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Empire Express: Building the First Transcontinental Railroad (Hardcover)

by David Haward Bain (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 797 pages
  • Publisher: Viking Books (Nov 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 067080889X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0670808892
  • Product Dimensions: 24.1 x 15.7 x 6.1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,349,958 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic tale of personal glory & commercial acheivement, 27 Jul 2001
This review is from: The Building of the Transcontinental Railroad (Paperback)
An absolutely fantastic book. For those who have had the pleasure of reading Shelby Foote's 'Civil War' trilogy - Empire Express is written in a similar (and equally effective) style. David Haward Bain combines the personal histories of Whitney, Judah, Huntingdon and Durant with a sweeping view of the construction of the railroad from Omaha in the east and Sacramento in the west. This is not just a story of the railroad construction - but provides a marvellous insight into many other areas of interest in the second half of 19th century America - commerce, investment & loan financing, indigenous native Americans, Chinese immigration & the civilisation and population of Nevada, Colorado, Kansas and Nebraska.

DHB provides excellent maps, and fascinating photographs; describing the geography, engineering and human perserverance of this wonderous feat. As much as the actual railroad construction is a engaging tale - it is the 'back-room' shenanigans of Huntingdon and Durant that are the most interesting part of this history.

I am not a railroad/railway boffin - this is a genuinely excellent book for anyone interested in post Civil War America - the transcontinental railroad, and the consequent civilisation west of the Missouri acted as great pressure-releasing valve that kept alive the American dream for that great nation.

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