Lonesome whistle
Subtitle: the story of the first transcontinental railroad
By: Dee Brown.
Contributors: Proctor, Linda, joint author.
Publisher: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston; Henry Holth & Co (J)
Published: 1980
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
Subjects: Railroads -- West (U.S.) -- History -- Juvenile literature.; Railroads -- West (U.S.) -- History.; West (U.S.) -- History -- Juvenile literature.; West (U.S.) -- History.
Description: Describes the building of the first transcontinental railroad and discusses train travel in the West in general in the late 19th century.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [139]-140.
"Adapted for young readers from [the author's] Hear that lonesome whistle blow, with the assistance of Linda Proctor."
Includes index.