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Nothing Like It In The World
Stephen E. Ambrose · 2000 · 432 pages
New York Times reviewedUnion Pacific Railroad CompanyRailroad construction workersRailroadsSpoorwegenCentral Pacific Railroad Company
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"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.
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