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Nothing Like It In the World Read by Jeffrey DeMunn

This is the story of the men who built the transcontinental railroad. 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.

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  • "Men who built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869"
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  • "This is the story of the men who built the transcontinental railroad. 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."@en
  • "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. Nothing like this great work had ever been seen in the world when the golden spike was driven in Promontory Peak, Utah, in 1869, as the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific tracks were joined. This is the story of the famous and the unheralded, ordinary men doing the extraordinary."
  • "Opening with the last days of the Civil War and ending with a golden stake in 1869, this is the story of the linking of the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads that was accomplished between 1865 and 1869."@en
  • "Chronicles the race to finish the transcontinental railroad in the 1860s and the exploits, sacrifices, triumphs, and tragedies of the individuals who made it happen."@en
  • ""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 it's 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."@en
  • "Chronicles the race to finish the transcontinental railroad in the 1860s and the exploits, sacrifices, triumphs, and tragedies of the individuals who made it happen."
  • "The story of the building of the transcontinental railroad from bureaucratic beginning to heroic end."
  • "This is the story of the men who built the transcontinental railroad. Ambrose writes 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."@en
  • "This is the story of the men who built the transcontinental railroad. Ambrose writes 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."@en
  • "This is the story of the men who built the transcontinental railroad. Ambrose writes 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."
  • "This is the story of the men who built the transcontinental railroad. 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. As its peak the work force approached the size of Civil War armies, with as many as 15,000 workers on each line."

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  • "Nothing Like It In the World Read by Jeffrey DeMunn"@en
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  • "Nothing like it in the world"
  • "Nothing like it in the world the men who built the transcontinental railroad, 1863-1869"@en
  • "Nothing like it in the world the men who built the transcontinental railroad, 1863-1869"
  • "Nothing like it in the world the men who built the transcontinental railroad 1863-1869"@en
  • "Nothing like it in the world the men who built the transcontinental railroad 1863-1869"

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