eBooks - History - World - Stephen E. Ambrose - Nothing Like It In the World
| The men who built the transcontinental railroad were investors, risking their businesses and money. They were politicians. They were engineers and surveyors. And they were laborers, doing the backbreaking and dangerous work on the tracks. Most were ordinary men -- doing the extraordinary. They accomplished a spectacular feat, turning the continent into a nation. |
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