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2012., First Second Call No: GN Bloody Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Chester Kates is a loser in a loser of a town in the Old West, called "Lady Kate" by everyone who knows him--the instigation of many a fight in which Chester ends up bloodied. Things begin looking up when a man from the railroad hires him to torch a town standing in the way of the train tracks. Assured it is a ghost town, Chester heads out to the town of Whale only to find a mysterious plague has wiped out most of the population, but not all. The last alive won't budge, and there are dark secrets among them about the origins of this mysterious plague that may change Chester's mind on a few things he thought certain.
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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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1999., Juvenile, Crabtree Publishing Call No: 385 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Life in the Old WestSummary Note: This book describes the development of the railroad in North America and its influence on the settling of the West during the nineteenth century.
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c2003., Pre-adolescent, Mason Crest Publishers Call No: AMERICAN HISTORY NF MAG Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: American West (Broomall, Pa.)Summary Note: Chronicles the building of American railroads in the nineteenth century, looking at how they spread throughout the West uniting the nation. Includes photographs, a glossary, a time line, and resources.
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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.
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c1997., Enslow Publishers Call No: 385 .0979 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: In American historySummary Note: Describes the building of the first railroad to join the eastern and western part of the United States and the effect of this transcontinental link on the future development of the country.
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2001., Juvenile, Rosen Publishing Group's PowerKids Press Call No: 385 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: The library of the westward expansionSummary Note: This book describes the work of two railroad companies that joined the eastern and western tracks of the transcontinental railroad in 1869.
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2018., Cavendish Square Call No: 385.0978 09034 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Primary sources of westward expansion.Summary Note: People today refer to the Midwestern and prairie states as flyover country. During the Civil War, crossing those areas was the biggest obstacle in uniting the East and West Coasts of our divided nation. An act of Congress in 1862 authorized the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific railroad companies to build a railroad that would link the coasts. Seven years later, on May 10, 1869, an overwhelmingly immigrant labor force completed the task when a rail line was join in Promontory, Utah. The states had become united at last.
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2001., Juvenile, F. Watts Call No: 331.7 GRAHAM Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: This is an introduction to the problems of being a construction worker on the transcontinental railroad in the 1860s.
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2001., Pre-adolescent, Franklin Watts Call No: 331.7 625 0978 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A humorous look at the dangers that went with building the transcontinental railroad across the United States in the 1860s.
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-- You would not want to work on the railroad!c2001., Juvenile, F. Watts Call No: 331.7 GRAHAM Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Illustrations and simple text introduce young readers to the events surrounding the construction of the transcontinental railroad in the 1860s.