Sample Book Insights: 1 In 1859, Grenville Mellen Dodge, a railroad engineer. In Ambrose's hands, this enterprise, with its huge expenditure of brainpower, muscle, and sweat, comes vibrantly to life. Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. 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. government pitted two companiesthe Union Pacific and the Central Pacific Railroadsagainst each other in a race for funding, encouraging speed over caution. In his new book, 'Nothing Like It in The World: The Men Who Built The Transcontinental Railroad 1863-69', Stephen E. It is the story of the men who built the transcontinental railroadthe 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. Nothing Like It in the World AugHistory Bookshelf Nothing Like It in the World Stephen Ambrose talked about his book, Nothing Like It in the World: The Men. Listen Free to Nothing Like It In The World: The Men Who Built The Transcontinental Railroad 1863 - 1869 audiobook by Stephen E. Read Nothing Like It in the World The Men Who Built the Railway That United America by Stephen E.
Nothing Like It in the World gives the account of an unprecedented feat of engineering, vision, and courage. In this New York Times bestseller, Stephen Ambrose brings to life the story of the building of the transcontinental railroad, from the men who financed it to the engineers and surveyors who risked their lives to the workers who signed on for the dangerous job.
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