Interweaving 14 years worth of research with an action-packed narrative, this transportation history chronicles the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad and the political and cultural struggles surrounding the expansion of the American West. A 2000 New York Times Notable Book.
From Omaha to San Francisco, Bain and his family retraced the entire route of the first transcontinental railroad and discovered the deep, restless, uniquely American spirit of adventure.
Edition: 1st
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Viking
Date Published: 1999
Description: Illustrated. Fine in Fine jacket. Hard Back. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. The hard cover and the jacket has very little shelf wear...Heavy book.......................The book may have minor flaws that may have gone unnoticed. read more
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Middlebury College Press
Date Published: 1999
Description: 100's of Illustrations. Fine/Fine- W/Dust Jacket 456pgs(Index) 1/4" DJ tear bottom rear fore-edge corner, o.w. clean, tight & bright. No ink names, chips, foxing etc. SIGNED, INSCRIBED and. Dated by author on Title Page. ISBN 0910408107. read more
Edition: F
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: NY Methuen 1980.
Description: Dust Jacket Included. Signed by Author(s) NrFine/VG+. dj very lt edgewr. 241 pp. SIGNED; events following the rape of a young teenage girl by a combat veteran and former Marine Louis Dorian Kahan. 1st ed. read more
Edition: 1st
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Adult
Date Published: 2004
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Hardcover. SIGNED 434 pages. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on title page. Light edgewear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. read more
Edition: 1st
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking
Date Published: 2004
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Hardcover. SIGNED SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 434 pages, b&w photographs. Light edge wear to dust jacket; else a very clean, tight copy. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hard Back
Publisher: Methuen
Date Published: 1980
Description: Fair in Poor jacket. War Books jacket has a rip, creases and wear. Spine is bent. Old price writen on fly-page. Pages are unmarked. read more
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Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1865-1869
