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English
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A Great and Shining Road : The Epic Story of the Transcontinental Railroad
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New York
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Times Books
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"On May 10, 1869, the Golden Spike linked the Central Pacific Railroad with the Union Pacific Railroad at Promontory Point, Utah. The dream of a a railroad across America had at last come true. The story of the railroad is a capitalist opera, starring powerful politicians and generals, con artists and ne'er-dp-wells. Set in opulent parlor cars and well-heeled boardrooms and rowdy frontier towns, on desolate plains and in deadly gores, it is a story of vision and corruption, of empire building at its most vulgar and glorious. John Hoyt Williams combines scholarship with personalities, historical analysis with plain old tall tales, to tell a story that will appeal to readers of American history and adventure, to railroad buffs, and to lovers of the American West." [Author]