Sunset Limited
Subtitle: The Southern Pacific Railroad and the Development of the American West, 1850-1930
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: February 6, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 637
ISBN-13: 9780520251649
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; American history: from c 1900 -; History of specific subjects; Railway transport industries; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; History; Transportation; History: American; Western & Pacific Coast states; Railroads - History; United States - 19th Century/Old West; United States - State & Local - West; History / General; California; Land use; Railroads; Water resources development; West (U.S.)
First sentence: The railroad that by the early twentieth century would come to be called the Southern Pacific can be likened to a giant river system.