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Stephen Ambrose leaves no stone unturned in his piece on the building of the transcontinental railroad. If you want a comprehensive book on the building of the railroad, this is the book to choose. Ambrose covers the politics, the construction, the materials used, the conditions, the strikes, the corruption, the geography, the immigrant workers, the scheduling, the costs, really anything that you want to know about the 6 years of building one of the most important structures of the 19th century.
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I tried. I thought this would read like Undaunted Courage, which I loved. Turns out reading about railroad building isn't quite as interesting, to me... sorry, Mr. Ambrose.
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Oct 23, 2010
Kelly
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Kris (My Novelesque Life)
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