The Oregon Trail: The Journey Across the Country From Lewis and Clark to the Transcontinental Railroad with 25 Projects [1 ed.] 9781619305731, 9781619305724

The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey 1451659172, 9781451659177

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • #1 Indie Next Pick • Winner of the PEN New England Award “Enchanting…A book filled with s

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El ferrocarril transcontinental (The Transcontinental Railroad) 9781538250570, 9781538250563, 9781538250556

A transcontinental railroad spanning the United States was once thought to be impossible. After a practical route was fo

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American Legends: The Lewis and Clark Expedition

Includes passages from the journals of Lewis and Clark.Profiles important members of the expedition, including Lewis, Cl

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Railroad Empire across the Heartland: Rephotographing Alexander Gardner's Westward Journey

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America’s Greatest Engineering Projects: The Construction History of the Transcontinental Railroad, the Panama Canal, and the Hoover Dam

*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the projects' construction *Includes online resources and a bibliography f

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The First Transcontinental Railroad: A History of the Building of the Pacific Railroad 9781465947420

The First Transcontinental Railroad, originally called the Pacific Railroad, was a railroad built in the United States b

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The Union Pacific: The History of America’s Most Famous Railroad Company and Its Role in the Transcontinental Railroad

*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *In

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The Chinese and the Iron Road: Building the Transcontinental Railroad 1503608298, 9781503608290

The completion of the transcontinental railroad in May 1869 is usually told as a story of national triumph and a key mom

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The Chinese and the Iron Road: Building the Transcontinental Railroad 9781503609259

This landmark volume sheds light on the lives and experiences of the Chinese workers who made up 90% of the workforce th

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The Transcontinental Maghreb: Francophone Literature across the Mediterranean 9780823275182

Through close readings of literary and cultural texts, proposes to recalibrate readings of Francophone Maghrebi literatu

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