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Ten Mile Day and the building of the transcontinental railroad
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Mary Ann Fraser |
Chronicles the race to build the first railroad to cross the North American continent. |
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Railroad fever
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Monica Halpern |
Presents a history of the building of the transcontinental railroad and its effects on American life. |
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The transcontinental railroad
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Eric Kraft |
The history of the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroad companies' efforts to span the continent. |
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The great iron link
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Rosemary Laughlin |
Recounts the building of the Central Pacific Railroad and sketches the lives of the five men whose idea it was: Theodore Judah, Charlie Crocker, Leland Stanford, Mark Hopkins, and Collis Huntington. |
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Land of the iron dragon
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Alida E. Young |
A 14-year-old Chinese boy is left without a family in the United States and joins the crews building the transcontinental railroad in the 1860's. |
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