AMBROSE, Stephen E.
Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1865-1869.
New York: Simon & Schuster , 2000.
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First Edition of Nothing Like It in the World; Inscribed by Historian Stephen Ambrose
First edition. Octavo, half cloth. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication, "For ____ ______ Merry Christmas All Abroad! Stephen E. Ambrose 2000." Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Nothing Like It in the World gives the account of an unprecedented feat of engineering, vision, and courage. It 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 sometimes 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.
Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1865-1869.
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