Sunset Limited
Subtitle: The Southern Pacific Railroad and the Development of the American West, 1850-1930
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: May 16, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 637
ISBN-13: 9780520200197
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; American history: from c 1900 -; History of specific subjects; Railway transport industries; United States - General; Railroads - General; History: American; Water resources development; Transportation; Western & Pacific Coast states; Railroads - History; United States - 19th Century/Old West; United States - State & Local - West; History / General; West (U.S.); History; California; Land use; Railroads; Southern Pacific Company; Southern Pacific Railroad Comp
First sentence: The railroad that by the early twentieth century would come to be called the Southern Pacific can be likened to a giant river system.