Age
8-12
Grade
3+
Mary Ann Fraser
Ten Mile Day: And the Building of the Transcontinental Railroad
Paperback
(Square Fish March 15, 1996)
, 2/14/96 edition
On May 10, 1869, the final spike in North America's first transcontinental railroad was driven home at Promontory Summit, Utah. Illustrated with the author's carefully researched, evocative paintings, here is a great adventure story in the history of the American West--the day Charles Crocker staked $10,000 on the crews' ability to lay a world record ten miles of track in a single, Ten Mile Day.
- ISBN
- 0805047034 / 9780805047035
- Pages
- 40
- Weight
- 8.0 oz.
- Dimensions
- 8.0 x 0.2 in.
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