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"After the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in 1869, the rest of the country was up for grabs, and the race was on. The prize: a better, shorter, less snowy route through the corridors of the American Southwest, linking Los Angeles to Chicago. In Rival Rails, Borneman lays out in compelling detail the sectional rivalries, contested routes, political posturing, and ambitious business dealings that unfolded as an increasing number of lines pushed their way across the country" --Cover, p. 2.
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Railroads, History, Railroads, united states, historyPlaces
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Rival rails: the race to build America's greatest transcontinental railroad
2010, Random House
Hardcover
in English
- 1st ed.
1400065615 9781400065615
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Table of Contents
Opening gambits (1853-1874)
Lines upon the map
Learning the rails
An interruption of war
Transcontinental by any name
The Santa Fe joins the fray
Straight west from Denver
"Why is it we have so many bitter enemies?"
Contested empire (1874-1889)
Showdown at Yuma
Impasse at Raton
Battle royal for the gorge
Handshake at Deming
West across Texas
Transcontinental at last
Battling for California
Gould again
To the halls of Montezuma
California for a dollar
Santa Fe all the way (1889-1909)
Making the markets
Canyon dreams and schemes
The boom goes bust
Still west from Denver
Top of the heap
Dueling streamliners.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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November 5, 2010 | Edited by 158.158.240.230 | Added new cover |
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