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MuzeFormatDesc: Compact Disc ISBN-10: 0743506464 ISBN-13: 9780743506465 Aug 2000 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Abridged Language: English * Actual items for sale may vary from the above information and image.  I own it

Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad, 1863-1869 (Compact Disc, 2000) Other Editions... Author: Stephen E. Ambrose Jr. Best Price: $19.43 List Price: $32.00 (Save 39%) Wish List this product! Pre-order this product! Need help with this page? (7 in stock) Price Seller (Feedback) Comments Shipping Ships From $19.43 indoo_half (142274) 94% Brand New Media Mail NJ More info... $19.50 zuffette (55) 100% Still sealed in plastic. Stored in a non-smoking home.   Media Mail Upgrade CA More info... $22.33 parrish-newbooks (126705) 98% Gift Quality We ship from the Closest of 5 Locations based on your ship to...   Media Mail Upgrade ML* More info... $22.34 a1books_express (86563) 95% Code: U20080624093100G Media Mail ML* More info... View all Brand New Items * ML=ships from multiple locations, AE/AP/AA=ships from U.S. Military location. (1 in stock) Price Seller (Feedback) Comments Shipping Ships From $24.31 emcsupplies (533) 99% Excellent Condition!!! *PLEASE double-check to make sure that this is the...   Media Mail Upgrade ML* More info... * ML=ships from multiple locations, AE/AP/AA=ships from U.S. Military location. (1 in stock) Price Seller (Feedback) Comments Shipping Ships From $22.24 woodysbook (6690) 93% Excellent customer service. May ship from alternate location depending on... Media Mail ML* More info... * ML=ships from multiple locations, AE/AP/AA=ships from U.S. Military location. (1 in stock) Price Seller (Feedback) Comments Shipping Ships From $20.03 book_barons (8936) 96% Over 500,000 items in stock. Excellent customer service! Media Mail ML* More info... * ML=ships from multiple locations, AE/AP/AA=ships from U.S. Military location. Audio, 2000 - Buy it now for $1.08 (Save 95%) Paperback, 2001 - Buy it now for $0.75 (Save 95%) Synopsis In this railroad history, a noted historian tells the story of the construction of America's transcontinental railroad. Ambrose describes how the idea was conceived in the 1830s, and organizes his story by individual rail lines, telling how each met the specific challenges posed by nature in each state or region until the lines were completed and joined in 1869. Size Height: 5.0 in Width: 5.8 in Thickness: 1.0 in Weight: 8.8 oz Industry Reviews "Ambrose's scholarship seems impeccable, supported by copious notes and an extensive bibliography. He writes a brisk, colloquial, straightforward prose that not only is easy to read but also bears the reader on shoulders of wonder and excitement..." New York Times Book Review - Henry Kisor (09/17/2000) '[B]y asking brisk down-to-earth questions [Ambrose] was able to write a brisk account of how the transcontinental railroad was built...." New York Review of Books - William H. McNeill (09/20/2001) Did you find errors in this product information? Submit a catalog update request now.

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