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Violence: Mild Violence
Iron Rails, Iron Men, and the Race to Link the Nation: The Story of the Transcontinental Railroad
By Martin W. Sandler
Edition
Children’s Book Committee Bank Street College of Education, 2016 Best Children’s Books of the Year, History
By Martin W. Sandler
Hardcover edition
Publisher Candlewick Imprint Candlewick ISBN9780763665272
Awards and Honors 2016 Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 6–8Children’s Book Committee Bank Street College of Education, 2016 Best Children’s Books of the Year, History
Iron Rails, Iron Men, and the Race to Link the Nation: The Story of the Transcontinental Railroad
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9780763665272J
1850s: Two rival companies accomplished the impossible—they tunneled through mountains and constructed the highest-ever bridges to connect 1,800 miles of America by rail. Epilogue. Time line. Source notes. Bibliography. Index. Maps. Black-and-white period photographs, illustrations, and reproductions of materials.
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