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Connecting the coasts : the race to build the transcontinental railroad / by Norma Lewis ; consultant: Walter R. Borneman, author and American historian.

Author/creator Lewis, Norma, 1940- author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info North Mankato, Minnesota : Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint, [2015]
Copyright Notice ©2015
Description32 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 23 cm.
Subject(s)
Union Pacific Railroad Company--History --Juvenile literature.
Central Pacific Railroad Company--History --Juvenile literature.
Railroads--United States --History --Juvenile literature.
Series Fact finders. Adventures on the American frontier
Fact finders. Adventures on the American frontier. ^A1265564
Contents Connecting America from coast to coast -- East from Sacremento: The Central Pacific -- West from Omaha: The Union Pacific -- The Ten-Mile day -- Promontory Summit and the Golden Spike.
Abstract "Examines the Transcontinental Railroad by discussing why it was needed and the immediate and lasting effects it had on the nation as well as the people and places involved."-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.
Interest age level 008-012.
Interest grade level Grades 4 to 6.
LCCN 2014007816
ISBN9781491401866 (library binding)
ISBN1491401869 (library binding)
ISBN9781491401910 (pbk.)
ISBN1491401915 (pbk.)

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