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The Resource Hear that lonesome whistle blow : railroads in the West, by Dee Brown

Hear that lonesome whistle blow : railroads in the West, by Dee Brown

Label
Hear that lonesome whistle blow : railroads in the West
Title
Hear that lonesome whistle blow
Title remainder
railroads in the West
Statement of responsibility
by Dee Brown
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Includes information on Arapaho Indians, the Central Pacific Railroad of California, Cheyenne Indians, the Northern Pacific Railroad, Pawnee Indians, Plains Indians, immigrants, settlers, Sioux Indians, Robert Louis Stevenson, the Union Pacific Railraod, Abraham Lincoln, etc
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1908-2002
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Brown, Dee
Dewey number
385/.0978
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
HE2763
LC item number
.B76 1977
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Railroads
  • West (U.S.)
  • Railroads
  • United States, West
  • Railroads
  • West (U.S)
Target audience
juvenile
Label
Hear that lonesome whistle blow : railroads in the West, by Dee Brown
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-303) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The iron horse comes to the waters of the mighty Mississippi -- With the wings of the wind -- War slows the march to the western sea -- Drill, ye tarriers, drill, while the owners take the plunder -- The era of the cowboy is born -- The great race -- First travelers on the transcontinental -- Railroaders west -- Exit the land grabbers, enter the stock manipulators -- Sitting Bull and the northern route -- Elegance on the western rails -- The immigrant -- Trampling the frontier -- The iron horse assumes a devil image
Control code
ocm02346153
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
vii, 311 pages
Isbn
9780030169366
Lccn
76025046
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9780030169366
  • (OCoLC)02346153
Label
Hear that lonesome whistle blow : railroads in the West, by Dee Brown
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-303) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The iron horse comes to the waters of the mighty Mississippi -- With the wings of the wind -- War slows the march to the western sea -- Drill, ye tarriers, drill, while the owners take the plunder -- The era of the cowboy is born -- The great race -- First travelers on the transcontinental -- Railroaders west -- Exit the land grabbers, enter the stock manipulators -- Sitting Bull and the northern route -- Elegance on the western rails -- The immigrant -- Trampling the frontier -- The iron horse assumes a devil image
Control code
ocm02346153
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
vii, 311 pages
Isbn
9780030169366
Lccn
76025046
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9780030169366
  • (OCoLC)02346153

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