Author: Monica Halpern
Publisher: National Geographic Kids
ISBN: 9780792269939
Category : Pacific railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Presents a history of the building of the transcontinental railroad and its effects on American life. By the 1840s, daring Americans were trickling westward to begin a new life in the great wide open. When gold was discovered in 1848, the promise of riches drew people by the thousands out to California. But the journey was slow and dangerous, since the best ways of travelling were by wagon and on foot. During the "railroad fever" of the 1830s, thousands of miles of track were laid, mostly throughout the Northeast and the South. Few had dreamt of extending this new travel westward-but all it takes is a few. Abraham Lincoln signed the Pacific Railroad Act in 1862, allowing for the start of the first transcontinental railroad. Though construction problems and hard times confronted them, American workers, Chinese immigrants, and former slaves pounded away through the rough geography of the western U.S., paving a path for the new train. A day in the life of a railroad worker was not an easy one. The work was backbreaking; the conditions were terrible; and workers were often faced with attack from Native Americans. The building of the railroad turned into a great race between two companies, the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific, to see who could finish their part of the railroad faster. The company that got farthest stood to make the most money. The "great race" turned into a national pastime-with reports of progress dominating the news. Railroad Fever illuminates the struggles of the railroad worker, the anger of the Plains Indians, and the many changes in both American life and geography that were prompted by the railroad. The completion of the transcontinental railroad left empty boomtowns across the country, changed the ethnic face of America, and, of course, created a new exciting and fast way of travel. Like the other titles in the Crossroads America series, Railroad Fever is illustrated with period paintings, drawings, and photographs. Also included are a glossary and an index.
Railroad Fever
Author: Monica Halpern
Publisher: National Geographic Kids
ISBN: 9780792269939
Category : Pacific railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Presents a history of the building of the transcontinental railroad and its effects on American life. By the 1840s, daring Americans were trickling westward to begin a new life in the great wide open. When gold was discovered in 1848, the promise of riches drew people by the thousands out to California. But the journey was slow and dangerous, since the best ways of travelling were by wagon and on foot. During the "railroad fever" of the 1830s, thousands of miles of track were laid, mostly throughout the Northeast and the South. Few had dreamt of extending this new travel westward-but all it takes is a few. Abraham Lincoln signed the Pacific Railroad Act in 1862, allowing for the start of the first transcontinental railroad. Though construction problems and hard times confronted them, American workers, Chinese immigrants, and former slaves pounded away through the rough geography of the western U.S., paving a path for the new train. A day in the life of a railroad worker was not an easy one. The work was backbreaking; the conditions were terrible; and workers were often faced with attack from Native Americans. The building of the railroad turned into a great race between two companies, the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific, to see who could finish their part of the railroad faster. The company that got farthest stood to make the most money. The "great race" turned into a national pastime-with reports of progress dominating the news. Railroad Fever illuminates the struggles of the railroad worker, the anger of the Plains Indians, and the many changes in both American life and geography that were prompted by the railroad. The completion of the transcontinental railroad left empty boomtowns across the country, changed the ethnic face of America, and, of course, created a new exciting and fast way of travel. Like the other titles in the Crossroads America series, Railroad Fever is illustrated with period paintings, drawings, and photographs. Also included are a glossary and an index.
Publisher: National Geographic Kids
ISBN: 9780792269939
Category : Pacific railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Presents a history of the building of the transcontinental railroad and its effects on American life. By the 1840s, daring Americans were trickling westward to begin a new life in the great wide open. When gold was discovered in 1848, the promise of riches drew people by the thousands out to California. But the journey was slow and dangerous, since the best ways of travelling were by wagon and on foot. During the "railroad fever" of the 1830s, thousands of miles of track were laid, mostly throughout the Northeast and the South. Few had dreamt of extending this new travel westward-but all it takes is a few. Abraham Lincoln signed the Pacific Railroad Act in 1862, allowing for the start of the first transcontinental railroad. Though construction problems and hard times confronted them, American workers, Chinese immigrants, and former slaves pounded away through the rough geography of the western U.S., paving a path for the new train. A day in the life of a railroad worker was not an easy one. The work was backbreaking; the conditions were terrible; and workers were often faced with attack from Native Americans. The building of the railroad turned into a great race between two companies, the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific, to see who could finish their part of the railroad faster. The company that got farthest stood to make the most money. The "great race" turned into a national pastime-with reports of progress dominating the news. Railroad Fever illuminates the struggles of the railroad worker, the anger of the Plains Indians, and the many changes in both American life and geography that were prompted by the railroad. The completion of the transcontinental railroad left empty boomtowns across the country, changed the ethnic face of America, and, of course, created a new exciting and fast way of travel. Like the other titles in the Crossroads America series, Railroad Fever is illustrated with period paintings, drawings, and photographs. Also included are a glossary and an index.
Locomotive Firemen's Magazine
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Languages : en
Pages : 1050
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Languages : en
Pages : 1050
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Railroad Fever
Author: Wayne Erbsen
Publisher:
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Category : Railroad stories
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This small volume includes pictures, songs & poetry, and interesting facts and oddities about railroads.
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Category : Railroad stories
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This small volume includes pictures, songs & poetry, and interesting facts and oddities about railroads.
The Railroad Worker
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 592
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 592
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Railroad Fever
Author: Wayne Erbsen
Publisher: Native Ground Books & Music
ISBN: 9781883206314
Category : Folk music
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Relive the glory days of railroading! Discover railroad oddities, poetry of the rails, railroad diner lingo, strange railroad laws, flying railroads, train heroes and villains, hobo lingo and porters' secret codes. Railroad Fever contains the melody and tunes to many classic railroad tunes.
Publisher: Native Ground Books & Music
ISBN: 9781883206314
Category : Folk music
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Relive the glory days of railroading! Discover railroad oddities, poetry of the rails, railroad diner lingo, strange railroad laws, flying railroads, train heroes and villains, hobo lingo and porters' secret codes. Railroad Fever contains the melody and tunes to many classic railroad tunes.
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen's Magazine
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Category : Labor unions
Languages : en
Pages : 1204
Book Description
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Category : Labor unions
Languages : en
Pages : 1204
Book Description
Proceedings
Author: Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
Publisher:
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Category : Labor unions
Languages : en
Pages : 828
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Category : Labor unions
Languages : en
Pages : 828
Book Description
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen's Magazine
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Category : Locomotives
Languages : en
Pages : 872
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Category : Locomotives
Languages : en
Pages : 872
Book Description
The Boys' Book of Railroads
Author: Irving Crump
Publisher:
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Category : Railroad stories
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
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Category : Railroad stories
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
A Dictionary of the Underworld
Author: Eric Partridge
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 131744552X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 2680
Book Description
First published in 1949 (this edition in 1968), this book is a dictionary of the past, exploring the language of the criminal and near-criminal worlds. It includes entries from Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa, as well as from Britain and America and offers a fascinating and unique study of language. The book provides an invaluable insight into social history, with the British vocabulary dating back to the 16th century and the American to the late 18th century. Each entry comes complete with the approximate date of origin, the etymology for each word, and a note of the milieu in which the expression arose.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 131744552X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 2680
Book Description
First published in 1949 (this edition in 1968), this book is a dictionary of the past, exploring the language of the criminal and near-criminal worlds. It includes entries from Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa, as well as from Britain and America and offers a fascinating and unique study of language. The book provides an invaluable insight into social history, with the British vocabulary dating back to the 16th century and the American to the late 18th century. Each entry comes complete with the approximate date of origin, the etymology for each word, and a note of the milieu in which the expression arose.