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English
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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.
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
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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
Series
Ribbons west volume 1
Language
English
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Description
A tale of the western frontier begins with the hope of a transcontinental railroad.
Author
Series
Ribbons west volume 2
Language
English
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Description
Brenton Baldwin escorts Caitlan O'Connor to California to find her brother Kiernan who is working for the Central Pacific Railroad.
10) Gold mountain
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Language
English
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.
Publisher
Entertainment One
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
2013 television broadcasts.
Language
English
Description
A former Confederate soldier still haunted by his past, Cullen Bohannon made a home in Hell on Wheels hunting down the men responsible for killing his family. Following the Indian attack that destroyed the railroad settlement, Cullen spends a long winter reshaping his lust for revenge into a burning ambition, to take control of the Union Pacific and drive it across the country.
Publisher
Entertainment One Film US
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Cullen Bohannon, a former soldier and slaveholder, follows the track of Union soldiers, who killed his wife. This brings him to the middle of one of the biggest projects in US history, the building of the railroad. After the war years in the 1860s, this connected the east with the still wild west.
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English
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Twenty-two years have passed since Tim Colter and his family were ambushed on the Oregon Trail, forcing the young boy to find an unlikely ally in one-eyed mountain man Jed Reno. Now a widowed deputy U.S. marshal and Civil War veteran, Colter is finally ready to remarry and settle down--until a dangerous new assignment becomes a life-or-death struggle for the soul of a town and the heart of its people . . . The Union Pacific Railroad is laying down...
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English
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"There is something in all of us that relishes the thought of being first. Utahns are no exception. This is the place for extraordinary events, the home of ingenious inventors and audacious adventurers who changed our notion of what's possible. Discover the surprising, intriguing and sometimes poignant stories of just some of Utah's Famous Firsts in KBYU Eleven's latest documentary"--Container.
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English
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Lincoln scholar Brian McGinty paints history on a grand scale as he re-creates a legal case that changed the face of a nation. Before becoming president, Abraham Lincoln successfully argued a trial pitting railroad vs. steamboat. In the course of this untold story, listeners follow the creation of a transnational railroad while witnessing the future president's ascension to the national stage.
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Publisher
Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"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.
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Publisher
Crabtree Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
In the 19th Century, railroads were a form of transportation that changed the world. Transcontinental Railroads looks at the sweeping changes made to society and the challenges created by the building and running of these railroads in North America. Readers will be encouraged to critically analyze source material on why the railroads were built, who built them, and how they changed the movement of people and products. Topics include settlement and...
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