Full steam ahead : the race to build a transcontinental railroad / by Rhoda Blumberg.
Publication details: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, ©1996.Edition: 1st edDescription: 159 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0792227158
- 9780792227151
- 0689803206
- 9780689803208
- 0027109887
- 9780027109887
- 385/.0973 20
- HE2791.U55 B58 1996
- 385.0973 Blu
- Orbis Pictus Honor, 1997.
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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