Bibliograph

Tracks across America, the story of the American railroad, 1825-1900 : with photographs, maps, and drawings, Leonard Everett Fisher

Type

Label

Tracks across America, the story of the American railroad, 1825-1900 : with photographs, maps, and drawings, Leonard Everett Fisher

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-186) and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Tracks across America

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

24246372

Responsibility statement

Leonard Everett Fisher

Sub title

the story of the American railroad, 1825-1900 : with photographs, maps, and drawings

Summary

Examines the development of the railroad in the United States from its nineteenth-century beginnings to the end of that century

Table Of Contents

Before the Iron Horse -- The First railroads -- Going west -- The Civil War -- The First transcontinental railroad -- Native American resistance -- Rivals and robbers -- The Owners -- The Car- and yardmen -- Disasters -- Locomotives, cars, and progress -- The Way it was to be

Target audience

juvenile

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