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Nothing Like It in the World

- The Men Who Built the Railway That United America
Af: Stephen E. Ambrose Engelsk Paperback

Nothing Like It in the World

- The Men Who Built the Railway That United America
Af: Stephen E. Ambrose Engelsk Paperback
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NOTHING LIKE IT IN THE WORLD 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 labourers who did the backbreaking and dangerous work on the tracks. The US government pitted two companies – the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific Railroads – against each other in a race for funding, encouraging speed over caution. Locomotives, rails and spikes were shipped from the East through Panama or around South America to the West, or lugged across the country to the Plains. In Ambrose''s hands, this enterprise, with its huge expenditure of brainpower, muscle and sweat, comes vibrantly to life.
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NOTHING LIKE IT IN THE WORLD 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 labourers who did the backbreaking and dangerous work on the tracks. The US government pitted two companies – the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific Railroads – against each other in a race for funding, encouraging speed over caution. Locomotives, rails and spikes were shipped from the East through Panama or around South America to the West, or lugged across the country to the Plains. In Ambrose''s hands, this enterprise, with its huge expenditure of brainpower, muscle and sweat, comes vibrantly to life.
Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 432
ISBN-13: 9781416511427
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1416511423
Udg. Dato: 5 sep 2005
Længde: 28mm
Bredde: 130mm
Højde: 198mm
Forlag: Simon & Schuster
Oplagsdato: 5 sep 2005
Forfatter(e): Stephen E. Ambrose
Forfatter(e) Stephen E. Ambrose


Kategori Industrialisering og industrihistorie


ISBN-13 9781416511427


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 432


Udgave


Længde 28mm


Bredde 130mm


Højde 198mm


Udg. Dato 5 sep 2005


Oplagsdato 5 sep 2005


Forlag Simon & Schuster

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