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Author:

Lewis, Norma, 1940- author.

Title:

Connecting the coasts : the race to build the transcontinental railroad / by Norma Lewis.

Publisher:

Capstone Press,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

32 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Union Pacific Railroad Company--History--Juvenile literature.
Central Pacific Railroad Company--History--Juvenile literature.
Railroads--United States--History--Juvenile literature.
Union Pacific Railroad Company--History.
Central Pacific Railroad Company--History.
Central Pacific Railroad Company.
Union Pacific Railroad Company.
United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Connecting America from coast to coast -- East from Sacremento: The Central Pacific -- West from Omaha: The Union Pacific -- The Ten-Mile day -- Promontory Summit and the Golden Spike.

Summary:

"Examines the Transcontinental Railroad by discussing why it was needed and the immediate and lasting effects it had on the nation as well as the people and places involved."-- Provided by publisher.

Series:

Fact finders. Adventures on the American frontier

ISBN:

1491401915 (pbk.)
9781491401910 (pbk.)
1491401869 (library binding)
9781491401866 (library binding) :

OCLC:

(OCoLC)872382834

LCCN:

2014007816

Locations:

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)