The golden spike
By: by Peter Rees ; illustrated by Spike Wademan.
Contributors: Wademan, Spike, ill.
Series: Brain bank
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 16
ISBN-13: 9780439844550
Subjects: Central Pacific Railroad Company -- Juvenile fiction.; Railroad construction workers -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction.; Alien labor, Chinese -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction.
Genres: Juvenile fiction.
Other titles: Cecilia Bard Multicultural Library for Peace
Description: Ah Sam, a 19 years old Chinese boy came to California to help build the Transcontinental Railroad. In his letter to his sister back home he describes the hardship and danger the workers face everyday.
Notes: Cecilia Bard Multicultural Library for Peace