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Author
Series
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Presents a history of the Transcontinental Railroad, and describes Manifest Destiny and the growing need of an east-west route across the continent, those who worked on both railroads, displacement of Native Americans, and the linking of the rails at Promontory Point, Utah.
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the development of a railway system uniting the United States, from its design and planning, through the problems that plagued its construction, to its completion in 1869 and its subsequent effect on the nation.
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
©2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Describes the building of the Transcontinental Railroad between Omaha, Nebraska, and Sacramento, California, that, when completed in 1869, allowed rail travel from the east coast to the west coast of the United States."--Source other than the Library of Congress.
Author
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The rise of railroads played an enormous part in uniting the eastern United States to the West. Readers look at the planning and execution of the Transcontinental Railroad including the obstacles faced in the race to complete it. Readers will also gain a sense of what roles immigration and migration played in building the railroad, what life was like for railroad workers, and how railroad workers of different races were treated differently. Larger...
Author
Series
Studies in the life of the poor volume no. 2
Publisher
Charities review
Pub. Date
[1898]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Describes the efforts to build the first railroad to link the eastern and western United States and the obstacles that had to be overcome in the process.
Author
Publisher
World Almanac Library
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Discusses the history of railroads in the United States, focusing on the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad. The construction of the Transcontinental Railroad was an extraordinary feat of engineering for its time. This book tells the story of the railroad and shows how the technical challenges and huge scale of the task were overcome by the hard labor of thousands of workers. It looks at the background to the project: an expanding nation...
16) The railroaders
Author
Series
Publisher
Time-Life Books
Pub. Date
©1973
Language
English
Description
History of the building and development of railroads in the western United States.
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents a history of the building of the transcontinental railroad and its effects on American life. By the 1840s, daring Americans were trickling westward to begin a new life in the great wide open. When gold was discovered in 1848, the promise of riches drew people by the thousands out to California. But the journey was slow and dangerous, since the best ways of travelling were by wagon and on foot. During the "railroad fever" of the 1830s, thousands...
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"In mid-1860s, two railroad companies had a huge job in front of them: building the transcontinental railroad. The railroad would run from east to west across the United States. As the grueling work began, there were many choices to make. Now the choices are yours. Would you rather blast rock to lay track in the Sierra Nevada mountain range or build bridges across raging rivers in the Great Plains? Would you rather sleep in a cold mountain tunnel...