The Last Spike
Subtitle: The Great Railway, 1881-1885
Publisher: Anchor Canada
Published: August 14, 2001
Language: eng
Number of pages: 496
ISBN-13: 9780385658416
First sentence: The bitterest and longest parliamentary wrangle in the history of the young Canadian nation ended on February 15, 1881, when the contract to build the Canadian Pacific Railway finally received royal assent.