A Great and Shining Road |  | Author: John Hoyt Williams
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 2015339
Media: Paperback
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.1 x 1.1
ISBN: 0812918320
Dewey Decimal Number: 385.0979
EAN: 9780812918328
ASIN: 0812918320
Publication Date: September 30, 1989
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Well-researched, interesting account April 27, 2005
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book relates the economic, technological and political significance of the building of the Transcontinental Railroad. The subject is complex, yet the author's narrative style, while not lacking in facts, makes this volume the most readable of the serious treatments of the subject. Another excellent recent title on this subject is "The Empire Express." I would not rate the book by Mr. Ambrose in the same class as either of these two, as the work treats the subject, I think, in a comparatively superficial and overly romantic manner.
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