B&W Photographs; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping to the spine ends of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright.

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Bibliographic Details

Title: Empire Express Building the First Transcontinental Railroad
Publisher: Viking Adult, New York, NY
Publication Date: 1999
Language: English
ISBN 10: 067080889X
ISBN 13: 9780670808892
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition; 1st Printing.
Condition: Very Good+
Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

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Synopsis

A dramatic history of the construction of America's first transcontinental railroad chronicles three seminal decades in American history, describing the vast enterprise to build a railroad from Missouri to the Pacific in terms of the remarkable expansion of the United States of America. 30,000 first printing.

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"Rich with scandal, tragedy, and visionary characters".

-- SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

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S. Howlett-West Books was established in 1996, but the owner, Stephanie has been in the book business for over 25 years. Besides her full time work as a book dealer/compiler of price guides, she writes articles on the subject of Science Fiction for several trade magazines. She is a collector and reader of first edition science fiction in her spare time.

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