Westward To Promontory (used)
Building the Union Pacific across the plains and mountains
A pictorial documentary with text by Barry B. Combs.
published by Crown Publishers, Inc.
first revised edition
It was a grand Anvil Chorus that those pounding sledges were playing across the plains and mountains, in triple time: three strokes to the spike, ten spikes to the rail; 400 rails to the mile; 425 miles in 1868 on the road to Promontory and the completion of the great work of the age...
Made In: Italy
Product Condition: Used
Product Type: Book > Softcover Book
Railroad: Union Pacific |
Author(s): Barry B. Combs
Number of Pages: 79
Publication Date: 1969, 1986
Age Group: adult