Nothing Like It in the World : The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad, 1863-1869

by Ambrose, Stephen E.

• ISBN13: 9780743204309
• ISBN10: 0743204301
• Edition: Large
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-08-01
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Summary

In this account of an unprecedented feat of engineering, vision, and courage, Stephen E. Ambrose offers an historical successor to his universally acclaimed Undaunted Courage, which recounted the explorations of Lewis and Clark. This is the epic drama of the daring men who connected an open, vast, and dangerous land by rail, forging its continental nationhood.

Author Biography

Stephen E. Ambrose is the author of Citizen Soldiers, Undaunted Courage, and D-Day, as well as biographies of Presidents Eisenhower and Nixon.

Table of Contents

Introduction	21	(10)
Picking the Route 1830--1860	31	(31)
Getting to California 1848--1859	62	(35)
The Birth of the Central Pacific 1860--1862	97	(32)
The Birth of the Union Pacific 1862--1864	129	(30)
Judah and the Elephant 1862--1864	159	(40)
Laying Out the Union Pacific Line 1864--1865	199	(33)
The Central Pacific Attacks the Sierra Nevada 1865	232	(36)
The Union Pacific Across Nebraska 1866	268	(42)
The Central Pacific Assaults the Sierra 1866	310	(24)
The Union Pacific to the Rocky Mountains 1867	334	(39)
The Central Pacific Penetrates the Summit 1867	373	(31)
The Union Pacific Across Wyoming 1868	404	(48)
Brigham Young and the Mormons Make the Grade 1868	452	(32)
The Central Pacific Goes Through Nevada 1868	484	(34)
The Railroads Race into Utah January 1-April 10, 1869	518	(38)
To the Summit April 11--May 7, 1869	556	(24)
Done May 8--10, 1869	580	(22)
Epilogue	602	(23)
Notes	625	(36)
Bibliography	661	(10)
Index	671