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Riding the rails in the USA : trains in American life
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Explores the impact of trains in the United States as they allowed settlers to move West in large numbers and get needed supplies, helped farmers to move goods to market, and provided transportatio...
Explores the impact of trains in the United States as they allowed settlers to move West in large numbers and get needed supplies, helped farmers to move goods to market, and provided transportation for commuters.
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- Creator
- Martin W. Sandler
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York : Oxford University Press, 2003
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- Physical Details
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- 63 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 21 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780195132281, 0195132289
- OCLC
- ocm50643626
- Includes bibliographical references (page 61) and index.
- The coming of the rails -- Linking the nation -- The train in the West -- The train comes of age -- Working on the railroad -- New trains for modern times
Subjects
- Railroads -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
- Railroads -- History.
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