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Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad, 1863-1869 Analog audio cassette - 2000

Name: Nothing Like It In The World: The Men Who Built The Transcontinental Railroad 1863 - 1869
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Author: Ambrose, Stephen E. Jr.
ISBN: 9780743506434

de Stephen E. Ambrose; Read by Jeffrey de Munn

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In this account of an unprecedented feat of engineering, vision, and courage, Stephen E. Ambrose offers an historical successor to his universally acclaimed "Undaunted Courage."

"Nothing Like It in the World" is the story of the men who built the transcontinental railroad. In Ambrose's hands, this enterprise comes to life.

The U.S. government pitted two companies -- the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific Railroads -- against each other in a race for funding, encouraging speed over caution. At its peak, the work force approached the size of Civil War armies, with as many as 15,000 workers on each line. The surveyors, the men who picked the route, living off buffalo, deer, and antelope.

In building a railroad, there is only one decisive spot -- the end of the track. Nothing like this great work had ever been seen in the world when the last spike, a golden one, was driven in Promontory Peak, Utah, in 1869, as the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific tracks were joined.

Ambrose writes with power and eloquence about the brave men -- the famous and the unheralded, ordinary men doing the extraordinary -- who accomplished the spectacular feat that made the continent into a nation.

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Título Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad, 1863-1869
Autor Stephen E. Ambrose; Read by Jeffrey de Munn
Encuadernación Analog Audio Cassette
Edición Abridged
Volúmenes 4
Idioma ENG
Editorial Simon & Schuster Audio, U.S.A.
Fecha de publicación August 1, 2000
Abridged Sí
ISBN 9780743506434 / 074350643X
Peso 0.3 libras (0.14 kg)
Dimensiones 7.11 x 4.11 x 1.21 pulgadas (18.06 x 10.44 x 3.07 cm)
Dewey Decimal Code 383.509

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Nothing Like It In The World: The Men Who Built The Transcontinental Railroad 1863 - 1869

de Ambrose, Stephen E. Jr.

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ISBN 10 / ISBN 13

9780743506434 / 074350643X

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UNITED STATES: Simon & Schuster Audio, 2000 Audio Book. Good. AUDIO CASSETTE. 4 AUDIO CASSETTES in the original printed box. Some shelf wear to the case. We will test each Audio Cassette for good sound quality. You will receive a reliable set. Enjoy this presentable AUDIO CASSETTE performance..