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A Great and Shining Road
John Hoyt Williams
其他書名
The Epic Story of the Transcontinental Railroad
出版U of Nebraska Press, 1996-01-01
主題Transportation / Railroads / GeneralHistory / United States / 19th Century
ISBN97808032978900803297890
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=W_O_PJmz29IC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋"Williams tells this rousing tale with verve and gusto. For all the railroad buffs and those who savor the lore of the Old West".-Library Journal. Williams has "done a marvelously imaginative job of writing. . . . He manages to capture the romance and color".-Choice. "Highly readable . . . because both text and illustrations have a human and humane touch about them. . . . [An] ebullient portrayal of the people and personalities involved in this great engineering accomplishment".-Christian Science Monitor. The Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads were officially joined on May 10, 1869 at Promontory Point, Utah, with the driving of a golden spike. This historic ceremony marked the completion of the first transcontinental railroad. Spanning the Sierras and the "Great American Desert", the tracks connected San Francisco to Council Bluffs, Iowa. A Great and Shining Road is the exciting story of a mammoth feat that called forth entrepreneurial daring, financial wizardry, technological innovation, political courage and chicanery, and the heroism of thousands of laborers. John Hoyt Williams, a professor of history at Indiana State University, Terre Haute, is the author of Sam Houston.