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1) Locomotive
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
It is the summer of 1869, and trains, crews, and families are traveling together, riding America's brand new transcontinental railroad. The story comes alive with the details of the trip and the sounds, speed, and strength of the mighty locomotives; the work that keeps them moving; and the thrill of travel from plains to mountain to ocean. Come hear the hiss of the steam, feel the heat of the engine, watch the landscape race by. Come ride the rails,...
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
Publisher
Avid Reader Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
It is remarkable now to imagine, but during the 1870s, the American West, for all its cloud-topped peaks and endless coastline, might have been barren tundra as far as most Americans knew. In 1869, the first transcontinental railroad had made history by linking East and West, but, relying heavily on federal grants, it left an opening for two brash new railroad men, the Civil War hero behind the Rio Grande and the corporate chieftain of the Santa Fe,...
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A former Confederate soldier still haunted by his past, Cullen Bohannon made a home in Hell on Wheels hunting down the men responsible for killing his family. Following the Indian attack that destroyed the railroad settlement, Cullen spends a long winter reshaping his lust for revenge into a burning ambition, to take control of the Union Pacific and drive it across the country.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Missie and Willie have set up a homestead and are starting a family. The new railroad will make it possible for Missie's father to visit. When the reunion is interrupted by tragedy, this family's faith and love are once again challenged.
Publisher
Entertainment One
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
In season four of AMC's top-rated drama, Hell freezes over. Following the brutal winter of 1868, the railroad is at a standstill and restless workers wreak havoc on Cheyenne. Cullen Bohannon is trapped in a fort with a pregnant wife and the Swede. Thomas Durant is broke and Elam Ferguson is presumed dead. The task of uniting America by rail remains undone and the costs and consequences are rising, for everyone.
Author
Publisher
Minnesota Historical Society Press
Pub. Date
[1990]
Language
English
Description
"For millions of travelers on the Northern Pacific Railway's northern route, the crowning touch to each journey was the "Famously Good" food graciously served in the elegant dining cars at every mealtime. In Dining Car Line to the Pacific author Bill McKenzie tells the behind-the-scenes story of the NP's service that regularly delivered "the surpassing enjoyment of a trip in the company of western scenery; an amiable steward; friendly, efficient,...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
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