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March 5, 2000
Empire Express: Building the First Transcontinental Railroad
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David Haward Bain
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Bain draws on his historical/political savvy and his ability to breathe life into history in this saga of the building of the transcontinental railroad—a story which reads like a novel: color, lively, and dramatic.
—from the publisher's website
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Empire Express: Building the First Transcontinental Railroad
Publisher: Viking Penguin
ISBN: 067080889X
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