Rails across the continent
Subtitle: the story of the first transcontinental railroad
Publisher: J. Messner
Published: 1965
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
Subjects: Central Pacific Railroad Company; Union Pacific Railroad Company
Description: Chronicles the six-year endeavor to span the United States by railroad, describing the race between the Union Pacific and Central Pacific companies to reach their meeting place and their struggles against weather, Indians, politics, and impassable terrain.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 183-184.