A Great and Shining Road: The Epic Story of the Transcontinental Railroad
by Williams, John Hoyt
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0812916689
- ISBN 13
- 9780812916683
- Seller
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Santa Barbara, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Times Books; Random House, 1988. 341 pages, [16] pages of plates, illustrations; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket with light edgewear. "The Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads were officially joined on May 10, 1869 at Promontory Point, Utah, with the driving of a golden spike. This historic ceremony marked the completion of the first transcontinental railroad. Spanning the Sierras and the 'Great American Desert, ' the tracks connected San Francisco to Council Bluffs, Iowa. A Great and Shining Road is the exciting story of a mammoth feat that called forth entrepreneurial daring, financial wizardry, technological innovation, political courage and chicanery, and the heroism of thousands of laborers." - Publisher.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo. Collectible.
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- Bookseller
- LEFT COAST BOOKS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 113964
- Title
- A Great and Shining Road: The Epic Story of the Transcontinental Railroad
- Author
- Williams, John Hoyt
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0812916689
- ISBN 13
- 9780812916683
- Publisher
- Times Books; Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1988
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- COLLECTIBLE
- Bookseller catalogs
- XXX / COLLECTIBLES;
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