"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 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."--BOOK JACKET.
Book Details
Format
Paperback
ISBN-10
0743203178
ISBN-13
9780743203173
Publication Date
Nov 2001
Item Weight
1.10 pounds
Length
9.25 inch
Width
6.14 inch
Height
0.98 inch
First Sentence
AUGUST 13, 1859, was a hot day in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Stephen Edward Ambrose was an American historian and biographer of U.S. Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon. He was a longtime professor of history at the University of New Orleans and the author of many best selling volumes of American popular history.
**Source**: [Stephen E. Ambrose](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_E._Ambrose) on Wikipedia.
