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Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Takes a look at the history of rail transportation, focussing on how it transformed societies from isolated communities which rarely communicated or traded into unified nations.
Author
Series
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Chronicles the historic meeting of two railroad lines in 1869 that linked the U.S. transcontinental railroad and Andrew J. Russell's famous photograph of the event"--
8) The Transcontinental Railroad: a primary source history of America's first coast-to-coast railroad
Author
Publisher
Rosen Central Primary Source
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Describes the people, circumstances, and events surrounding the building of the railway system across the continent in the mid-nineteenth century.
9) Iron rails, iron men, and the race to link the nation: the story of the transcontinental railroad
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
In the 1850s, gold fever swept the West, but people had to walk, sail, or ride horses for months on end to seek their fortune. The question of faster, safer transportation was posed by national leaders. But with 1,800 miles of seemingly impenetrable mountains, searing deserts, and endless plains between the Missouri River and San Francisco, could a transcontinental railroad be built? It seemed impossible. Eventually, two railroad companies, the Central...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes how John Bull, a steam locomotive, was built in England, brought to the United States in 1831, assembled, put to work, and modified over time, leading the way for modern rail transportation.
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