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A Study of Railway Transportation
Author | : Association of American Railroads |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 1942 |
Genre | : Children's literature |
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The Last Spike
Author | : Pierre Berton |
Publisher | : Anchor Canada |
Total Pages | : 498 |
Release | : 2010-12-22 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 038567354X |
In the four years between 1881 and 1885, Canada was forged into one nation by the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway. The Last Spike reconstructs the incredible story of how some 2,000 miles of steel crossed the continent in just five years — exactly half the time stipulated in the contract. Pierre Berton recreates the adventures that were part of this vast undertaking: the railway on the brink of bankruptcy, with one hour between it and ruin; the extraordinary land boom of Winnipeg in 1881–1882; and the epic tale of how William Van Horne rushed 3,000 soldiers over a half-finished railway to quell the Riel Rebellion. Dominating the whole saga are the men who made it all possible — a host of astonishing characters: Van Horne, the powerhouse behind the vision of a transcontinental railroad; Rogers, the eccentric surveyor; Onderdonk, the cool New Yorker; Stephen, the most emotional of businessmen; Father Lacombe, the black-robed voyageur; Sam Steele, of the North West Mounted Police; Gabriel Dumont, the Prince of the Prairies; more than 7,000 Chinese workers, toiling and dying in the canyons of the Fraser Valley; and many more — land sharks, construction geniuses, politicians, and entrepreneurs — all of whom played a role in the founding of the new Canada west of Ontario.
Vocational Readings
Author | : Leverett Samuel Lyon |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 600 |
Release | : 1927 |
Genre | : Occupations |
ISBN | : |
A Catalogue of Books and Maps Belonging to the Finley Collection on the History and Romance of the Northwest
Author | : Knox College (Galesburg, Ill.). Library |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 84 |
Release | : 1928 |
Genre | : Mississippi River |
ISBN | : |
An Interpretation of Recent American History
Author | : James Claude Malin |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 204 |
Release | : 1926 |
Genre | : United States |
ISBN | : |
The Social Science Pamphlets, a General Course in History, Geography and Civics for Grades VII, VIII, and IX: no. 2. The mechanical conquest of America
Author | : Harold Ordway Rugg |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 1926 |
Genre | : Social sciences |
ISBN | : |
The United States of America
Author | : Albert Perry Brigham |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 334 |
Release | : 1927 |
Genre | : United States |
ISBN | : |
Proceedings
Author | : Organization of American Historians |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 1924 |
Genre | : Mississippi River Valley |
ISBN | : |
"Directory of the ... association ... to February 9, 1924:" v. 11, pt. 1, p. [143]-164.