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001 2002156105
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050 00 $aHE203$b.R39 2004
082 00 $a388/.0973/09034$221
100 1 $aRay, Kurt.
245 10 $aNew roads, canals, and railroads in early 19th-century America :$bthe transportation revolution /$cKurt Ray.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bRosen Pub. Group,$c2004.
300 $a32 p. :$bill. ;$c22 cm.
440 0 $aLife in the new American nation
520 $aExplores the beginnings of modern transportation in the nineteenth century, when the influx of immigrants required better roads, safe water routes, and railroads to be built across the United States.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 30) and index.
505 0 $aFrom mountain paths to turnpikes -- West by water -- The riverboats -- The mighty railroads.
650 0 $aTransportation$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century$vJuvenile literature.
650 1 $aTransportation$xHistory$y19th century.