Building the Transcontinental Railroad: An Interactive Engineering Adventure

by Steven Otfinoski

Book Overview

You live in a United States on the move in the 1860s. The government gives two railroad companies the Central Pacific and Union Pacific the job of building the first transcontinental railroad. This railroad will unite the country and allow people to travel west to pursue new lives and opportunities. Will you: Toil as a Chinese worker for the Central Pacific? Work as an Irish laborer for the Union Pacific? Serve as an engineer for the Central Pacific...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 149140406X
• ISBN13: 9781491404065
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Capstone Press
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.3" x 7.5"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7