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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814341703321

Autore

Klein Maury <1939->

Titolo

1862-1893 / / Maury Klein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 2006

ISBN

0-8166-9663-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (820 pages)

Collana

Union Pacific ; ; v. 1

Disciplina

385/.06578

Soggetti

History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Reprint. Originally published: Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1987.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Railroad Reference Key; Map; Prologue: The Monument, 1965; Part One: The Challenge, 1862-1869; Part Two: The Quest for Respectability, 1869-1884; Part Three: The Road to Hell, 1884-1893; Source Reference Key; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Maury Klein, America's foremost railroad historian, re-creates the powerful personalities and dramatic events that led to the construction of the Union Pacific. With over one hundred historic photographs and maps, Union Pacific details the feat of engineering and human strength and also the wheelings and dealings that were waged as dreamers and scoundrels, politicians and patriots forged a pioneering enterprise in transportation.