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Full steam ahead : the race to build a transcontinental railroad / by Rhoda Blumberg.

By: Publication details: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, ©1996.Edition: 1st edDescription: 159 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0792227158
  • 9780792227151
  • 0689803206
  • 9780689803208
  • 0027109887
  • 9780027109887
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Full steam ahead.DDC classification:
  • 385/.0973 20
LOC classification:
  • HE2791.U55 B58 1996
NLM classification:
  • 385.0973 Blu
Contents:
pt. 1. Getting started. "Crazy Judah":The big four; A new law -- Stalled near mountains -- "Not a Chinaman's chance": Digging in -- Tracks across the desert -- pt. 2. Heading west. The rival railroad: a sleazy scheme -- An army on wheels: "The great Pacific railroad excursion" -- "Wild Indians": Attacks against the Iron Horse; Sacred buffalo -- Gaining ground: It was wild; Land bargains -- The great race: Help from Mormons -- A grand celebration: The last spike ceremony.
Awards:
  • Orbis Pictus Honor, 1997.
Summary: Gives an idea of what it was like to build the transcontinental railroad.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 152-155) and index.

Gives an idea of what it was like to build the transcontinental railroad.

pt. 1. Getting started. "Crazy Judah":The big four; A new law -- Stalled near mountains -- "Not a Chinaman's chance": Digging in -- Tracks across the desert -- pt. 2. Heading west. The rival railroad: a sleazy scheme -- An army on wheels: "The great Pacific railroad excursion" -- "Wild Indians": Attacks against the Iron Horse; Sacred buffalo -- Gaining ground: It was wild; Land bargains -- The great race: Help from Mormons -- A grand celebration: The last spike ceremony.

Orbis Pictus Honor, 1997.

Accelerated Reader AR MG 8.5 4.0 25963.

Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning MG 8.5 4.

Reading Counts RC 6-8 8.6 7 Quiz: 04293 Guided reading level: NR.

Accelerated Reader Grades 5-8 8.5 4 Quiz 25963 English non-fiction.

Accelerated Reader 85 10040

2 26 31 36 66 67 84 87 88 92 111

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