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Author
Series
Ribbons west volume 2
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
Brenton Baldwin escorts Caitlan O'Connor to California to find her brother Kiernan who is working for the Central Pacific Railroad.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Profiles the men who built the transcontinental railroad, the investors who risked their businesses to fund it, the politicians who understood its importance, the Irish and Chinese immigrants who worked on it, and the other laborers who did the dangerous work of laying the track.
Author
Series
Ribbons west volume 1
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
A tale of the western frontier begins with the hope of a transcontinental railroad.
Author
Series
Publisher
Lucent
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Discusses the history of the transcontinental railroad, including the construction of the Central Pacific, Union Pacific, and other related railroads which joined the east and west coasts by meeting at Promontory Point, Utah.
5) Iron rails, iron men, and the race to link the nation: the story of the transcontinental railroad
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
Experience the race to link the United States by rail. Meet the men behind this incredible feat in a riveting story about the building of the transcontinental railroad, brought to life with archival photos.
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fifteen-year-old Tam Ling Fan disguises herself as her twin brother, journeys from her village in China to California, and works as a laborer on the Transcontinental Railroad--where she faces danger on multiple fronts--to earn the money her family desperately needs. Includes author's note.
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