Tell your friends about this item:
Empire Express: Building the First Transcontinental Railroad David Haward Bain
Empire Express: Building the First Transcontinental Railroad
David Haward Bain
An account of the building of the Transcontinental Railroad including material on the greedy barons, chicanery and wheeler-dealing in Washington, importation of coolie labour, the opening of the West and the reaching of Promontory Point, Utah, where the two tracks were joined.
816 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | September 1, 2000 |
| Original release date | 1999 |
| ISBN13 | 9780140084993 |
| Publishers | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Pages | 816 |
| Dimensions | 159 × 235 × 44 mm · 879 g |
| Language | English |