A Great and Shining Road: The Epic Story of the Transcontinental Railroad |  | Author: John Hoyt Williams
Publisher: Times Books
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 1612962
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 341
ISBN: 0812916689
Dewey Decimal Number: 385.0979
EAN: 9780812916683
ASIN: 0812916689
Publication Date: March 12, 1988
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Well-researched, interesting account April 27, 2005
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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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