Lonesome whistle
Subtitle: the story of the first transcontinental railroad
By: Dee Brown.
Contributors: Proctor, Linda.
Publisher: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston
Published: 1980
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
Subjects: Railroads -- West (U.S.) -- History -- Juvenile literature; West (U.S.) -- History -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature
Description: Describes the building of the first transcontinental railroad and discusses train travel in the West in general in the late 19th century.
Notes: "Adapted for young readers from [the author's] Hear that lonesome whistle blow, with the assistance of Linda Proctor."

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. [139]-140.