In building a railroad, there is only one decisive spot - the end of the track. The surveyors, the men who picked the route, living off buffalo, deer, and antelope. At its peak, the work force approached the size of Civil War armies, with as many as 15,000 workers on each line. government pitted two companies - the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific Railroads - against each other in a race for funding, encouraging speed over caution. In Ambrose's hands, this enterprise comes to life. Nothing Like It in the World is the story of the men who built the transcontinental railroad. Ambrose offers an historical successor to his universally acclaimed Undaunted Courage. In this account of an unprecedented feat of engineering, vision, and courage, Stephen E.
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