Building the transcontinental railroad
By: Monica Halpern.
Contributors: National Geographic Society (U.S.).
Series: Reading expeditions series.
Publisher: National Geographic Society
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 40
Subjects: Central Pacific Railroad Company.; Union Pacific Railroad Company.; Central Pacific Railroad Company.; Union Pacific Railroad Company.; Railroads -- United States -- History -- 19th century.; Pacific railroads.; Railroads -- History.
Description: The story of the building of a railroad connecting the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of North America.
Notes: Includes glossary and index.
Table of contents: title: The iron horse; title: Getting started; title: The workers; title: The wild west; title: The great race; title: Riding the transcontinental railroad.