Name: Iron Rails, Iron Men, and the Race to Link the Nation: The Story of the Transcontinental Railroad (en Inglés)
Price: 89717.00 COP
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Author: Martin W. Sandler
ISBN: 9780763665272

portada Iron Rails, Iron Men, and the Race to Link the Nation: The Story of the Transcontinental Railroad (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Editorial

Candlewick

Autor

Martin W. Sandler

Año

2015

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

224

Encuadernación

Tapa Dura

ISBN13

9780763665272

N° edición

Categorías

Estados unidos de américa
Siglo xix - c. 1800-c. 1899
Historia para niños

Iron Rails, Iron Men, and the Race to Link the Nation: The Story of the Transcontinental Railroad (en Inglés)

Martin W. Sandler (Autor) · Candlewick · Tapa Dura

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Experience the race of rails to link the country—and meet the men behind this incredible feat—in a riveting story about the building of the transcontinental railroad, brought to life with archival photos.In the 1850s, gold fever swept the West, but people had to walk, sail, or ride horses for months on end to seek their fortune. The question of faster, safer transportation was posed by national leaders. But with 1,800 miles of seemingly impenetrable mountains, searing deserts, and endless plains between the Missouri River and San Francisco, could a transcontinental railroad be built? It seemed impossible. Eventually, two railroad companies, the Central Pacific, which laid the tracks eastward, and the Union Pacific, which moved west, began the job. In one great race between iron men with iron wills, tens of thousands of workers blasted the longest tunnels that had ever been constructed, built the highest bridges that had ever been created, and finally linked the nation by two bands of steel, changing America forever.