East through Panama or around South America to the West or lugged across the country to the Plains. In Ambrose's hands, this enterprise, with its huge expenditure of brainpower, muscle, and sweat, comes vibrantly to life. This description may be from another edition of this product.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0743203178

ISBN13:9780743203173

Release Date:November 2001

Publisher:Simon & Schuster

Length:432 Pages

Weight:1.24 lbs.

Dimensions:9.3" x 1.0" x 6.1"

Related Subjects

Industrial Revolution Manifest Destiny 19th Century Civil War History Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Politics & Social Sciences Railroads Transportation

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Rated 5 stars
Transcontinental Railroad: Thru Different Eyes...

By Thriftbooks.com User, September 1, 2000

In his new book, "Nothing Like It in The World: The Men Who Built The Transcontinental Railroad 1863-69", Stephen E. Ambrose is following the same process he has followed in his World War II books and his "Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West": he tries to bring the reader to see things from many angles: from the top ranks (Financiers, politicians, engineers) to...

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Again, Ambrose shows his appreciation of the heroic

By Thriftbooks.com User, August 31, 2000

Ambrose is a historian who often glorifies the heroes of American history and to him, the hero is often the common person. An example of this would be his book Citizen Soldiers. Ambrose has generally written about 20th century US history but a departure was Undaunted Courage, about the Lewis and Clark exploration. Now, again Ambrose departs from the 20th century to produce an engaing work about the completion of the transcontinental...

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