John Hoyt Williams
A Great and Shining Road: The Epic Story of the Transcontinental Railroad
Hardcover
(Times Books March 12, 1988)
, 1st edition
The epic chronicle of the building of the transcontinental railroad, with all its engineering feats, encompasses accounts of famous personalities of post-Civil War America, such as Leland Stanford Buffalo Bill, and George Custer, as well as analyses of the railroad's political, economic, and historical significance
- ISBN
- 0812916689 / 9780812916683
- Pages
- 341
- Weight
- 38.4 oz.
- Dimensions
- 9.3 x 6.2
in.