When Western Pacific Iron Horse Drank the Waters of the Pacific
Title | When Western Pacific Iron Horse Drank the Waters of the Pacific PDF eBook |
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Pages | 2 |
Release | 1916 |
Genre | Railroads |
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The Pacific
Title | The Pacific PDF eBook |
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Pages | 448 |
Release | 1916 |
Genre | California |
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Iron Horses
Title | Iron Horses PDF eBook |
Author | Walter R. Borneman |
Publisher | Little, Brown |
Pages | 513 |
Release | 2014-11-18 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0316371793 |
A "masterly" account of the origins of the transcontinental railroad (Douglas Brinkley) by the author of the bestselling The Admirals. After the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in 1869, the rest of the United States was up for grabs, and the race was on. The prize: a better, shorter, less snowy route through the American Southwest, linking Los Angeles to Chicago. In Iron Horses, Borneman recounts the rivalries, contested routes, political posturing, and business dealings that unfolded as an increasing number of lines pushed their way across the country. Borneman brings to life the legendary robber barons behind it all and also captures the herculean efforts required to construct these roads -- the laborers who did the back-breaking work, the brakemen who ran atop moving cars, the tracklayers crushed and killed by runaway trains. From backroom deals in Washington, DC, to armed robberies of trains in the wild deserts, from cattle cars to streamliners and Super Chiefs, all the great incidents and innovations of a mighty American era are made vivid in Iron Horses.
Pacific Marine Review
Title | Pacific Marine Review PDF eBook |
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Pages | 1020 |
Release | 1944-07 |
Genre | Marine engineering |
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The Pacific Rural Press
Title | The Pacific Rural Press PDF eBook |
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Pages | 692 |
Release | 1912 |
Genre | Agriculture |
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Gazlay's Pacific Monthly
Title | Gazlay's Pacific Monthly PDF eBook |
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Pages | 614 |
Release | 1865 |
Genre | Pacific States |
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Pacific Rural Press
Title | Pacific Rural Press PDF eBook |
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Pages | 850 |
Release | 1878 |
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