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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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2001., Primary, Philomel Books Call No: [E] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A young boy hears the story of his great-great-great-grandfather and his brother who came to the United States to make a better life for themselves helping to build the transcontinental railroad.
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c2003., Juvenile, Peachtree Call No: Mystery Gold Fiction CAPECI Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Cascade mountain railroad mysteries Volume: #1Summary Note: Ten-year-old Billy, his best friend Finn, and a girl named Dannie, living in a 1920s camp of railroad workers in the Cascade Mountains, follow clues to try to uncover the relationship of a stolen crate of dynamite with gold taken during an 1893 train robbery.
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By Capeci, Annec2004., Peachtree Call No: Mystery Gold Fiction CAPECI Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Cascade Mountain railroad mysteries Volume: #3Summary Note: When Billy finds a burlap sack containing a pistol and a cryptic, threatening note, he and his best friends Dannie and Finn avoid rehearsals for the town's historical pageant while trying to learn who holds a grudge and is plotting against the railroad.
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[2022]., Adolescent, Carolrhoda LAB Call No: HISTORICAL F YEE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Fifteen-year-old Tam Ling Fan disguises herself as her twin brother, journeys from her village in China to California, and works as a laborer on the Transcontinental Railroad--where she faces danger on multiple fronts--to earn the money her family desperately needs. Includes author's note.
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[2022]., Adolescent, Carolrhoda Lab Call No: HISTORICAL FICTION FIC YEE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Fifteen-year-old Tam Ling Fan disguises herself as her twin brother, journeys from her village in China to California, and works as a laborer on the Transcontinental Railroad--where she faces danger on multiple fronts--to earn the money her family desperately needs.
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c1996., Morgan Reynolds Inc. Call No: 385 .0979 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Great eventsSummary Note: Recounts the building of the Central Pacific Railroad and sketches the lives of the five men whose idea it was: Theodore Judah, Charlie Crocker, Leland Stanford, Mark Hopkins, and Collis Huntington.
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2015., Candlewick Press Call No: 385.0973 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Just after Gold Fever swept the West - a time when people walked, sailed, or rode horses for months on end to seek their fortune - the question of faster, safer, more reliable transportation between America's East and West Coasts was posed by lawmakers and national leaders. But with 1800 miles of seemingly impenetrable mountains, searing deserts, and endless plains between the Missouri River and San Francisco, could a transcontinental railroad be built?.
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2015., Juvenile, Candlewick Press Call No: 385.09 SAN Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Chronicles the six-year project of building the transcontinental railroad between America's East and West Coasts. Discusses the lives of the visionaries that ran the project, like Theodore Judah and James Strobridge, and how they created two railroad companies to make it happen--the Central Pacific, which built towards the east, and the Union Pacific, which built towards the west.
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2015., Juvenile, Candlewick Press Call No: 385.0978 SANDLER Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Chronicles the six-year project of building the transcontinental railroad between America's East and West Coasts. Discusses the lives of the visionaries that ran the project, like Theodore Judah and James Strobridge, and how they created two railroad companies to make it happen--the Central Pacific, which built towards the east, and the Union Pacific, which built towards the west.
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1999., Pre-adolescent, Scholastic Call No: FIC AMERICA Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Dear America.Summary Note: In 1867, fifteen-year-old Sean experiences both hardships and rewards when he joins his father in working on the building of the Transcontinental Rairoad.
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By Capeci, Annec2005., Peachtree Call No: Mystery Gold Fiction CAPECI Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Cascade Mountain railroad mysteries Volume: #4Summary Note: Billy, Finn, and Dannie investigate a series of thefts at a railroad workers camp, they also find themselves searching for Billy's missing cousin, nine-year-old Mim.
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c2000., Simon & Schuster Call No: 385 .0973 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Contributor biographical information Sample text More...
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2004, National Geographic Call No: 385 .0978 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents Series Title: Crossroads AmericaSummary Note: Presents the story of the transcontinental railroad and those who built it including both Irish and Chinese immigrants and former slaves.
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[2004], Pre-adolescent, National Geographic Call No: 385 .0978 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents Series Title: Crossroads AmericaSummary Note: Presents the story of the transcontinental railroad and those who built it including both Irish and Chinese immigrants and former slaves.
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2003., Rosen Central Primary Source Call No: 973.81 HOU Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Primary sources in American historySummary Note: Describes the people, circumstances, and events surrounding the building of the railway system across the continent in the mid-nineteenth century.
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c2009, Lucent Books Call No: 385 .0973 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: American historySummary Note: Provides an account of the creation of the Transcontinental Railroad, from 1853 when Congress authorized the U.S. Army Corps of Topographical Engineers to map a route, to its completion in 1869.
