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- catalog abstract "Chronicles the events that took place in the thirty years it took to complete the first transcontinental railroad, profiling the key players in its development, the major setbacks the workers faced, and the public objections to the railroad's completion.".
- catalog contributor b11404460.
- catalog coverage "West (U.S.) History.".
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description "Chronicles the events that took place in the thirty years it took to complete the first transcontinental railroad, profiling the key players in its development, the major setbacks the workers faced, and the public objections to the railroad's completion.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [759]-777) and index.".
- catalog description "pt. I. 1845-57: A procession of dreamers : "For all the human family" ; "Who can oppose such a work?" ; "I must walk toward Oregon" ; "The great object for which we were created" ; "An uninhabited and dreary waste" -- pt. II. 1860-61: Union, disunion, incorporation : "Raise the money and I will build your road" ; "There comes crazy Judah" ; "The marks left by the Donner Party" ; "The most difficult country ever conceived" ; "We have drawn the elephant" -- pt. III. 1863: Last of the dreamers : "Speculation is as fatal to it as secession" ; "I have had a big row and fight" -- pt. IV. 1864: Struggle for momentum : "First dictator of the railroad world" ; "Dancing with a whirlwind" ; "Trustees of the bounty of Congress" -- pt. V. 1865: The losses mount : "The great cloud darkening the land" ; "If we can save our scalps" ; "I hardly expect to live to see it completed" -- pt. VI. 1866: Eyeing the main chance : "Vexation, trouble, and continual hindrance" ; "The Napoleon of railways" ; "We swarmed the mountains with men" ; "Until they are severely punished" -- pt. VII. 1867: Hell on wheels : "Nitroglycerine tells" ; "Our future power and influence" ; "They all died in their boots" ; "There are only five of us" -- pt. VIII. 1868: Going for broke : "More hungry men in Congress" ; "Bring on your eight thousand men" ; "We are in a terrible sweat" ; "A man for breakfast every morning" -- pt. IX. 1869: Battleground and meeting ground : "A resistless power" ; "We have got done praying" -- pt. X. 1872-73: Scandals, scapegoats, and dodgers -- "Trial of the innocents."".
- catalog extent "xiii, 797 p. :".
- catalog identifier "067080889X (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Viking,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "West (U.S.) History.".
- catalog subject "385/.0973 21".
- catalog subject "HE2751 .B24 1999".
- catalog subject "Railroads United States History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "pt. I. 1845-57: A procession of dreamers : "For all the human family" ; "Who can oppose such a work?" ; "I must walk toward Oregon" ; "The great object for which we were created" ; "An uninhabited and dreary waste" -- pt. II. 1860-61: Union, disunion, incorporation : "Raise the money and I will build your road" ; "There comes crazy Judah" ; "The marks left by the Donner Party" ; "The most difficult country ever conceived" ; "We have drawn the elephant" -- pt. III. 1863: Last of the dreamers : "Speculation is as fatal to it as secession" ; "I have had a big row and fight" -- pt. IV. 1864: Struggle for momentum : "First dictator of the railroad world" ; "Dancing with a whirlwind" ; "Trustees of the bounty of Congress" -- pt. V. 1865: The losses mount : "The great cloud darkening the land" ; "If we can save our scalps" ; "I hardly expect to live to see it completed" -- pt. VI. 1866: Eyeing the main chance : "Vexation, trouble, and continual hindrance" ; "The Napoleon of railways" ; "We swarmed the mountains with men" ; "Until they are severely punished" -- pt. VII. 1867: Hell on wheels : "Nitroglycerine tells" ; "Our future power and influence" ; "They all died in their boots" ; "There are only five of us" -- pt. VIII. 1868: Going for broke : "More hungry men in Congress" ; "Bring on your eight thousand men" ; "We are in a terrible sweat" ; "A man for breakfast every morning" -- pt. IX. 1869: Battleground and meeting ground : "A resistless power" ; "We have got done praying" -- pt. X. 1872-73: Scandals, scapegoats, and dodgers -- "Trial of the innocents."".
- catalog title "Empire express : building the first transcontinental railroad / David Haward Bain.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".