Nothing Like It In The World
About this book
"Nothing Like It in the World is the story of the men who built the transcontinental railroad - the investors who risked their businesses and money; the enlightened politicians who understood its importance; the engineers and surveyors who risked, and lost, their lives; and the Irish and Chinese immigrants, the defeated Confederate soldiers, and the other laborers who did the backbreaking and dangerous work on the tracks."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects
- central pacific railroad company
- central pacific railroad company -- history
- history
- new york times reviewed
- railroad construction workers
- railroad construction workers -- united states -- history -- 19th century
- railroads
- railroads, construction
- railroads, employees
- railroads, history
- railroads, united states, history
- railroads -- united states -- history -- 19th century
- spoorwegen
- spoorwegmaatschappijen
- union pacific railroad company
- union pacific railroad company -- history