Empire Express: Building the First Transcontinental Railroad - David Haward Bain - Books - Penguin Books Ltd - 9780140084993 - September 1, 2000
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Empire Express: Building the First Transcontinental Railroad

David Haward Bain

Empire Express: Building the First Transcontinental Railroad

An account of the building of the Transcontinental Railroad including material on the greedy barons, chicanery and wheeler-dealing in Washington, importation of coolie labour, the opening of the West and the reaching of Promontory Point, Utah, where the two tracks were joined.


816 pages

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released September 1, 2000
Original release date 1999
ISBN13 9780140084993
Publishers Penguin Books Ltd
Pages 816
Dimensions 159 × 235 × 44 mm   ·   879 g
Language English  

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