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A Great and Shining Road: The Epic Story of the Transcontinental Railroad
John Hoyt Williams
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| #1733597 in Books | John Hoyt Williams | 1996-07-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.02 x.83 x5.98l,1.11 | File type: PDF | 349 pages | A Great and Shining Road The Epic Story of the Transcontinental Railroad||4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| Highly readable|By Steve Bartholomew|A readable coherent narrative about the evolution of the Pacific Railroad. The author cites numerous primary source materials. The book is well organized and written. I did note that Williams included one historical myth, the story about Chinese laborers being lowered over the cliff in baskets. This never happened, but the tale keeps getting|From Publishers Weekly|In this workmanlike, panoramic account of the construction of the transcontinental railroad and tribute to those who built it across 2000 miles of near impassable mountains and deserts inhabited by hostile Indians, Indiana State University
The Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads were officially joined on May 10, 1869 at Promontory Point, Utah, with the driving of a golden spike. This historic ceremony marked the completion of the first transcontinental railroad. Spanning the Sierras and the “Great American Desert,” the tracks connected San Francisco to Council Bluffs, Iowa. A Great and Shining Road is the exciting story of a mammoth feat that called forth entrepreneuria...
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