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The epic chronicle of the building of the transcontinental railroad, with all its engineering feats, encompasses accounts of famous personalities of post-Civil War America, such as Leland Stanford Buffalo Bill, and George Custer, as well as analyses of the railroad's political, economic, and historical significance
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This is the exciting story of a mammoth feat that called forth entrepreneurial daring, financial wizardry, technological innovation, political courage and chicanery, and the heroism of thousands of laborers.
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John Hoyt Williams, a professor of history at Indiana State University, Terre Haute, is the author of Sam Houston.
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- PublisherTimes Books
- Publication date1988
- ISBN 10 0812916689
- ISBN 13 9780812916683
- BindingHardcover
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