Rival rails
Subtitle: the race to build America's greatest transcontinental railroad
By: Walter R. Borneman.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 430
ISBN-13: 9781400065615
Subjects: Railroads -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Railroads -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Opening gambits (1853-1874); title: Lines upon the map; title: Learning the rails; title: An interruption of war; title: Transcontinental by any name; title: The Santa Fe joins the fray; title: Straight west from Denver; title: "Why is it we have so many bitter enemies?"; title: Contested empire (1874-1889); title: Showdown at Yuma; title: Impasse at Raton; title: Battle royal for the gorge; title: Handshake at Deming; title: West across Texas; title: Transcontinental at last; title: Battling for California; title: Gould again; title: To the halls of Montezuma; title: California for a dollar; title: Santa Fe all the way (1889-1909); title: Making the markets; title: Canyon dreams and schemes; title: The boom goes bust; title: Still west from Denver; title: Top of the heap; title: Dueling streamliners.