A worker on the transcontinental railroad
By: by James Barter.
Series: The working life series
Publisher: Lucent Books
Published: 2003
Place of publication: San Diego, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 112
Subjects: Railroad construction workers -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.; Railroads -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: Discusses the building of the transcontinental railroad and the people who worked on it.
Table of contents: title: Builders of the transcontinental railroad; title: Getting organized; title: Camp life on the Central Pacific; title: Camp life on the Union Pacific; title: Specialty crews and special dangers on the Union Pacific; title: Line crews; title: Camp dissatisfaction and unrest; title: An ending much life the beginning.