Silverthorn, Suzanne.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schiffer Pub. Ltd. 2008
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 978.88 SILSummary: Relives the grand hopes, dreams, loves, and adventures of generations of residents in Centennial, Colorado-- from their risky attempts to establish a settlement in 1795 through the politics and power plays of the 20th century. Begins with French and Scottish trappers interacting with Native Americans and follows the increasing conflicts as more permanent settlers arrive. Shows how the town of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal City Studios, Inc. 2008
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Chronicles the history of locomotive development, including photographs of over four hundred types of trains and seven of the world's most memorable railroad journeys.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2014
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 385.09 TRAIN SMISolomon, Brian
Summary: "Illustrated history of the North American Railroad industry's mergers and acquisitions illustrated with historical photography and 50 specially commissioned maps and line diagrams charting that evolution"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Voyageur Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 385 SOLJennison, Christopher
Summary: Vintage magazine covers from Railroad, The New Yorker, and The Saturday Evening Post and original Lionel Train advertisements dating from the 1950s are only a few of the nostalgia-filled images, many never before published, that illustrate this Yuletide anthology.
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Publisher / Publication Date: H.N. Abrams 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 385 JENSummary: Catch an unforgettable glimpse into America's storied past as you ride the rails on these rolling museums of steam and steel. Focus on the history and mechanics of the engines themselves and a bit of local history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Questar 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 385.09 GREBurkhardt, D. C. Jesse
Summary: With 145 color photographs and maps, Northbound Tracks Across Michigan and Wisconsin presents a visual history of contemporary changes to the railroad networks across these two states in the Great Lakes region. Michigan-born photojournalist, D. C. Jesse Burkhardt, carries readers on a journey that chronicles rail operations in Wisconsin and Michigan. The primary focus extends from the 1970s to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arcadia Publishing 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 385.09775 BURSedgwick, John
Summary: John Sedgwick recounts the decade-long fight between General William J. Palmer, the Civil War hero leading the "little family" of his Rio Grande, coming down from Denver, hoping to showcase the majesty of the Rockies, and William Barstow Strong, the hard-nosed manager of the corporate-minded Santa Fe, venturing west from Kansas. What begins as an accidental rivalry when the two lines cross in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avid Reader Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 385.09 SEDCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 385.0979 SEDSantella, Andrew
Summary: Offers a brief introduction to the history of the NAACP and its efforts to end discrimination.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 323.1 SANNnachi, Ngeri
Summary: "There is more to the history of the transcontinental than connecting the United States. Most of the workers were of Chinese descent and were treated unfairly. Learn how workers protested for better treatment"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 331.7 NNAYee, Betty G.
Summary: Fifteen-year-old Tam Ling Fan disguises herself as her twin brother, journeys from her village in China to California, and works as a laborer on the Transcontinental Railroad--where she faces danger on multiple fronts--to earn the money her family desperately needs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carolrhoda Lab 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC YEEGrant, H. Roger
Summary: Looks at the impact and importance of railroads and railroad travel on cities and towns throughout the United States, from 1830 through 1930.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Indiana University Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 385.0973 GRAWarrick, Robert I.
Summary: "The Ann Arbor Railroad was as much a steamship line as a railroad. This text rich volume follows Michigan's most distinctive railroad from beginning to end with stunning photographs that will surprise readers."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Morning Sun Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 385 WARWegman, Mark
Summary: Over the course of 15 years, author Mark Wegman researched original railroad company drawings, records, and even paint chips to render 180 color profiles, front view, top views, and interior layouts representing the steam, diesel, and electric locomotives and the passenger cars of more than 40 of the most celebrated golden-age "name" trains across the nation. Wegman's drawings are accompanied...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crestline, an imprint of Book Sales, a division of Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc. 2014
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 385 WEGHirsch, Andy
Summary: In 1863, America is divided not just by the civil war but by months of travel over thousands of miles. Two railroad companies, one each from East and West, are given the task of connecting the nation by rail. Building this railroad will be a monumental undertaking, difficult and dangerous. The work falls to immigrant laborers from the lowest economic classes. They accomplish astounding feats of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A former Confederate soldier still haunted by his past, Cullen Bohannon made a home in Hell on Wheels hunting down the men responsible for killing his family. Following the Indian attack that destroyed the railroad settlement, Cullen spends a long winter reshaping his lust for revenge into a burning ambition, to take control of the Union Pacific and drive it across the country.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD HELCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV HELSchafer, Mike.
Summary: "This illustrated history examines the evolution of the mighty "Pennsy" from a disparate group of early horse-car lines into a twentieth-century transportation giant sprawling across 10,000 route miles in 13 of the nation's most populous states."--Dust jacket. "This hardcover edition of the original soft cover volume consists of all new photography from numerous collections. ... We introduce...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Voyageur Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 385 SCHAmbrose, Stephen E.
Summary: The account of an unprecedented feat of engineering, vision, and courage. It is the story of the men who built the transcontinental railroad-the investors who risked their businesses and money; the enlightened politicians who understood its importance; the engineers and surveyors who risked, and sometimes lost, their lives; and the Irish and Chinese immigrants, the defeated Confederate...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2000
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 385 AMBCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Transport AmbroseGraham, Ian
Summary: A humorous look at the U.S. biggest construction project, the building of the transcontinental railroad and the laborers needed, the working conditions, and the low pay.
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Publisher / Publication Date: F. Watts 2001
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J Set You Wouldn't 331.7 Graham 2001Johnstone, William W.
Summary: "Smoke Jensen is mighty proud of his son Louis for finishing law school. But he can't help being a little disappointed that Louis isn't returning to the Sugarloaf Ranch. Instead, he's setting up his own law practice in nearby Big Rock--a career choice that turns out to be every bit as dangerous as fending off cattle rustlers. The boy's first case lands him smack in the middle of a heated...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2022
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC JOHAmbrose, Stephen E.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Audio 2000
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 385 AMBMarsh, Nicholas A.
Summary: "In pioneer America, the Michigan Central Railroad became the major route between east and west, linking older states and their restless populations to young cities like Detroit and Chicago, and to the wide open spaces beyond. Now, for the first time in book form, historian Nick Marsh systematically relates the colorful story of this legendary enterprise, drawing on numerous archival records,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: s.n.] 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 385.09774 MARSummary: Cullen Bohannon, a former soldier and slaveholder, follows the track of Union soldiers, who killed his wife. This brings him to the middle of one of the biggest projects in US history, the building of the railroad. After the war years in the 1860s, this connected the east with the still wild west.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016