num_pages: 168
description: The author of The Boys' War presents an illustrated history of the building of the transcontinental railroad, including Robert Louis Stevenson's account of his twelve-day journey to California on six trains in 1879.
language: English
title: Across America on an Emigrant Train
titlecomplete: Across America on an Emigrant Train
genres: Historical, Biography, Trains, Nonfiction, Chapter Books, American History, Travel, High School, Childrens, History
ratings_count: 142
awards: awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 757411200000
name: NCTE Orbis Pictus Award
publisher: HMH