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It is the story of the men who built the transcontinental railroad--the investors who risked their businesses and money; the enlightened politicians who understood its importance; the engineers and surveyors who risked, and sometimes lost, their lives; and the Irish and Chinese immigrants, the defeated Confederate soldiers, and the other laborers who did the backbreaking and dangerous work on the tracks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe U.S. government pitted two companies--the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific Railroads--against each other in a race for funding, encouraging speed over caution. Locomotives, rails, and spikes were shipped from the East through Panama or around South America to the West or lugged across the country to the Plains. In Ambrose's hands, this enterprise, with its huge expenditure of brainpower, muscle, and sweat, comes vibrantly to life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eONE Picking the Route 1830-1860\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTWO Getting to California 1848-1859\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTHREE The Birth of the Central Pacific 1860-1862\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFOUR The Birth of the Union Pacific 1862-1864\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFIVE Judah and the Elephant 1862-1864\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSIX Laying Out the Union Pacific Line 1864-1865\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSEVEN The Central Pacific Attacks the Sierra Nevada 1865\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEIGHT The Union Pacific Across Nebraska 1866\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNINE The Central Pacific Assaults the Sierra 1866\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTEN The Union Pacific to the Rocky Mountains 1867\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eELEVEN The Central Pacific Penetrates the Summit 1867\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTWELVE The Union Pacific Across Wyoming 1868\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTHIRTEEN Brigham Young and the Mormons Make the Grade 1868\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFOURTEEN The Central Pacific Goes Through Nevada 1868\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFIFTEEN The Railroads Race into Utah January 1-April 10, 1869\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSIXTEEN To the Summit April 11-May 7, 1869\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSEVENTEEN Done May 8-10, 1869\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBibliography\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaps\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom Chicago to Omaha\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNebraska\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWyoming\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNevada\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUtah\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCalifornia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStephen Ambrose has done it again....Ambrose should be read as much for his muscular prose and talent to get at the heart of the matter as for his research.--Bob Minzesheimer, USA Today Historian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis magnificent tale of high finance, low finagling, and workers hacking through 2,000 miles is magnificently told.--Time, naming Nothing Like It in the World as the #1 Nonfiction Book of the Year\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eStephen E. Ambrose\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e was a renowned historian and acclaimed author of more than thirty books. Among his\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003ebestsellers are\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eNothing Like It in the World, Citizen Soldiers, Band of Brothers, D-Day - June 6, 1944, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eUndaunted Courage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e. 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