The Last Spike
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Published: December 5, 1989
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 592
ISBN-13: 9780140117639
Subjects: Railway transport industries; Railroads; History - General History; History: American; Railroads and state; General; History / General; Canada; Canadian Pacific Railway; History
First sentence: The bitterest and longest parliamentary wrangle in the history of the young Canadian nation ended on February 15, 1881, when the contract to build the Canadian Pacific Railway finally received royal assent.