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

Ambrose follows the ambitious investors, engineers and surveyors, as well as the Irish and Chinese immigrants, former Confederate soldiers and other labourers who carried out the dangerous and exhausting work.

The book brings to life the rivalry between the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads and the extraordinary engineering challenges involved in crossing the American continent. Ambrose combines the history of the railroad with the stories of the people who made this remarkable undertaking possible.

Simon & Schuster, New York, 2000, first edition, 431 p., illustrated with photographs and maps, hardcover with original dust jacket. Very good condition.