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Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad, 1863-1869
by Ambrose, Stephen E
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0684846098
- ISBN 13
- 9780684846095
- Seller
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Toms River, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Simon & Schuster, 2000. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st Printing First Edition, First Printing of the Simon & Schuster edition per complete number line including number one. (A leather bound signed first edition of this book has been previously published by Easton Press.) Hard cover in fine condition with brown boards and gold gilt spine lettering. End papers how map of The Transcontinental Railroad 1869. Text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. Contains a center section of 16 leaves / 32 pages of glossy black & white photographs and illustrations. Concludes with bibliographical references and an extensive index. Dust jacket in likewise fine condition. * From the jacket flap, "". . . an unprecedented feat of engineering, vision, and courage. . . the story of the men who built the transcontinental railroad - the investors who risked their businesses and money; the enlightened politicians who understood its importance; the engineers and surveyors who risked, and lost, their lives; and the Irish and Chinese immigrants, the defeated Confederate soldiers, and the other laborers who did the backbreaking and dangerous work on the tracks. . . .""
Synopsis
Nothing Like It In the World was written by Stephen Ambrose, a writer of historical literature books, and is a #1 New York Times Bestseller about the building of the Transcontinental Railroad. The book is about the period of the railroad from 1863 to 1869. The railroad spanned from Omaha, Nebraska to Sacramento, California.
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- Bookseller
- Elk Creek Heritage Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M001150
- Title
- Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad, 1863-1869
- Author
- Ambrose, Stephen E
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0684846098
- ISBN 13
- 9780684846095
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- Railroads - Untied States - History - 19th Century, Central Pacific Railroad Company - History, Union Pacific Railroad Company - History, Railroad construction workers - United States - History - 19th Century
- Bookseller catalogs
- History of the United States;
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About the Seller
Elk Creek Heritage Books
Biblio member since 2015
Toms River, New Jersey
About Elk Creek Heritage Books
Elk Creek Heritage Books opened for business in 2002 with both online selling and an open shop. We continue now as an online-only bookshop and maintain a growing inventory with new additions regularly uploaded. Our largest subject areas include History, Religion, Biography, and Fiction, however, we also carry books on many other subjects, in addition to our collection of rare and antiquarian books. Our goal is to provide you, our customer, with a completely satisfactory experience.
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