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Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 18 Compact disc - 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.; DeMunn, Jeffrey [Reader]
ISBN: 9780743506465

de Stephen E. Ambrose; Read by To Be Announced; Read by Jeffrey Demunn

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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 18
Autor Stephen E. Ambrose; Read by To Be Announced; Read by Jeffrey Demunn
Encuadernación Compact Disc
Edición [ Edition: first
Volúmenes 6
Idioma ENG
Editorial Simon & Schuster Audio
Fecha de publicación August 1, 2000
Abridged Sí
ISBN 9780743506465 / 0743506464
Peso 0.5 libras (0.23 kg)
Dimensiones 5.7 x 4.94 x 1.01 pulgadas (14.48 x 12.55 x 2.57 cm)
Library of Congress subjects Audiobooks (Abridged), Railroads - United States - History - 19th
Dewey Decimal Code 385.097

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

de Ambrose, Stephen E.; DeMunn, Jeffrey [Reader]

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Simon & Schuster Audio, 2000-08-01. Audio CD. Like New. 6 Scratch free discs, original artwork, case and slipcover are all in great condition. Satisfaction guaranteed!