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2007., Juvenile, Capstone Press Call No: GR 385.09 OLSON Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Uses a comic strip format to describe the building of the transcontinental railroad in the mid-1860s and focuses on chief engineers, President Buchanan, the laborers, and the Civil War. Includes information on the towns which grew up around the railroad, and the completion of laying track in 1869. Also discusses the Chinese laborers who were paid lower salaries, the snowfalls which delayed completion, and President Lincoln's untimely assassination.
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2022., Pre-adolescent, First Second Call No: GN 385 HIR Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: History comics (First Second (Firm))Summary Note: "In 1863, America is divided not just by the civil war but by months of travel over thousands of miles. Two railroad companies, one each from East and West, are given the task of connecting the nation by rail. Building this railroad will be a monumental undertaking, difficult and dangerous. The work falls to immigrant laborers from the lowest economic classes. They accomplish astounding feats of engineering while waiting for an answer: Will those who connect the country be accepted into it?"--Provided by the publisher.
