The last rail
By: written by Darice Bailer ; illustrated by Bill Farnsworth
Contributors: Farnsworth, Bill, ill
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Odyssey; Odyssey (Smithsonian Institution)
Publisher: Soundprints
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Norwalk, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
Subjects: National Museum of Natural History (U.S.); School field trips; Juvenile literature; History; Railroads; Time travel; Fiction
Description: While on a field trip to the National Museum of American History, nine-year-old Lucy finds herself transported back in time and transformed into photographer A. J. Russell, who is trying to take a picture of the joining of the Central and Union Pacific Railroads at Promitory Summit, Utah, in 1869.
Notes: "The building of the first transcontinental railroad"--Cover.