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On May 10, 1869, the final spike in North America's first transcontinental railroad was driven home at Promontory Summit, Utah. Illustrated with the author's carefully researched, evocative paintings, here is a great adventure story in the history of the American West--the day Charles Crocker staked $10,000 on the crews' ability to lay a world record ten miles of track in a single, Ten Mile Day.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780805047035
  • Indbinding:
  • Paperback
  • Sideantal:
  • 40
  • Udgivet:
  • 1. marts 1996
  • Størrelse:
  • 253x3x203 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 127 g.
  • Ukendt - mangler pt..

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On May 10, 1869, the final spike in North America's first transcontinental railroad was driven home at Promontory Summit, Utah. Illustrated with the author's carefully researched, evocative paintings, here is a great adventure story in the history of the American West--the day Charles Crocker staked $10,000 on the crews' ability to lay a world record ten miles of track in a single, Ten Mile Day.

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