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050	0	0	_aTF 23 _b.A48 2000
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100	1		_aAmbrose, Stephen E.
245	1	0	_aNothing like it in the world : _bthe men who built the transcontinental railroad, 1863-1869 / _cStephen E. Ambrose.
260			_aNew York : _bSimon & Schuster, _cc2000.
300			_a431 p., [32] p. of plates : _bill., maps ; _c25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 407-411) and index.
505	0	0	_gch. 1. _tPicking the route 1830-1860 -- _gch. 2. _tGetting to California 1848-1859 -- _gch. 3. _tBirth of the Central Pacific 1860-1862 -- _gch. 4. _tBirth of the Union Pacific 1862-1864 -- _gch. 5. _tJudah and the elephant 1862-1864 -- _gch. 6. _tLaying out the Union Pacific line 1864-1865 -- _gch. 7. _tCentral Pacific attacks the Sierra Nevada 1865 -- _gch. 8. _tUnion Pacific across Nebraska 1866 -- _gch. 9. _tCentral Pacific assaults the Sierra 1866 -- _gch. 10. _tUnion Pacific to the Rocky Mountains 1867 -- _gch. 11. _tCentral Pacific penetrates the summit 1867 -- _gch. 12. _tUnion Pacific across Wyoming 1868 -- _gch. 13. _tBrigham Young and the Mormons make the grade 1868 -- _gch. 14. _tCentral Pacific goes through Nevada 1868 -- _gch. 15. _tRailroads race into Utah January 1-April 10, 1869 -- _gch. 16. _tTo the summit April 11-May 7, 1869 -- _tDone May 8-10, 1869.
520			_aThe 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. At its peak, the work force approached the size of Civil War armies, with as many as 15,000 workers on each line. Nothing like this great work had ever been seen in the world when the golden spike was driven in Promontory Peak, Utah, in 1869, as the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific tracks were joined. This is the story of the brave men, the famous and the unheralded, ordinary men doing the extraordinary -- who accomplished the spectacular feat that made the continent into a nation.
650		0	_aRailroads _zUnited States _xHistory _y19th century.
610	2	0	_aCentral Pacific Railroad Company _xHistory.
610	2	0	_aUnion Pacific Railroad Company _xHistory.
650		0	_aRailroad construction workers _zUnited States _xHistory _y19th century.
610	2	7	_aUnion Pacific Railroad Company. _2swd
651		7	_aCentral Pacific Railroad. _2swd
651		7	_aUSA. _2swd
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