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Books : Nothing Like It In the World : The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 385.0973
EAN: 9780743203173
ISBN: 0743203178
Label: Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 432
Publication Date: November 06, 2001
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Release Date: November 06, 2001
Studio: Simon & Schuster
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com Review:
Abraham Lincoln, who had worked as a riverboat pilot before turning to politics, knew a thing or two about the problems of transporting goods and people from place to place. He was also convinced that the United States would flourish only if its far-flung regions were linked, replacing sectional loyalties with an overarching sense of national destiny.
Building a transcontinental railroad, writes the prolific historian Stephen Ambrose, was second only to the abolition of slavery on Lincoln's presidential agenda. Through an ambitious program of land grants and low-interest government loans, he encouraged entrepreneurs such as California's "Big Four"--Charles Crocker, Collis Huntington, Mark Hopkins, and Leland Stanford--to take on the task of stringing steel rails from ocean to ocean. The real work of doing so, of course, was on the shoulders of immigrant men and women, mostly Chinese and Irish. These often-overlooked actors and what a contemporary called their "dreadful vitality" figure prominently in Ambrose's narrative, alongside the great financiers and surveyors who populate the standard textbooks.
In the end, Ambrose writes, Lincoln's dream transformed the nation, marking "the first great triumph over time and space" and inaugurating what has come to be known as the American Century. David Haward Bain's Empire Express, which covers the same ground, is more substantial, but Ambrose provides an eminently readable study of a complex episode in American history. --Gregory McNamee
Product Description:
Nothing Like It in the World gives the account of an unprecedented feat of engineering, vision, and courage. It is the story of the men who built the transcontinental railroad -- the investors who risked their businesses and money; the enlightened politicians who understood its importance; the engineers and surveyors who risked, and sometimes lost, their lives; and the Irish and Chinese immigrants, the defeated Confederate soldiers, and the other laborers who did the backbreaking and dangerous work on the tracks.
The U.S. government pitted two companies -- the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific Railroads -- against each other in a race for funding, encouraging speed over caution. Locomotives, rails, and spikes were shipped from the East through Panama or around South America to the West or lugged across the country to the Plains. In Ambrose's hands, this enterprise, with its huge expenditure of brainpower, muscle, and sweat, comes vibrantly to life.
Rating:
- Nothing Like it in All the World
I really enjoyed this book. It is well written and if you are in interested in American History it gives you insight into the period of history surrounding the building of these two powerful railroads. It also gives you an inside look at the dealings and graft that went into the building of the Transcontinental Railroad. I would recommend this book and actually already have.
Rating:
- A Must-Read for All Railroad Employees
I would like to rate this book on two fronts; first, for the select few who work for a railroad (especially Union Pacific) and secondly, for the general public.
I am a current employee of the Union Pacific in the Public Affairs department. In my daily dealings, I am frequently asked about why the railroad operates in certain manners and how some issues came about. Stephen Ambrose's "Nothing Like It In the World" leads the reader through the very same journey that the men of the Central ... Read More
Rating: - Audio version is Engrossing, Moves Quickly
I listened to the abridged audio version on four cassettes. It held my interest like a novel while expanding my knowledge of the history of the railroad and its huge role in westward expansion.
I got this book because I enjoyed "Undaunted Courage." However, the largest part of my historical reading has been on the American Civil War, and I was pleasantly surprised to find that "Nothing Like it In the World" interweaves the story of the transcontinental railroad with the outline of the Civil ... Read More
Rating:
- There are much better, more thorough books on the subject
this is the first book i read by ambrose, and after 200 pages, i knew i wouldn't pick up another one. the research was shoddy and the prose was worse. often, ambrose will write two paragraphs in a row that say the same thing, and that sort of thing gets old fast. i recommend david bain's "empire express". it's much longer and more daunting, but it's an artful work of history that is much, much more rewarding.
Rating: - A fine account of a remarkable achievement
'Nothing Like it In the World' by Stephen Ambrose
As usual, Mr. Ambrose delivers his straight forward, from the gut narrative of the construction and story behind the story of the building of the Transcontinental Railroad - a feat that inarguably changed America in profound ways. Meet the colorful characters who forced this project through, by sheer force of will and gain better perspective of the magnitude of labor and sometime exploitation of workers, particularly the Chinese. The financiers ... Read More
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Dewey Decimal Number: 385.0973
EAN: 9780743203173
ISBN: 0743203178
Label: Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 432
Publication Date: November 06, 2001
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Release Date: November 06, 2001
Studio: Simon & Schuster
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com Review:
Abraham Lincoln, who had worked as a riverboat pilot before turning to politics, knew a thing or two about the problems of transporting goods and people from place to place. He was also convinced that the United States would flourish only if its far-flung regions were linked, replacing sectional loyalties with an overarching sense of national destiny.
Building a transcontinental railroad, writes the prolific historian Stephen Ambrose, was second only to the abolition of slavery on Lincoln's presidential agenda. Through an ambitious program of land grants and low-interest government loans, he encouraged entrepreneurs such as California's "Big Four"--Charles Crocker, Collis Huntington, Mark Hopkins, and Leland Stanford--to take on the task of stringing steel rails from ocean to ocean. The real work of doing so, of course, was on the shoulders of immigrant men and women, mostly Chinese and Irish. These often-overlooked actors and what a contemporary called their "dreadful vitality" figure prominently in Ambrose's narrative, alongside the great financiers and surveyors who populate the standard textbooks.
In the end, Ambrose writes, Lincoln's dream transformed the nation, marking "the first great triumph over time and space" and inaugurating what has come to be known as the American Century. David Haward Bain's Empire Express, which covers the same ground, is more substantial, but Ambrose provides an eminently readable study of a complex episode in American history. --Gregory McNamee
Product Description:
Nothing Like It in the World gives the account of an unprecedented feat of engineering, vision, and courage. It is the story of the men who built the transcontinental railroad -- the investors who risked their businesses and money; the enlightened politicians who understood its importance; the engineers and surveyors who risked, and sometimes lost, their lives; and the Irish and Chinese immigrants, the defeated Confederate soldiers, and the other laborers who did the backbreaking and dangerous work on the tracks.
The U.S. government pitted two companies -- the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific Railroads -- against each other in a race for funding, encouraging speed over caution. Locomotives, rails, and spikes were shipped from the East through Panama or around South America to the West or lugged across the country to the Plains. In Ambrose's hands, this enterprise, with its huge expenditure of brainpower, muscle, and sweat, comes vibrantly to life.
Average Rating: 
Rating:
- Nothing Like it in All the WorldI really enjoyed this book. It is well written and if you are in interested in American History it gives you insight into the period of history surrounding the building of these two powerful railroads. It also gives you an inside look at the dealings and graft that went into the building of the Transcontinental Railroad. I would recommend this book and actually already have.
Rating:
- A Must-Read for All Railroad EmployeesI would like to rate this book on two fronts; first, for the select few who work for a railroad (especially Union Pacific) and secondly, for the general public.
I am a current employee of the Union Pacific in the Public Affairs department. In my daily dealings, I am frequently asked about why the railroad operates in certain manners and how some issues came about. Stephen Ambrose's "Nothing Like It In the World" leads the reader through the very same journey that the men of the Central ... Read More
Rating:
- Audio version is Engrossing, Moves QuicklyI listened to the abridged audio version on four cassettes. It held my interest like a novel while expanding my knowledge of the history of the railroad and its huge role in westward expansion.
I got this book because I enjoyed "Undaunted Courage." However, the largest part of my historical reading has been on the American Civil War, and I was pleasantly surprised to find that "Nothing Like it In the World" interweaves the story of the transcontinental railroad with the outline of the Civil ... Read More
Rating:
- There are much better, more thorough books on the subjectthis is the first book i read by ambrose, and after 200 pages, i knew i wouldn't pick up another one. the research was shoddy and the prose was worse. often, ambrose will write two paragraphs in a row that say the same thing, and that sort of thing gets old fast. i recommend david bain's "empire express". it's much longer and more daunting, but it's an artful work of history that is much, much more rewarding.
Rating:
- A fine account of a remarkable achievement'Nothing Like it In the World' by Stephen Ambrose
As usual, Mr. Ambrose delivers his straight forward, from the gut narrative of the construction and story behind the story of the building of the Transcontinental Railroad - a feat that inarguably changed America in profound ways. Meet the colorful characters who forced this project through, by sheer force of will and gain better perspective of the magnitude of labor and sometime exploitation of workers, particularly the Chinese. The financiers ... Read More
Arts & Photography • Biographies & Memoirs • Business & Investing • Children's Books • Comics & Graphic Novels • Computers & Internet • Cooking, Food & Wine • Entertainment • Gay & Lesbian • Health, Mind & Body • History • Home & Garden • Law • Literature & Fiction • Medicine • Mystery & Thrillers • Nonfiction • Outdoors & Nature • Parenting & Families • Professional & Technical • Reference • Religion & Spirituality • Romance • Science • Science Fiction & Fantasy • Sports • Teens • Travel •
