An edition of Rival rails: the race to build America's greatest transcontinental railroad (2010)

Rival rails

the race to build America's greatest transcontinental railroad

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Cover of: Rival rails by Walter R. Borneman, Walter R. Borneman
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An edition of Rival rails: the race to build America's greatest transcontinental railroad (2010)

Rival rails

the race to build America's greatest transcontinental railroad

1st ed.

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"After the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in 1869, the rest of the country was up for grabs, and the race was on. The prize: a better, shorter, less snowy route through the corridors of the American Southwest, linking Los Angeles to Chicago. In Rival Rails, Borneman lays out in compelling detail the sectional rivalries, contested routes, political posturing, and ambitious business dealings that unfolded as an increasing number of lines pushed their way across the country" --Cover, p. 2.

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Random House
Language
English
Pages
430

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Subjects

Railroads, History, Railroads, united states, history

Places

United States

Times

20th century, 19th century

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Rival rails: the race to build America's greatest transcontinental railroad
2010, Random House
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Table of Contents

Opening gambits (1853-1874)
Lines upon the map
Learning the rails
An interruption of war
Transcontinental by any name
The Santa Fe joins the fray
Straight west from Denver
"Why is it we have so many bitter enemies?"
Contested empire (1874-1889)
Showdown at Yuma
Impasse at Raton
Battle royal for the gorge
Handshake at Deming
West across Texas
Transcontinental at last
Battling for California
Gould again
To the halls of Montezuma
California for a dollar
Santa Fe all the way (1889-1909)
Making the markets
Canyon dreams and schemes
The boom goes bust
Still west from Denver
Top of the heap
Dueling streamliners.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
385.0973/09034
Library of Congress
HE2751 .B67 2010, HE2751.B67 2010

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
xxiii, 406 p.
Number of pages
430

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL23962335M
Internet Archive
rivalrailsraceto0000born
ISBN 13
9781400065615
LCCN
2009047297
OCLC/WorldCat
488730790

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