The account of an unprecedented feat of engineering, vision, and courage. It is the story of the men who built the transcontinental railroad-the investors who risked their businesses and money; the enlightened politicians who understood its importance; the engineers and surveyors who risked, and sometimes lost, their lives; and the Irish and Chinese immigrants, the defeated Confederate soldiers, and the other laborers who did the backbreaking and dangerous work on the tracks.

Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad, 1863-1869

Ambrose, Stephen E.

Simon and Schuster

2000

2003.500.4288